Our challenge this year, for FIT & LIT, was to read the number of minutes [1 mile = 1 minute] needed to reach the moon and return to Earth. The students were divided into two teams, Grades K, 3 and 5 would travel in Rocket 1 and Grades 1, 2 and 4 would travel in […]
Continue reading →It is always so important to ‘listen’ to our students. This became so clear in a recent experience with our second graders. It all began with a sharing of one of Allen Say’s first experiences illustrating children’s books, a Caldecott Honor winner, … The Boy of the Three-Year Nap written by Diane Snyder. The illustrations […]
Continue reading →This graphic, seen today via my Professional Learning Community (PLC), is exactly what we need to keep in mind about using technology with students. Technology is just a tool which let’s us help students learn and show what they know. We need to be careful that Technology doesn’t drive instruction. Instruction should drive the use of […]
Continue reading →Have you ever read: From Head to Toe, written and illustrated by Eric Carle? We share this book with our kindergarten students during our author/illustrator study of Eric Carle. It is impossible to sit when reading this book! One just wants to do exactly what the book is depicting; it is a favorite of our […]
Continue reading →On March 4th, we had an amazing experience. Ms Wood’s 3rd grade class chatted with a sculptor, Meredith Bergmann, via a Google Hangout! Ms Bergmann created the wonderful Boston Women’s Memorial, which is installed on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. She graciously agreed to ‘meet’ the students so that they could interview her about her experience […]
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