As we thought about the last day of winter, today we read Think Like a Tree, a poem written by Karen I. Shragg from the book The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science and Imagination. After reading…
Potato Potato Potato
For St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrated the marvelous potato! We had a great time reading potato books, listening to a potato song, measuring,weighing and drawing potatoes, and even worked with potato chips! We managed to squeeze in enough time for…
Potato Math Day is coming….
And I need your help! We do all kinds of fun activities on St. Patrick’s day and the list of supplies is pretty long. I meant to send home the Wish List on Friday, but it will have to go…
More Taxation, Less Representation
So, Day Two arrived, and many students thought they had Queen Suzy beat. There were far fewer pairs of sneakers, and jeans, and the chairs were barely touched. What I think students didn’t count on, was the new tax structure…
Taxation Without Representation
Queen Suzy arrived early this morning to welcome students to Colony 309. “Make yourself at home, enjoy your time here, I’ll do whatever I can do to help support you….” is what she said…. Students chose jobs from a can…
Waiting….
Spring has arrived in Room 309, and so soon will the worms, crickets and anoles… The kids are BEYOND excited!!!
Carson’s Corner
Not to be outdone, Carson asked for his own corner of our classroom blog. So, tonight he took some time to write about himself. After you read his article (the link is on the right hand side of the page…
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!
Arts Alive Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! On March 2, students around the country celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss with “Read Across America Day!” Mrs. Brooks’ class chose to celebrate by reading the wonderful story Horton Hears a Who. In…
A Seussical Day!
We LOVED Read Across America Day! We read Horton Hears a Who, and made our own clovers with tiny specks, which we carried around all day long. We also completed many reading activities about Dr. Seuss, his books, and his…
Food Chains & Webs
We started our new Science Unit this week on plants, food chains and webs… We were exploring the characteristics of different soils, and we set up terrariums for our soon-to-arrive creatures (anoles, crickets and worms). Though the room gets a…