Technically Invisible

I have spent considerable time this year on homework.  Between Kendyl, Carson and myself, we are doing homework several hours per day!  While there are those rare, blissful days where we each work independently on our own assignments, more often…

Another fun October 31st  at Mullen-Hall.  We missed the Lawrence School Marching Band, but our PTO arranged for us to carry some fun music in our boom boxes.  We spent the afternoon completing our Pumpkin Science experiments.  Mrs. Brooks took…

As part of the Art’s Alive program in Mrs. Brook’s third grade class, the children were introduced to the artwork of Michelangelo. The class project was to paint on a piece of thick white paper with pastel paints and a…

This week was amazing, and there are so many things to share, that I’ll need a few hours just to put this post together -it’s going to be a long one!!  So, grab yourself a cup of hot chocolate, wrap…

Together, we can do so much. ~Helen Keller ~ I sit here writing this newsletter while completely exhausted.  I spent time this weekend learning a flash-mob dance online, and then drove to Chelmsford to perform it on Sunday. We performed…

We were fortunate 4 years ago to receive brand new textbooks to complement our social studies curriculum. Third Graders in Falmouth learn about Massachusetts, Falmouth and 6 different Native American tribes from various U.S. regions.  It’s a very interesting year…

I thought I would share with my students a pretty cool fact — in the past 24 hours, our blog had 524 visitors (thanks to my friend Laura Candler who mentioned our blog on her site)! If you haven’t already…

Over the past weeks, I’ve been working to come up with some new ideas for homework. I believe  homework is an important part of school, allowing students to learn and practice both responsibility and accountability. In theory, it should be…

First thing this morning, Caitlin calmly called me over to the classroom sink.  She showed me that we had a buggy little critter running around inside!  I’d never seen anything like it, so I scooped it up and brought it…

I can’t help but make sure before I leave today to add a few items to our blog. As I type this, the kids are sitting on the rug in front of me, waiting for the buses to come 🙂…