Welcome to an exciting day in the computer lab! Mrs. Brooks isn’t here today, but I will still teach you — online! Really, it will be a regular day in the lab – but instead of my walking around to…
Round 1 Book Talks
Well, it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be – there were certainly bumps along the way (technically) – but I’ve figured out how to post student book talks to our VoiceThread site. Feel free to leave positive…
Think Like a……
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 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…
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…
Your Mission
Good morning 309 friends! Mrs. Brooks isn’t in today – so here is your mission while you are in the computer lab…. 1. Of course, you’ve got your Type To Learn 3 to do — remember – eyes on the…
Call Me Crazy
I made the on-the-spot decision to participate in the 3rd annual Slice of Life writing challenge. So, starting on Monday, I’ve made the commitment to create a piece of writing once a day for the whole month of March. I’ve…
I’ll Be Your Shelter, a guest post by Ruby
We’ve made enough money for 3 shelter boxes!! By the end of the book sale there weren’t any books left!! It looked like it did before the book sale. I was amazed when I came out to buy some books…
What a Difference a Week Makes!!
Here we are, one week past our Big Book Sort, and our Haiti Book Sale is over. The “snow”day (and a half!!) didn’t seem to affect our fundraising efforts!! You can visit the Falmouth Rotary Club site, where they are…
Winter Haiku
As part of our Poetry wrap-up, students were asked to write a Winter Haiku… Enjoy!! Winter Olympics Mens’ Snowboarding and Hockey Playing in the cold ~Ben Snowshoveling and Snowball fights and snowmobiles Winter is awesome ~Christopher I like vacation So…