Creating a Forest Salad

Although the weather forecast this morning called for showers throughout the day, the children all arrived ready and enthusiastic for our Town Forest field trip. Even though some came dressed in rain gear, our science specialist along with the naturalists from Drumlin Farms made a last minute decision to actually do something different: hold [...]

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Book Character Parade

We always know when spring has arrived when it’s time for the annual Book Character Parade. Everyone was very enthusiastic yesterday and the costumes were wonderful. Because the school is so big, many actually commented that it was the first time they had toured several of the classrooms. This year we welcomed [...]

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Magazine Writing Project Unveiled

Reading children’s magazines filled with amazing facts, engaging stories, and colorful photos is always enjoyable at school, but writing your own can be even more fun. After brainstorming a wide variety of topics ranging from Pompeii to the Carboniferous Period, each child chose their own topic and has enthusiastically started research to write their [...]

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The Green Sticker-Wumps and the Lorax

We had so much fun with our Newbery Award Blog, “The Golden Sticker” that our classes are once again coming together for another reading unit. This time our books will center on literature that focuses on an environmental problem. The four books that we are starting with are “Hoot”, “Tucker’s Countryside”, “Night of [...]

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