Animals of the Assabet River Poster

Many of you may have already noticed the beautiful framed posters hung around our school created by our fourth grades in 2006 to commemorate the opening of Brister’s Hill. This year our class has been given the opportunity to create a poster in honor of the opening of our new river walk on June [...]

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Nature’s Recyclers

This afternoon it was warm and sunny with signs of spring everywhere so we decided to head outside in search of nature’s recyclers. After heading down a little path beside the parking lot, we broke into small groups in a part of the woods the kids had never really noticed to closely examine old [...]

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Observing Earthworms

The class was very curious last week when a small container of 75 earthworms arrived in room.  Although everyone was anxious to observe them, the instructions enclosed told us to mix one bag of soil with one pound of fruit peels and place everything, including the earthworms, in a plastic terrarium and cover with a [...]

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Trading Cards, Powerpoints, & Movies

Our class was very excited last week to have a special group of visitors on Friday: a third grade class from down the hall who joined us for many of our National Park/Landmark presentations. They are all well written and visually appealing. As a special treat, each student created a trading card for [...]

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