Warm Fuzzy Hats From Our Buddies

Notice something interesting about this photo?  All of the kids are wearing the same hat!  This afternoon we met in our classroom with our second grade buddies to exchange handmade holiday cards when the second graders were suddenly called back to their classroom to pick up a surprise for both of our classes.  We all wondered what [...]

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Weatherbug Achieve

As part of our extensive weather unit, this week the students have been working on an interesting website: Weatherbug Achieve. This is a subscription based site, but one you can access at home. On this website, you can see live webcams from areas all over the United States and read about their weather conditions. [...]

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Techsploration

“Awesome!”  ”How did you do that?” “This is the best assembly ever!”  These were some of the many enthusiastic comments made during our morning science assembly, Techsploration, with Tom Wahle. This fourth grade assembly featured hands-on activities to introduce weather concepts.  Using an egg, a bottle, and lit paper dropped inside, for example, the class [...]

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