Sunday, June 24, 2018

Wrapping up a great year

It's hard to believe ten months have gone by. We spent a lot of time reflecting on the year as we reread family letters in our Friday Notebooks, perused the pages of our memory books and realized our progress from the reader response journals and the portfolios from kindergarten and first grade!

It was a busy June!

After receiving letters back from our third grade buddies, we were excited to meet them. At Russell Street we toured the school, had lunch and recess with our buddies and hung out in the awesome outdoor classroom!

We had fun with math and science outside with our bottle flipping challenge and second grade scavenger hunt.

We said good-bye to our Kindergarten buddies by making a summer bucket list together then enjoying some Popsicles.

The second ice-cream social was a big hit!

Among all the fun and laughter there have been a few tears too as it can be hard to say good-bye. Henry and I have loved this class and we will miss each and every member. xoxo

Love, Mrs. Holm

 

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Learning about our world

Culture and geography are part of our social studies curriculum but we explore these themes in other subject areas too.

Our reading series, Journeys, offers many cultural connections. This was a project tied in with a story titled, A Goat in the Rug.

Our world landmark research project is always a student favorite. This year's 3D models were very creative!

Our geometry lessons helped when it came time to construct the models.

 

The Dog Who Dug for Dinosaurs story led us into fossil research. Do you know where the best fossil hunting sites in the US are? These are some fossil imprints we made.

 

Learning inside and out

FIELD TRIPS

STEM FIELD TRIP to Roller Kingdom.

We learned about friction and the elements that impact its force and speed. We worked in groups to disassemble and reassemble part of a skate, then tried out the lessons about force and speed on the rink!

NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

This trip invited us into the underwater habitats of tide pools, coral reefs, rivers, lakes and oceans.

The penguin exhibit was one of our favorites. Earlier in the year we studied penguins and made our own rookery.

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY