Saturday, October 9, 2010

Commutative Property of Addition

Our math student have just started our new chapter on algebra. We worked together to remember the first property, the commutative property of addition.

Librarian Appreciation

After spending time reading our newest short story, "Tomas and the Library Lady" we took time to discuss how much we appreciate our own librarian, Mrs. Thomas. We decided to write her notes to thank her for all she does to encourage our love of reading.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Newest Student Blogger

Today was our newest student posting, check it out below!
"I like the part when we played soccer, we won 4 to 1! We're making papyrus and we got a part from the great pyramid."

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Our group worked on creating our own pyramids. We built one pyramind each, made easier by the use of marshmallows instead of 5,000 pound stone! Check out our project below:






We had such a fantastic time planting for Real Food Farms on Tuesday. After being rained-out on Monday, the boys were thrilled to be outside and working in the dirt. We got all of the planting completed and eagerly await the next step in our community service project next week. Stay tuned for more updates!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Newest Student Blogger

Our newest student blogger was posting today, check it out below:

"Today in geography we labled continents, we played soccer games in gym, and we studied for our science test on Monday!"

Reading Buddies

This year one of our ninth age reading groups is pairing with a seventh age group to do "reading buddies" twice a month during reading class. These reading buddies met for the first time yesterday and had a tremendous time. The 9th agers were tremendous teachers and really worked to help the seventh agers understand vocabulary and work together to create a picture to demonstrate comprehension.