We are Geologist too!

We have been exploring rocks and minerals. We learned about how rocks are made over the years from sand, other rocks, minerals, and fossils. Geologist find fossils from animals and plants inside rocks when they are broken apart. In order to mimic the process of exploration of a geologist we used mock rocks. Mock rocks are hand made rocks from sand, flour, salt and water. We discovered some of our own little treasures inside our rocks.

We reviewed our safety procedures and once we were all fitted with our safety goggles, work mats and tools (pick and magnifying glass) we began the process of exploring our rocks.

Fuel Up to Play 60

Sign up to participate with our school in Fuel Up to Play 60.

Log your healthy food choices and your exercise minutes (recess, HF and your after school sports count!!)

Help our school earn money for school resources that benefit you and your classmates!

Help be a leader for your classmates and a good role model for healthy living.

Earn digital awards on the site!!

If you have any questions after visiting the site please contact me and I will get the answers for you!

I already signed up and can't wait to for you (students AND Parents) to join me in living a healthy life! Let's all be healthy leaders for our community!

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Subtraction with Regrouping Strategy

Below you will find a resource to help your child with subtraction with regrouping. This is a visual to show you what we did in class with manipulatives in a hands on activity when we learned subtraction with regrouping. Dimes and pennies can be used as manipulatives to represent 10s and 1s when working with subtraction problems that require regrouping. On homework and classwork, the student will need to show his/her work.

Winter Party Pictures

We had a wonderful Winter Party before our Winter Break. Thank you to all the parents that organized the fun activities, sent in supplies and helped run the stations. The kids had a fabulous time!

Welcome back!!

Welcome back for the second semester! I hope everyone had a wonderful Winter Break! I know I enjoyed spending time with family and friends over the holiday. Even though the break was wonderful I was ready to get back to school to your little darlings.
Our first week back was a fun and busy one! We began with a review of our classroom expectations and Daily 5 expectations. On Thursday, January 6 we had a wonderful author visit from Ellen Leventhall and on Friday, January 7 the whole school participated in a Taste Off during health fitness.
In the next couple of weeks I hope to have the blog up to date with our classroom information. I appreciate your patience while I figure all of this out.