Let’s celebrate our connection to each other, nature and the Earth with a yoga pose and salutation, “Hello Sun! Hello Earth! Hello Rain! Hello Wind! Hello Ocean! Hello Wind! Hello Rain! Hello Earth! Hello Sun! Namaste.” Thursday, the Earth Kids, along with other voices from our school community, shared the recycling pledge with ALL of… Read More Earth Kids Club 2018: Week 5, 10/30
First stop…..let’s board the plane and head to Korea! When visiting another country it is always helpful to know a few basic words in order to effectively communicate! Do you know any Korean words? What are they? Can you share them with your classmates? Let’s look at the video together to learn Korean words. As… Read More See the World: Korea
I found the Exact Instructions Challenge floating around YouTube. This challenge is passed from family to family to family. Basically, it involves kids writing down instructions to do simple tasks like brushing your teeth or making toast and then passing them on to their parents who must follow the instructions exactly. The video below is… Read More Exact Instructions Drawing Challenge
Last library cycle, students learned that each book in the library has a unique call number. A call number is like an address: it tells you where the book is located in the library. This week, using the William O. Schaefer online public access catalogue (OPAC), students will navigate the collection and continue to apply their… Read More Haunted House: Call Number Scare
Kids can change the world…in many different ways! Our Earth Kids Club will start the change in our classrooms and cafeteria this week! Last week, all of our member took the pledge to keep our planet healthy and beautiful by recycling and reducing our waste. This week, we are sharing the pledge with the entire school… Read More Earth Kids Club 2018: Week 4, 10/24
Did you ever hear about Marley Dias? Marley, a 13-year-old, started the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign because she was tired of only reading about white boys and their dogs! Let’s listen to her tell us about her campaign. Have you ever felt like Marley? Look around the room, do you only see white boys and white girls… Read More Read the World, Change the World
This month’s challenge needs your creativity and persuasion skills. A Book Bottle Buddy is a character from a book to encourage others to read that book. These Book Bottle Buddies will be on display, so when others walk past they will be inspired to read the book. For the book bottle buddy, you will make… Read More Book Bottle Buddy
Use a dictionary or a glossary to fill in the definition for each of the three words you selected. Then, construct a quality sentence that provides context clues to the meaning of the words. Finally, create a detailed illustration to compliment your word. Be sure to include these words in your nonfiction writing! Have fun… Read More Nonfiction Animal Vocabulary