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Passionate for Poetry!

April 28th is Poetry Reading Day. It is a time to celebrate poets and their craft. Let's play online with Shel Silverstein’s famous works. Click the image below and read along with the animations. Have more fun with...

Let’s Code!

When you hear codes you think of computers.  Learning basic programming isn’t just a smart idea it. Learning how to build simple websites and games helps kids design, develop logic and problem-solving skills, and be creative. However, codes have been around for a very...

Game On!

Today we continued to review for our Solar System unit test while testing our knowledge of planet and Solar System trivia. Putting our handmade board game projects to good use, students got to visit each board game to have fun playing and learning. All board games are...

Peeps Contest

For the past nine years, the Washington Post sponsors a contest for its readers. Readers create a diorama of a famous scene in history or in current events. The one rule is that all the characters in the diorama must be played by Peeps. For the past two years, Cottage...