Kindergarten students will read, A Seed Is the Start by Melissa Stewart. Prior to reading the nonfiction title, students will observe a lima bean that has been soaked overnight. Students will discuss what they think is inside of the seed and draw a picture of what they find inside. While reading the book students will… Read More A Seed is the Start
Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading. All this week, children at William O. Schaefer will celebrate the birthday of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss! Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote 46 children’s books, among them, The Cat in the Hat and Green… Read More Read Across America
Be flexible! “You can’t control the wind but you can adjust the sails!” Flexibility is the ability to adapt to changing circumstances. Russet is a 3 year old English Bulldog who seems to be having some trouble fitting her bone through the doggy door. However, with much effort and some flexible thinking Russet finds success!… Read More March Word of the Month: Flexibility
Read: The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt, author and Oliver Jeffers, illustrator. I’m not sure what it is about this kid Duncan, but his crayons sure are a colorful bunch of characters! Having soothed the hurt feelings of one group who threatened to quit, Duncan now faces a whole new group of crayons… Read More The Day the Crayons Came Home
Logic puzzles can be tricky, but they are very beneficial because they teach critical thinking and reasoning skills.Below are several logic puzzles. These puzzles require you to use the process of elimination to figure out the answer. It helps to use the grid that’s provided. For example, if a clue says, “Mary doesn’t like cats”… Read More Intro to Logic Puzzles
In sumoku puzzles, tiles must be arranged in a crossword-style pattern such that each row and column adds up to a multiple of a given key number. The created pattern itself is called a sumoku. The first thing to think about are the ways that numbers can be partitioned as the sum of two other numbers. For example, on… Read More WHAT IS SUMOKU ?
We are going to look at capital letters, not for writing or spelling, but as shapes with different features…what makes them look the same? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Some letters have horizontal lines… Read More Is This Math?
“Go where no one else will go, do what no one else will do.” – Mary Lyon. February is Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month, a time when communities and schools give special attention to learning about the contributions and history of American women and African Americans. Women who were lucky enough… Read More Who Am I? Challenge