What is better than having fun practicing
what we have learned while playing games with our friends?
NOTHING
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Monday, February 2, 2015
Winter Work in Technology
This month the students have been documenting a variety of winter activities. Using either the Draw and Tell app or the My Story app, the girls took pictures of the snowflakes they created. Next, they explained how to make these snowflakes by recording their voices. The students also used BrainPop Jr. to watch a video about winter then create a book, complete with pictures and voices, in My Story about what we do in the winter.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
A Busy Start to the New Year
We have been busy here in the New Year! So busy, in fact, that there has been little time for blog posts! A peek into what we have been doing:
Learning about word families.
Cheering on the Ravens.
Reading more Jan Brett books. We read The Mitten and talked about the characters, the setting, and the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Our characters found a home in their very own mitten!
Learning about addition and subtraction and playing a game to practice our skills.
Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us that we may be different on the outside, but we are all the same on the inside. We found that the same was true for eggs!
Learning about snowflakes and making our own. Snowflakes are symmetrical and all have six sides, yet no two snowflakes are alike!
Learning about word families.
Cheering on the Ravens.
Reading more Jan Brett books. We read The Mitten and talked about the characters, the setting, and the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Our characters found a home in their very own mitten!
Learning about addition and subtraction and playing a game to practice our skills.
Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us that we may be different on the outside, but we are all the same on the inside. We found that the same was true for eggs!
Learning about snowflakes and making our own. Snowflakes are symmetrical and all have six sides, yet no two snowflakes are alike!
Friday, January 9, 2015
Brush Bot Video
All grades in the Lower School participated in the Brush Bots Winter Olympics. Here is a compilation video of everyone's hard work. Enjoy!
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Intro to Jan Brett
We have begun our study of author/illustrator Jan Brett. Her detailed illustrations bring setting and characters to life and we will enjoy exploring her books into the new year. This week we read The Hat and learned to identify the characters and the setting of the story. The girls created their own hats and were able to retell the story using the characters. We learned about Jan Brett's favorite character, Hedgie the Hedgehog, and discovered him hiding among the pages of each of her books! We also watched a video in which she taught us how to draw Hedgie. It was especially exciting to pull out our watercolors to put the finishing touches on our drawings.
We want to thank all of our wonderful parents for sharing your daughters with us during these past few months! We have loved getting to know each and every one of your girls and we can't wait for the exciting months ahead! Have a wonderful and restful holiday and we will see you in the New Year!
Monday, December 15, 2014
Brush Bots!
Last week, the girls completed their Brush Bots by adding eyes and other details. Then they tested them in a variety of Winter Olympic arenas like the luge, figure skating, cross country skiing, and speed skating. When we return from winter break, kindergarten will participate in The Hour of Code.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
From the Library
Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader
by Dean Schneider and Robin Smith
originally printed in the March/April 2001 issue of The Horn Book Magazine
1. NEVER READ where your children can see you.
2. PUT A TV or COMPUTER in every room. Don't neglect the bedrooms and kitchen.
3. CORRECT YOUR CHILD every time she mispronounces a word.
4. SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES every day after school so your child will never be bored.
5. Once your child can read independently, THROW OUT the PICTURE BOOKS. They're for babies.
6. DON'T PLAY board games together. Too Dull.
7. Give little REWARDS for reading. STICKERS and plastic toys are nice. MONEY is even better.
8. Don't expect your children to enjoy reading. Kids' books are for TEACHING vocabulary, proper study habits, and good morals.
9. Buy only 40-watt bulbs for your lamps.
10. Under NO circumstances read your child the same book OVER and OVER. She heard it once, she should remember it.
11. Never allow your child to listen to BOOKS ON TAPE; that's cheating.
12. Make sure your kids only read books that are "challenging". EASY books are a complete WASTE OF TIME. That goes double for comic books and Mad magazine.
13. Absolutely, positively NO READING IN BED.
by Dean Schneider and Robin Smith
originally printed in the March/April 2001 issue of The Horn Book Magazine
1. NEVER READ where your children can see you.
2. PUT A TV or COMPUTER in every room. Don't neglect the bedrooms and kitchen.
3. CORRECT YOUR CHILD every time she mispronounces a word.
4. SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES every day after school so your child will never be bored.
5. Once your child can read independently, THROW OUT the PICTURE BOOKS. They're for babies.
6. DON'T PLAY board games together. Too Dull.
7. Give little REWARDS for reading. STICKERS and plastic toys are nice. MONEY is even better.
8. Don't expect your children to enjoy reading. Kids' books are for TEACHING vocabulary, proper study habits, and good morals.
9. Buy only 40-watt bulbs for your lamps.
10. Under NO circumstances read your child the same book OVER and OVER. She heard it once, she should remember it.
11. Never allow your child to listen to BOOKS ON TAPE; that's cheating.
12. Make sure your kids only read books that are "challenging". EASY books are a complete WASTE OF TIME. That goes double for comic books and Mad magazine.
13. Absolutely, positively NO READING IN BED.
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