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Late start Thursday
It was STEM day! This is what the project instructions looked like: In Groups of 3 (one person from each house) Challenge: Build a house...
larablair1
Dec 13, 20181 min read
Wednesday
Humanities: It was an "anchor day" in which our Gryphons all spend at least an hour writing their narrative drafts as a large group....
larablair1
Dec 12, 20181 min read
Tuesday
Science: Everyone watched the public service announcements about earthquake preparedness. They were great! Students voted on the "student...
larablair1
Dec 11, 20181 min read
Hurrah for the Dewey Decimal System!
Yep, that's today's national celebration. Also, relevant because math is hanging out with rational numbers! Here are the day's...
Mrs. Motsinger
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Thursday fun
Science: A group project was assigned today. Our kiddos will be creating a PSA about earthquake preparedness. Also, the Hawaii CER is...
larablair1
Dec 6, 20181 min read
Happy International Ninja Day!
What a fun day we had! Students had a fun lab in science, found out their civilization roles for their big project, and finished up some...
Mrs. Stalheim
Dec 5, 20181 min read
Happy National Cookie Day!
Science: We performed our plate tectonic skits and did an activity to better understand how the sea floor is spreading. Homework: Dynamic...
larablair1
Dec 4, 20181 min read
Happy Hanukkah
Hope those of you celebrating enjoy lighting your first candle! We were chattier than usual today, and yet we still managed to get an...
Mrs. Motsinger
Dec 3, 20181 min read
Happy National Mason Jar Day!
It's National Mason Jar Day and on behalf of this glass container's resurgence in trendy culture, I'd like to take a moment and celebrate...
Mrs. Stalheim
Nov 30, 20181 min read
A Productive Late Start
As with most of our late start days, we dedicated time to 2 STEM challenges that required students to work together in teams to...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 29, 20181 min read
Tuesday's Gone
Science: There was some creative play-doh sculpting going on with review of layers of the earth. No homework tonight. Math: We reviewed...
larablair1
Nov 28, 20181 min read
Back at it
We trust your Thanksgiving holidays were enjoyable and many good meals and company were shared. It was wonderful greeting your students...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 26, 20181 min read
We are Thankful!
Today was planned by our students. They identified the items that needed to be accomplished and what order they should be done. We were...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 20, 20181 min read
Fri-yaaaaaay!
Humanities: REVISED DRAFT DUE TODAY. We anchored with the narrative again and your kids did great job of diving deeper into peer editing....
Mrs. Stalheim
Nov 16, 20181 min read
Drafting Thursday
Humanities: Today your kiddos worked hard finishing up the Lascaux cave narrative drafts. We also did peer editing with a check-list. The...
larablair1
Nov 15, 20181 min read
Here we go Wednesday
We had a very productive day today. The Lascaux Cave narrative assignment anchored us in the Blue Lagoon today. Mrs. Blair addressed...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 14, 20181 min read
Tut @ OMSI
What a terrific day we had at OMSI today! Despite the traffic delay, we were all able to get in to see the Discovering Tut exhibit. ...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 13, 20181 min read
Incans, Greeks, and Shang Dynasty, OH MY!
What a fun Friday it was! We launched into our first big anchor project: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS! This project will span over 2.5 months...
Mrs. Stalheim
Nov 9, 20182 min read
Happy National STEM Day!
How appropriate that today was a late start. On these days we specifically devote time to whole group STEM challenges. Today's was a...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 8, 20181 min read
What a KaHoot!
FIELD TRIP UPDATE! Here's the link to the new permission slip. You can print it out at home, sign it and send it in with your kiddo...
Mrs. Motsinger
Nov 7, 20181 min read
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