Friday, April 25, 2014

Painting Pictures With Words

Weekend News Reports
 We are excited to hear about all the weekend adventures of our community members.

Square Dance Greeting
We started our day by square dancing with one another.

Poem of the Day
April is poetry month.  We are reading, writing and reciting many different styles and structures of poetry.

And the Grand Total is ...
Through our penny drive, we raised $266.40 for the refugee children of Syria!  

Happy Birthday Nancy Nash!
We are SO glad you were born

Welcome Author Ginger Wadsworth!
We learned about the writing process of a real published author. 

Book Swap
Books!  Books!  Books!  Oh, how we love thee.

Playground Fun!
The recess options are endless these days...

7 Times Around the Sun
We celebrated the birthday of our friend, Reza.

Read-a Thon
Families joined us donned in PJs to read, read, read!
 Alpha-book Soup!

Horse-y Rides on Daniel

Book Buddies
Strawberry Creek joined us in continuing our cozy book-fest.

Weekend Reports
Students continue to add detail to their writing.


 Estimating our Alpha-Book Soup
How many books and chapters did we read in total?

Water Audit 
We recorded all the water consumed, water used (grey), and water flushed.  What we found was astonishing! 

D. E. A. R.
(Drop Everything And Read)
Laurel Creek finished reading: 
 with a great deal of laughter and giggles.

Mindful Mirror Greeting

Current Event Reports
Students share news from around the world.

"Ch-Ch-Ch Changes"

Acrostic Poetry

Paris Adventure
Mackenzie's family shared details from their grand trip to France.

Ode to Chair by Laurel Creek
Students composed free-descriptive poetry.

Run with the wind...
And reach for your dreams this weekend!

Love,
Your Teachers