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Hello Everyone, Our next Science unit is going to be Ecosystems. As a part of this unit each pair of students will build an aquarium and a terrarium. These are made out of two-liter clear bottles like the one pictured. I’m hoping that between all of us we could come up with 30 bottles by next week. Please let [...]
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These are a few pictures from our “Can-struction” project with our third grade buddies. Each pair of students was given four canned goods and a couple of packages and the group was asked to make a castle. The students then had about 15 minutes to work together to come up with any design that they chose. [...]
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I just thought I would share some things that are going on in Room 197. I am doing the Fountas and Pinell reading assessment on all students. This is a 1 on 1 assessment that takes place during our literacy block for about two weeks. At the same time the students are working independently or [...]
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We were very lucky to be able to attend a musical presentation by a group called Heart and Soul. These two women are also part of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. They played beautiful music as well as explained to the students about harps and flutes. Not only are these ladies very talented, they also enjoy performing for children. [...]
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Today the 5th grade students at MBS got to see a performance by Puppets in Education (formerly Kids on the Block). The title of the show was Blue. It was about how to keep Lake Champlain clean. The key messages were: plant trees and bushes along the shorelines, look for leaks from cars and boats, clean up after pets and don’t [...]
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I just watched the latest weather forecast and checked the hour-by-hour forecast and there is a chance of thunder showers tomorrow. I’m thinking positively and hope that we’ll spend the day at Bayside as planned. But, if we have to come back early or are not able to go, we will be having lunch in [...]
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