tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10266511247145785172011-04-21T12:40:44.214-07:00Hands-On Hands-Dirty Indoor Outdoor Learning with Early Primary StudentsJoanna Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04066270619078863555noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026651124714578517.post-45386652515660360222009-01-26T18:54:00.001-08:002009-01-28T14:01:13.704-08:00

Creative Education Fall Exploration The following photos from November 2008 when the students were learning about using props and partners to express ideas with movement. They had watched the Deborah Slater Dance Company perform some amazing pieces using chairs, a suitcase, paper, hats, rope, flippers and their fellow dancers' bodies to create feeling and narrate complex stories. Our

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Here is a glimpse of our first graders' first readers' theater production this year. Thanks to Mea's mom, Susan Campbell, for adapting Shel Silverstein's story and for being an inspiring director. They worked very hard on listening for their cues and using loud stage voices to project their lines. The sound quality of this video does not fully capture their great efforts. You could tell that

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While our little plants endure the freezing wind and rain outside, we have been keeping the latke oil sizzling in Room A. We learned about this delicious Hannukkah tradition and the story of the miracle of the Maccabees' victory reclaiming the temple in Jerusalem and the lantern oil that lasted 8 nights. The children also learned from Mrs. Vasquez about winter lights and decorations that are

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Down below is the most recent class newsletter to summarize some of the September and October highlights in Room A. Right here are pictures of four favorite trees we "adopted" on our campus. With each tree is the team of scientists who selected and have begun observing and recording their observations of these trees. They will draw, measure, and write about changes they notice. From

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Today, we had a great outing to the Farmers' Market with Room B. We harvested dozens of tiny, sweet, orange cherry tomatoes from our school garden, but needed to round out this harvest with a few more ingredients to make a lunch treat. We had wonderful parent chaperones that walked the students through all the stands, asking the vendors questions about the produce, tasting all the samples that

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The following is a copy of the letter I am giving out at our Back-To-School Night. I'll warn you that it contains almost nothing about the garden. However, I thought it might be useful to archive it here in case anyone wants to double check my nuts and bolts manifesto. Dear Families, I am happy to be introducing or reintroducing myself to all of you families of the students in Room A.

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You are still probably playing around barefoot and wearing the same t-shirt you've worn all week, but I am in a classroom, starting this blog, getting excited about meeting you, greeting you and getting busy with books and crayons and seeds and soil! I could barely sleep last night, all sorts of questions and plans for you coming to me. We're going to have a wonderful year together!

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So I went by to see how our spring plantings fared the summer weeks without us...What a shame that the first day of school is still two and a half weeks away. Sorry everyone, I guess I'll just have to take care of all these beauties myself.

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