Sharing our Teaching Books!

Seed and Sample Day

Students sampling vegetables that we will grow in our garden at HCS.

Students sampling vegetables that we will grow in our garden at HCS.

Students plant tomato and pepper seeds that will eventually grow in our school garden at HCS!

Mindfulness Jar

Have your children talked to you about the mindfulness activities we've been doing? Mindfulness is thinking about one thing at a time like our breath, what we see, or hear... Our minds are so busy all the time and this practice helps us calm them. I have been working with Gretchen Garvey, a second grade teacher in Shelburne and an expert on mindfulness.  In our classroom, we have practiced mindful breathing, seeing, and we had a mindful snacktime this past week. Tuesday morning, Ms. Garvey visited us and did a lesson with the class.  She brought a sand and glitter jar. Ask you child about it!

Students watch the sand and glitter settle.

5th Grade Buddies Toy Fair

On Friday, we visited our 5th grade buddies' classroom to see their toy fair projects based on Newton's Laws of Motion.

Penguins!

As part of our measurement unit in math the students learned about penguins!  They carefully measured and studied penguin features to create real life like painted penguins.  In the pictures, you will see Emperor, King, Rockhopper, and Little Blue Penguins! Didn't they do a beautiful job?

Bridges Parent Letter Unit 6

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Grade 1, Unit 6: Figure the Facts with Penguins

Four Winds Predator Prey

On Tuesday, we had a Four Winds Nature lesson.  The topic was "Predator & Prey."  The children loved learning more about this topic through a puppet show and acting out different scenarios in which their roles were different animals.  Thank you so much to Becky Cook and Jill Kiedaisch!