It's Been a Great Year!

Enjoy this slide show of pictures from the year. It's been a great one!

Service Learning Field Trip

Yesterday, we had a great time visiting Denver Health to help the Newborns in Need program.  The students took all the baby supplies they had collected over the past month and created bags for families with newborn babies.  They also made cards for the families.  It was a wonderful opportunity for us all to help those less fortunate than us.  The students were all really engaged in all of the activities and were so excited to help out!  Click here to see photos from the day.

The 2015 Biography Tea!

Thank you for all of your support and hard work at home to make today's Biography Tea a great success. The students were so excited and all did such a great job. I hope you had as much fun as we all did! Click here to see some pictures I took today.

It was an honor to spend the day with such an influential group of people!

Happy Earth Day!

Today we talked about Earth Day and ways we can help the Earth. Watch our video of ways we are going to take care of our planet.

Grandparents and Special Friends

Despite the inclement weather, everyone kept safe and dry today during Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day.  It was great to meet so many people who are special in the lives of these children.  They are so loved! Click here to see pictures of the day.

Let the Research Begin!

It is hard to believe that the time has come to begin the Road to Research for the Biography Tea! After using the process as a class to research Molly Brown, then using the process with a buddy to research an important person in Colorado's history, the students are finally on their own to research the person they have chosen. Today is all about Stop 1: Read. The students read the book from cover to cover. No one begins note taking until they have read the entire book at least twice, so we'll be at this stop for a day or two. Here are some pictures of them in action.

Journey On!

Today we hosted Ms. Karst's first graders to celebrate all the literacy learning we have done this year. The students all chose a station they wanted to teach their first grade buddy about.  After they did that, all of the students watched the first graders' video of their reading of How the Leopard Got His Spots and then they watched the second graders' video of their reading of Officer Buckle and Gloria.  Click here to see pictures from this fun event.