First Name: Henry Age: 9 Book Title: thursdays with the crown Author: Jessica Day George Fiction Genres: Fantasy Write three (3) sentences which describe the Setting of the book. Be sure use descriptive words.: It takes place in a dangerous forest in
Book Report: Spirit Animals: Hunted by Maggie Stiefvater
First Name: Charlie Age: 7 Book Title: Spirit Animals: Hunted Author: Maggie Stiefvater Fiction Genres: Fantasy Write three (3) sentences which describe the Setting of the book. Be sure use descriptive words.: It takes place at Erdas. Erdas is a planet of
Book Report: Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo
First Name: Benji Age: 5 Book Title: Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig Author: Kate DiCamillo Fiction Genres: Humor Write three (3) sentences which describe the Setting of the book. Be sure use descriptive words.: It takes place in a neighborhood on
Art Games
This week we got the creative juices flowing with an art game. The kids were each stationed at one of four corners: scissors & paper, pipe cleaners, markers, or play dough. A challenge was picked out of a hat (“Horse”!
Igloos
This week we celebrated the snow we’ve had by building igloos…. sugar cube igloos! We built them using edible glue, made of powdered sugar and water, to hold the sugar cubes together. The students were as excited to see and
Math Games
This week, we split into two groups and switched off playing Sequence and Sleeping Queens. Rowdy fun was had by all. Many of the electrons expressed interest in playing Sleeping Queens again, so we may do this again next week.
Journals
We just planned an easy class this week to get back into the co-op routine. We spent some time making journal pages about things we did over the break. We added plastic sleeves to our journals so that we could
Co-op Cup!
The Muons finished selecting games and finalizing the point structure for the “Co-op Cup”. It’s going to be epic!
Webs
Today we starting with a mini-lesson about making webs as a pre-writing technique. The kids took notes in their folders, and we brainstormed a web about “Going to a Carnival”. Then, everyone wrote a plan for themselves, which included narrative
Math Games
With both Sam/Sabeena out, I brought in a few games to try that Adelina was excited to share. Langston brought in a super cool, complicated version of tic-tac-toe…”Ultimate Tic-tac-toe”, which was a blast! Thanks for sharing, Langston!! Then we had