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WEASLE LEARNING GROUPS 3/5-3/9

Dear families, This week in Centering and Extensions, we’ve continued our conversations about responsibility, especially in our Conflict...

ARMADILLOS IN FEBRUARY

Hi Everyone....February has flown by and we have been super busy. Valentine's was a blast and the warm weather has all of us in a buzz....

MISS AMANDA'S LEARNING GROUPS

Wow, families! We had THE most gorgeous week last week! The days were sunny and warm, and our hearts matched. Even though the weather is...

WEASEL GROUPS 2/19-2/23

Dear families, The unexpectedly warm weather this week filled our classroom with the energy and excitement of spring, and it's been fun...

MISS AMANDA'S LEARNING GROUPS

Hello Families! The week has been full of gorgeous weather and wonderful sounds in the forest! We spent some time out there this week...

MISS AMANDA'S LEARNING GROUPS

Last week during Word Work, my learning group focused on recognizing a complete sentence as having nouns and a verb. We identified these...

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: BASKETBALL/CROSS COUNTRY

What is there to do in a light rain at Woodson Branch? Recorded run times around the property, and basketball sounded pretty good to us....

WEASEL GROUPS 2/5-2/9

Dear families, It was another fun, productive week in the 3rd/4th grade classroom. Our Humanities program has sailed across the Atlantic...

NEWS FROM THE GARDEN

The beginning of February marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. The days are beginning to lengthen,...

MISS AMANDA'S LEARNING GROUPS

We sure have had an interesting couple of weeks lately! The weather has been very January-esque, with some snow, some ice, and even some...

ARMADILLOS JANUARY 1-29/2-2

Hi and hope everyone is keeping warm! I just want to share that, as a class, we spend a lot of time outside exploring and playing in the...

WEASEL GROUPS 1/29-2/2

Dear families, I hope everyone enjoyed the unexpectedly long weekend! These last two weeks have been especially eventful with our...

WEASEL GROUPS 1/22-1/26

This week saw a few changes in our classroom: Extensions : We got new reading buddies! We also wrapped up our study of South America in...

ARAMADILLOS JANUARY 22-26

Yay-our first full week back since the holidays! Here is the breakdown.... This week in Phonics: We reviewed long A and long O. Students...

ARAMADILLOS JANUARY 15-19

Hi There. Well it was another short week with the MLK holiday, snow day / delay, and Ski trip. However, we did manage to get a little bit...

MISS AMANDA'S LEARNING GROUPS

For our ELA time, all week last week was spent on revising our writing in order to get published and have a celebration of our hard work....

MISS AMANDA'S LEARNING GROUPS

Hello families! We have certainly had a very busy week! This week in word work we have been learning about some different spelling rules...

WEASEL GROUPS 1/8-1/12

Dear Families, We had a fun, wet week this week! Forest time the last two weeks has allowed our kids to really get in touch with the ways...

ARMADILLOS 1/8-1/12

The Armadillos had a great (and soggy) week. This week in: Phonics We studied the Long O sound including the letter combinations oa, ow,...

DEER MICE (JAN. 8-12)

Hello all! We've had a great week here at school. The children have gotten back into the routine of our day and are eager to strengthen...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome back Deer Mice! I hope everyone had a wonderful, warm, winter break. The children have been excited to be back at school, see...

HUMANITIES 1/1-1/5

Students are getting an introduction to South America as we wrap up our studies of North America. We did some fun activities this week as...

ARMADILLOS: DECEMBER 11-15

Happy Holidays to All!, Wow, our final week of fall semester was exciting! This week we wrapped up and reviewed, talked about winter...

MS. LAUREN'S WEASEL GROUPS

Dear families, This week was full of excitement and anticipation! While we were able to get through some important work, we also left...