Friday, October 26, 2012

3rd Grade: Ms. Pina's Name Sculptures!

Wow!  Ms. Pina's 3rd grade name sculptures rock!  Students did a great job of including personality traits and interests symbolized on each of their letters! Click below to see all students' sculptures.




Ariana M.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

4th Grade Videos

Fourth grade has been very busy the last two weeks conducting investigations about the properties of air:  Air has weight, air expands when heated, air is a real substance, etc.  We studied Bernoulli Principle too and learned that without this concept, flight would not be possible.  Several of our experiments showed how high and low pressure were affected when a fast-moving stream of air was present.  See our video for more details.  Next week:  Newton's Laws!





Mrs. Boaz' Class


Mrs. Delane's Class



1st Grade Name Sculptures

Check out our 1st grade name sculptures.  Students did a great job of including personality traits and interests symbolized on each of their letters!


Elly M.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Mrs. Thomason's and Ms. Pina's Thinking with Shapes

One of our warmups this past week was Thinking with Shapes.  Students cut out 4 generic shapes (2 differently-sized rectangles, square, and a triangle) and were given 8 problems to solve by taking the correct

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Using Deeper Thinking-1st Grade


We are working with Kaplan's Icons of Depth and Complexity.  The icons are symbols that we use to help us think in a deeper or more complex way.  This week




Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Mrs. Peyton 3rd Grade Nomenclature

Here are the pictures of finished products

Aiden K.

2nd Grade 3D Nomenclature Sculptures

Wow! Our 3D Name Sculptures turned out spectacular with many personality traits shown!

Alana B.