Dear families, This week we launched book clubs across Cerrito Creek and Strawberry Creek cohorts. Book clubs allow us to build up reading skills, foster a deeper understanding of literature by reading with support from peers and teachers in small groups, encouraging students to discuss, analyze and share their perspectives on shared literature and […]
Happy New Year! This week in Strawberry Creek, we eased our way back into our classroom routines, resetting ourselves through thoughtful reflection. Students shared how they felt on their first day back, what they missed about their community and what they are looking forward to this year. To celebrate Bill Nye earning the Medal of […]
Link To Classs Photo Gallery Strawberry life continues apace, between breaks and winter cheer! In literacy, we have been looking at the plot elements of a story. We plotted out the elements of our shared class reading book, Ban this Book, on a story map. Then, we focused on writing realistic characters that shared some of our […]
In reading, we have been practicing summarizing by using the acronym SWBST (“someone wanted ___ but ___ so then ___.” This helps students focus on the essential elements of a story, including the protagonist, conflict, and resolution. We practiced that by summarizing a short animated video and then we practiced it by reading the Greek […]
The school year has started off strong in Strawberry Creek! Thanks to our returning 5th graders for modeling the Strawberry community culture, our new 4th graders were able to learn classroom procedures and expectations quickly. For example, we use Morning Circle to greet each other and ground ourselves for the work of the day. Closing […]