Assembly October is in full swing, and we started the week with an all school assembly. Assemblies are a time for the K-8 student body to come together, have the opportunity for an individual or class showcase their learning, and to remind us of our mission to “Ignite curious minds, awaken generous hearts, and engage […]
Alongside classroom set-up, curriculum planning, setting routines, and community-building, the K5 faculty has focused on positive school discipline as a priority for our division work this year. Our philosophy is generated primarily from the social curriculum, Responsive Classroom. One of the goals of this curriculum is to build strong and positive student-teacher relationships, and you can […]
Our excitement about math is multiplying! This week we launched into our math unit on multiplication. We tied in our everyday connections by brainstorming items that come in groups and used these lists to work out multiplication story problems and make up our own. Try this at home using the following template: There are _____. […]
Hey Folks, I just wanted to put a quick word out on the coming “sick season” . . . First of all, you may have heard on the news about the Enterovirus D68, and that there have been 2 reported cases in Alameda County. It’s important to know that this is not, by any means, […]
Halloween is coming up! We cordially invite you to our annual Halloween Parade! It starts at 8:45am. and lasts around 20 minutes. The kids parade through all the classrooms and get a chance to see everyone’s costumes! Look for info from our classroom coordinators for more information about the potluck that will kick things off […]
Digging deeper into learning! As we continued our number sense unit in math, we explored different ways to add and subtract with regrouping. A big part of math is not just being able to do the computations, but to understand the concepts behind them as well. For example, it’s great if you can add 102 […]
Things are really heating up in Temescal Creek, and we’re not just talking about the temperature. The learning and fun are also on the rise! Temescal Mathematicans are adding and subtracting two digits and more (with and without regrouping), and will solidify this work next week. We also learned a new and elegant subtraction game […]
