INTERSECTIONS: constellations of young artists seeking change through art Opening Reception – Thursday February 7, 6:00-8:00p We hope you will join us at the All School Art Show opening on Thursday, February 7, 6:00-8:00p at the University Avenue Campus! Students, ECC-8th, have been working thoughtfully and creatively to put on a show that shares the […]
You have received the letter about the upcoming 1,000s project in your Temescalian’s homework folder but I wanted to go a little further in detail about the 1,000s Project here. Again, each Temescalian does not need to present 1,000 items. S/he needs to present something with 250 items. All of the Temescalians will be split […]
We came back from the weekend remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. with a field trip to the Exploratorium. We took BART to the Embarcadero stop and then walked to the Exploratorium. Once there, we split off into our groups to explore different exhibits that focused on magnets: Black Sand, Magnetic Tightrope, and Magnetic Cloud. Temescalians […]
Amid the rain and wet weather last week, we tackled 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction, using number lines. Number lines help you see how number are related to one another. We will be diving into the algorithm for both addition and subtraction, but a part of dealing with larger numbers is estimation. Estimation helps […]
Homework! We just sent home our first homework packets of the year. We’ll be sending these home on Monday (or Tuesday if there’s no school on Monday). The cover sheet will have the things that they need to complete throughout the week. Usually, the workload consists of: – Reading: 20 minutes a day and filling […]
We started the new year with a new routine for our Rocket Writes! We added on 2 more minutes for the writing, and the Temescalians really took off with this extended amount of time to write. They now write for 7 minutes with 3 additional minutes to either write more or illustrate their writing. Then […]
Our last week of school was full of learning, performances, singing, and celebrations of learning! Our math program looped back around to three digit addition and subtraction with a look at rounding to the tens and hundreds place. Rounding is helpful to find friendly numbers and to also check in with yourself to see if […]
