We were so excited to welcome grownups into the classroom on Monday for our Celebration of Learning to share the poetry that we had written. Temescalians were tasked with sharing a poem that they had written and a poem from a published author. The hope was that they memorize these poems, but the practice was […]
Our week back from Spring Break was full of division and experimenting with design through twirly birds. Writing division and multiplication story problems can be a tricky thing. Actually, writing story problems in general can be a tricky thing. We talked about key words for each order of operation and what to look for and […]
The week before Spring Break is always a buzz with activities related to and celebrating the joy of reading. Kindergartners in Sweet Briar Creek rang the gong twice a day to signal everyone to Drop Everything And Read (DEAR). On Tuesday, we had Temescalians share a poem in their pocket to anyone who asked them […]
We started this week with posing story problems to the Temescalians that required either multiplication or division to solve. While the idea of multiplication and division may seem like a daunting concept, it becomes more manageable when you talk about it in more familiar terms. We have all played card games or split a certain […]
