We were so lucky to have perfect beach weather for our time at Alameda Crown Beach last Friday! Thank you to all of the grown ups who joined us for Beach Day. We were able to observe both low and high tide and interacted with some of the creatures that call the mudflat home. It […]
The students are very excited about their twilight Spring Sing performance tonight! This is an outdoor concert, and the students will be seated outside, watching the performance. Please guide your children to dress according to the weather which can be chilly. The schedule is as follows: 5:45 Light Dinner Reception 6:00 All Students to their classrooms 6:30 Spring Sing begins on […]
Temescalians got an inside look into what it is like in the 4/5 classrooms for Step-Up Preview Day, and second graders spent the morning in Temescal Creek. We reminded the third graders that it was a sneak peak into Strawberry Creek and Cerrito Creek, and not their classroom assignments for next year. We heard rave […]
We enjoyed seeing the Peking Acrobats perform at Zellerbach Hall last week. The amazing feats and balance involved audibly thrilled us! Student highlights included bounding lions, balancing on cylinders, and sword play. Our drawings of our favorite acts are now on display in our classroom window. Thank you to the chaperones who came along and […]
This week, we grappled with fractions! We folded the same sized paper into two parts, three parts, four parts, six parts, and eight parts and labeled the parts. As we did this, kids noticed: “If you fold the halves in half, you get fourths!” “So if you fold the fourths in half, you get eighths!” […]
In math, we have been learning about customary and metric units of measurement, and used a balance scale to measure and compare the mass of two clay spheres of different sizes. The entire package of clay that we started with was 1,000 grams, or 1 kilogram, and we learned that one jumbo paperclip is equal […]
Happy New Year! We hit the ground running and 2018 is off to a terrific start in Temescal Creek. If you haven’t heard . . . homework started this week and the Temescalians have a wide range of feelings about this. Please make sure to read the homework letter that went home Tuesday with the […]
In science last week we dissected seeds and flowers and discovered and labeled the parts. We then discussed how the various parts work together and watched a BrainPop video on pollination. We also tried our seed design challenge again with the knowledge we gained from our first try in making seed pods that best disperse […]
In math we approached multiplication through a study of stamps. We borrowed Mike’s stamp collection and noticed how stamps are art, history, and math! As sets stamps help us explore multiplication since they are arrays arranged in rows and columns. We solved for how many stamps are in each set and how much the set […]
Thank you to all of the grown ups who made it to Back to School Night last week. Your children were delighted to read the letters you wrote back to them and that you followed their maps to their favorite spots in Temescal Creek. We appreciated sharing our hopes and dreams for the year and […]
