Today we built cities, towns and neighborhoods! It's great how they were all different! It was interesting to see the kids work as a ...

The trail riders arrived without a hitch. We got to see them up close...the horses sure were sweaty!

If your child visits with Mrs. Norris on Fridays...ask about the wheels and axles when they made their wheel barrows. It looked like a lot...

rodeo art created in Mrs. Cowan's art class Friday is free dress day...perfect for Go Texan Day. We may even get a peak at the trailrid...

ER showed up in class today with this fabulous abstract piece of artwork created with a friend. She calls this piece of work "Old Rust...

We've been talking a lot about place value. To help us be better prepared for 2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction, I will provide to...

To begin our new planner on “Where we are in Time and Place,” we will be construct a map for homework this week! I know we could all use a ...

Here's my contribution to the bash this year...let the bidding war begin!! FYI...those are their real signatures that I lifted from the...

To help us with our inquiries into the new planner, we will be adding a new geography component to our daily routine in our classroom for a ...

Here's a sneak peak at Oliver's project for the Bash! I hear it is framed in a nice black wooden frame. Don't you think it look...

Today we learned that a map key has symbols which help us find places on a map. We used our new knowledge to build "bird's eye vi...

Telling time is SO tricky! Today we added telling time to the quarter hour to our telling time belts. It's hard to understand that a qua...

Today we learned about the compass rose. The children really enjoy being the first to find the compass rose in our new planner books, atla...

As many of you noticed, another copy of the Promotion Standards went home in the red folders this week. Sorry to be such a hound about it...

To reinforce the concept of measuring in inches, we measured our height. Our class ranged from 45-53 inches! We constructed a graph and r...

S afe K ids A re T aught E arly Today we had the privilege of having someone from the Laura Recovery Center come to our school and teach t...

Today we started our new planner, "Where We Are in Time and Place." The central idea is this: Pictures and symbols help people ma...

Today in writing, I had the children write about if they had $100. They were eager to tell their greatest wish! Some were excited about n...

Today we measured items in our room with cutouts of a standard foot and our own feet to facilitate understanding the need for standard units...

Be on the lookout for your child's valentine...check backpacks!