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by Kevin Nobel Maillard This year our class had the privilege to connect with other classes around the world through participation in the Global Read Aloud program. The text selected for this week is titled Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story. Discussion: What favorite foods does your family serve for special occasions or holidays? DoContinue reading “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story”

Hopping along the pond… During today’s “Drop Everything and Read”, our bookshelves were filled with new texts featuring frogs. Some students found some spots near the frog tank while others decided to read to some of our stuffed frog friends.  Some of the new selections found on our featured bookshelf included: I Don’t Want toContinue reading “Hop-ening Habitats”

Digital Storytelling with Ms. Poppy! Today, we picked up some seedlings from school to continue growing at home. These seedlings are going to be going on an adventure with you. Discuss: What does a plant need to grow? Students will watch the Adobe Spark digital storytelling video of the class character Ms. Poppy. Discuss: WhatContinue reading “Flowers in the Neighborhood”

This year we will be using an app called Seesaw as a digital journal. In our journal we will be collecting our data and tracking our scientific discoveries. One of those science activities will be our experiments to learn about plants. Today we will learn how to click on an activity or page in ourContinue reading “Building a Digital Portfolio”

Today, we are going to be learning about what plants need to grow by conducting an experiment. Reference the previous anchor charts on a scientist and the scientific process. Discussion: What do you already know about plants? Students think, then turn to their carpet neighbors and share their ideas. Today we are going to startContinue reading “Strolling in a Kinder-Garden”