Archive for March, 2012

Silent Conversations

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Students in Mrs. Hemmrich’s 4th grade class participated in a Silent Socratic Seminar today.  The 4th graders have been actively reading and discussing the novel The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  Today students shared their thoughts and questions in a new way.  Using the website Todaysmeet.com, the students entered an online discussion for just [...]

Edible Education

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Students in Ms. Quent’s class created edible education today!!  The students have been exploring plant and animals cells in class.  Today they ventured deeper into cells and their own creativity by constructing edible cell models utilizing food items to represent the organelles within their cells.  The task presented an opportunity to demonstrate not only their factual knowledge of [...]

Visit from Jeremy Wheeler- Meteorologist at WAVY TV 10

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Today students in Mrs. Dombey’s and Mrs. Alexander’s class had a real treat.  They have been studying about weather and developing their own meteorology reports.  One way they thought they could learn more was by talking to a real meteorologist.  So that is just what they did.   Today local celebrity and meteorologist-Jeremy Wheeler from WAVY [...]