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We love to PLAY!

Playing outside with friends is integral to every child’s development. It improves cognition, encourages mental and physical development, reduces stress, reinforces social bonds, enhances creativity and confidence … and of course, it’s just plain fun. The best memories from childhood are usually the ones involving interactive play with others in the great outdoors.

Richard Louv in his landmark book Last Child in the Woods discusses the fundamental need ...

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Tags: art, artwork, benefits of nature, georgia o'keefe, last child in the woods, nature, outdoor play, outdoors, physical activity, play, playground, playing outside, recess, richard louv, science playground

Congratulations Ms. April!

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Ms. April, Head Teacher in E4, has been chosen as our new Staff Spotlight.

“Ms. April is a positive thinker. She would always acknowledge me even if I got something wrong. She has a great sense of humor.” — Hank (former E4 student; currently in E5)

You can read more about Ms. April below.

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Help E1 Win The Reel Math Challenge

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A group of students in our E1 classroom have entered the 2012-2013 Reel Math Challenge. This is a nationwide competition where teams of four work together to creatively solve a math problem and make a video.

Videos are posted online; those with the top votes will advance to the next round. The top team will win $1,000 scholarships for college. Students do it on their own with absolutely no teacher assistance. We invite you ...

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Primary Students Explore Space

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Through the month of January, our Primary classrooms are learning about space by exploring the planets, solar system, sun and constellations.

Says P4: “The children will explore what each planet looks like and the contents that make up the different planets. There are many different works out in our Science Area which allow the children to continue to learn all about our wonderful Solar System.”

P4 students also learned a “planet song” and did a special art project involving the sun with Ms. ...

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Tags: art, classroom news, kindergarten, materials, practical life, practical life area, primary, science, science area, space, works

A Look Inside the Window of E5

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E5 students are starting the year off right, getting right back into downward dog!

Yoga

We have resumed our morning yoga ritual. Beginning our day with a rested and focused mind has been helping each of us. Deep breaths and getting ourselves centered has been an amazing way to start our day. Thank you Ms. Joanie!!!!

History

We launched our Pioneer unit with a visit from a real life “mountain man.” Scott Sorenson told stories, shared animal pelts, and sang ...

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Tags: ecology, elementary, history, mountain men, Nevada, Nevada history, pioneers, publishing, science, spelling, spelling bee, upper elementary, writing, yoga, yoga in the classroom

Ms. Arlene Gets An Unexpected Letter

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One of our teachers, Ms. Arlene Dreitzer, received an unexpected letter from a former student recently.

Dear Mrs. Dreitzer;

Greetings to you from Washington, D.C. I hope that you and your family are well. I have wanted to contact you for quite a while to express my sincere appreciation for your influence and role in my life … you were my 6th grade teacher at P.S. 235 in Brooklyn, NY! The other day at work I was called into a “brainstorming” meeting ...

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Tags: brainstorming, education, educators, etymology, good teachers, language arts, literature, middle school, middle school language arts, reading, reading specialist, staff profile, teachers, teaching, vocabulary

Introducing “Window Wednesdays”!

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Every Wednesday we will spotlight one of our Classroom Blog posts to give you a little glimpse inside our busy classrooms. To kick it off, let’s look into the window of E1. (This news is a little bit old, as we are just getting back from the holidays.)

Two students win the Scripps Spelling Bee
We make snowflakes to send to Newtown, Connecticut
For our Element Personification project, we create comic strips, children’s books, clay models, stop motion videos and more ...

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Tags: classroom activities, classroom blogs, e1, elementary, history, holidays, science, window wednesdays