Poem of the Week

Last week we spent time learning a poem called "December Leaves".  It's one of my favorites, the poet compares December Leaves to a bowl of cornflakes!

December Leaves

The fallen leaves are cornflakes

That fill the lawn’s wide dish

And night and noon the wind’s a spoon that stirs them with a swish.

The sky’s a silver sifter,

A-sifting white and slow

That gently shakes

on crisp brown flakes

The sugar known as snow.

After reading together as a class, locating rhymes, sight words and drawing a picture of our mental images, we read our poems to a buddy-

And then we acted out the poem as we enjoyed a good old fashioned bowl of cornflakes!

yum

Thanks A lot

Well, dear families we have made it to November!  The first few months are always the hardest, I think.  When we meet each other in September we haven't learned to love each other yet.  And the process is haphazard- filled with missteps and messiness but somehow our hearts always find a way to one another... How lovely it was to have had a celebration of sharing and gratitude to mark the momentous event of becoming a first grade family.

I asked the kiddos to video themselves sharing something that they are grateful for and a few brave souls took me up on it!  I put their short videos together along with some photos of our thanksgiving celebration into a longer video.  I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it.

And a very special thank you to all of the parents who donated food and/or came to help and celebrate with us.  You are an awesome, amazing team!

Looking forward to more growing, learning, laughing and sharing in the months to come.

With deep gratitude and love,
-Michele Hackett

Coding in Computer Lab

We had a lot of fun in Computer Lab last month. The kids were introduced to coding, the language of Computer Programming. They enjoyed it so much that I wanted to be sure that you had the link to the site we used to continue at home. 

            Here is a video that explains what coding is:

You can find several different links to many coding activities off the district website.

1. Go to the BRADT page 

2. Click on K-5 Technology page

3. Click on "Coding is cool"

4. These are your choices, we played the candy game.

Have fun, coding is cool!