Holiday Gift Exchange

For our holiday gift exchange, every student brought a family favorite board or card game to school. We used a white elephant format to share the games, followed by teaching each other how to play them.

Halloween 2024

We had a terrific time celebrating Halloween 2024! We ended the day with a classroom party, but not before working through some content. Our activities included experimenting with dissolution and building catapults. During the celebration, the students enjoyed plenty of treats and got to compete in marshmallow tosses, dice stacking challenges, and “Face the Cookie” battles.

Thank you to everyone who contributed time and items to make this experience possible!

Snapshots from PE

Thank you, Dalius, a parent in our classroom, for taking these pictures while the students were at PE. I appreciate you sharing them and allowing me to post them on the website.

Starting the 2024-2025 School Year

It was a terrific first week, with students mastering new routines and procedures, getting to know one another, and even taking the lead in some instruction. We completed our first Pro Se Court and explored the importance of beginning with an introduction when writing.

The 2024-2025 Classroom

This classroom is ready for Monday. A fresh coat of paint and the covering of a yellow wall and blue cabinets has made the space look entirely different. Thanks to Hunsberger parent Morgan for helping identify the best color for the wall!

Grizzly Creek Ranch Field Trip

Posted are pictures of our visit to Grizzly Creek Ranch. It proved to be a terrific day with a host of great experiences.

Valentines 2024

We finished a math lesson. Then we completed a science activity. Then we took a break to create Valentine boxes and share treats with our classmates. (Thank you families for being so generous and sharing so many Valentines with the students.)

Classroom Holiday Celebration 2023

Thank you to all the families who helped with the 2023 holiday celebration.

Holiday Gift Exchange 2023

One of my favorite classroom traditions is the holiday card and board game White Elephant exchange. I want to express my gratitude to all the families who contributed by bringing in their favorite games, ensuring the continuation of this tradition and leading to an afternoon of fun.

Our Trip to Kids Court

On Monday, our classroom visited Judge Scott Pearson’s courtroom to put on a mock trial, hear from the court’s bailiffs and participate in the Ask An Inmate program. It proved to be a terrific experience in which students learned more about the judicial process and the difference between “getting to go to court” and “having to go to court.”

Thanks to all the parents who shared pictures with me, so that I could post them to the blog.