Happy Holidays!

Roberto Clemente

Today we are reading a biography on Clemente for the second time. We're looking for examples of what he did to become such a tremendous athlete.

Believe Day

Thank you once again to Mrs. Sencer for organizing BELIEVE DAY. With the help of many she transformed room 106 into the theme, CHARLIE BROWN'S CHRISTMAS. The room is amazing!

Everyone wrote a letter to Santa that will be brought to MACYS. Every letter MACYS will donate $1 to MAKE A WISH!

Holiday Concert

What a beautiful concert! I love listening to all the lovely voices.

STEM Field Trip

In November we had the opportunity to visit the Polytechnic Institute's Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering for NanoDiscovery Day! The trip was eye opening. The kids learned so much and had great questions to ask.

Dance

We had our first dance performance. The children were phenomenal! We shared what we learned through dance about ancient Egypt. 

Our class was responsible for designing the PowerPoint that accompanied each dance. Kaelynn introduced each piece by sharing slides from our PowerPoint. She was amazing!

Bowling

Here are some great pictures from our trip down to the Cohoes Bowling Alley.

Thank Mr. Walsh!

Geologists

Our final lesson was where the children were asked to use the field guide they'd made to put a name to the 12 minerals on their tray. Each group worked hard and saw what it was like to identify an unknown mineral by looking at the properties it possesses.

Our First Flight

We had a successful flight to Egypt. Each child had a pretend passport ready to be stamped. They packed a suitcase and had an airline ticket. The inflight movie showed the beautiful river Nile. 

Mummies

Trust and cooperation was shown during dance on Thursday. They were asked to choose a friend to wrap like a mummy then lay them down in the sarcophagus.

Dance

In dance today with the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company they were asked to make their bodies look like 2-dimensional ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. 

Video conference

What an exciting experience the kids had on Tuesday. We set up a video conference with an expert on rocks and minerals at a museum in Pittsburgh.

The conversation focused on minerals and you would have been impressed with what your children had to contribute to the discussion.

Partner Reading

For the past week we've been reading as a whole class the Eve Bunting story, POP'S BRIDGE. Here they're being asked to reread with a partner of choice and talk about how the main character has changed throughout the story.