My Philosophy


I believe it is important to create a community where all learners feel safe, respected and have a sense of belonging. It is important to focus equally on the social, emotional and academic needs of students. I strive to meet children where they're at by differentiating instruction, choosing developmentally appropriate activities and providing a balance between teacher-directed and self-directed learning. I value play, the arts, movement, creativity and laughter as important and meaningful parts of the learning process for children.



Friday, May 20, 2011

Precious Metals and More Farms!

Lucas did his science table about Precious Metals this week.  He had many examples of gold, silver and platinum jewelry for us to examine, some interesting books and pictures, and lots of information to share with us. 
We are coming in the home stretch with our farms!  This week we added chickens, horses, and gardens and crops.  Friday, May 27th will be "Farm" day.  Students are invited to come to school dressed as a farmer or barnyard animal.  We will be enjoying a farm movie and invite all families to join us at 2:00 pm for the sharing of our farms.  Hope everyone can make it for this fun event!

This week will be Wellness Week.  We will be be having a Circus Yoga session on Monday, a guest speaker who is an athlete on Tuesday, Walking Wednesday, and Jog-a-thon on Thursday.  We look forward to this fun week of wellness.











 We have enough volunteers for the Fairbanks Museum and Field Day, but I am still looking for volunteers for Craft Day on Monday, June 13th..  If you are able to plan a fun ten to fifteen minute craft to do with the kids that day, please send me an email.  In addition to the theme days planned for the last week of school, we will also be having Talent Week.  This can be as simple as reciting a poem, playing an instrument, telling a joke, a magic trick, dance routine or riding a unicycle.  Please help your child select his/her talent activity.

This week is the last week of regular homework!  As we are moving on to learning about the night sky in science, we are asking each child to look for the moon each evening and record their observations on the moon calendars from now until the end of the school year.  They may sketch their observations or cut and paste from the attached sheet that is coming home in the Friday Folders this week. 

A big thank you to Will's family for providing us with a healthy and delicious snack of cake and fruit today!


Olivia's diorama!


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