June is a busy time in third grade! The students are learning about persuasive writing through their research on marine animals. We are wrapping up our study of cultures, which culminated in a dance performance on June 6. Each of the third grade classes performed a dance from a country we have learned about throughout the year. We ended with a song and dance called, Dance for the Nations. Students also created artwork unique to the country they were assigned. It was a great celebration of all we have learned in social studies this year. In math, students are learning to find the length of an unknown side when given the perimeter of a shape. Students are building on what they learned earlier this year about area and applying it to real-world scenarios.We continue to read daily and have built strong reading stamina throughout the year. We’ve had a wonderful year of learning and growing together. The students are ready to take on fourth grade!

Date Added: 6/17/2025

We’ve had a great year in the garden and greenhouse! Classes are finishing up plantings, and as of this week, our garden is almost completely planted.The praying mantis egg case that wintered in the pollinator garden hatched and some students got to see the babies on the surrounding plants!If your child is entering 3rd-6th grade keep an eye out in the next week for the Summer Earth Rangers permission slip!

Date Added: 6/17/2025

Grades Kindergarten through second grade are wrapping up the year with their favorite STEAM centers.

Third Grade finished their 3D Bookmarks and are exploringCode.org

Fourth Grade is wrapping up and playing through their Cardboard Arcade project.

The fifth grade is working on the Mint Mobile unit. They will focus on making and testing functioning Wheel and Axles.

Sixth grade is wrapping up their mint mobile unit and moving on to 1-day STEAM challenges.

Date Added: 6/17/2025

These are the activities in each Spanish class level:

Sixth Grade: designing a digital classroom utilizing prepositional phrases, identifying classroom items and classroom furniture.

Fifth Grade: Asking and answering, “What time is it ?” in Spanish. Using both a traditional method (“menos”) and modern ( “y”- pronounced ee).

Fourth Grade: Expressing location through a variety of activities, both written and verbal, culminating in a paper airplane project.

Second Grade: Reproducing the contents of a sandwich after being given a verbal selection of meats and vegetables.Asking and answering, ¿Te gusta?( Do you like it?) Me gusta (I like it).

First Grade: Reviewing household pets, animals on the farm, feelings, and body parts.

Kindergarten: Reviewing colors, greetings, alphabet, and numbers.

Date Added: 6/17/2025