Monthly Archives: January 2015

Each of our Language Arts students has his/her own blog. This is Taylor's last post for this week. I agree, Taylor, bring on some warm sunshine!

Old Fashioned Christmas

Students are all dressed up and ready to perform in their Christmas musical, An Old Fashioned Christmas.

Amish Acres – “Shrek”

Our live play, Shrek, and our family style dinner at Amish Acres were delightful ways to share in the holiday spirit!

D.A.R.E. Graduation

Join our fifth graders who promise to be drug free! Our future is bright!

Collaboration

We are stronger, smarter, more creative, more successful, and definitely more fun because of our daily collaboration!

Meeting Challenges

A culminating activity for our "Meeting Challenges" unit was for teams of students to complete a challenging task. The real challenge was that each student was working with a disability. (Examples: blind, one arm, unable to talk, confined to a chair) It was fun seeing how team members worked together to compensate for weaknesses, and how each student used their strengths to help their group.

Skyping Our Goodbyes!

Bittersweet goodbyes were said on our final Skype the week before Christmas. Our New Zealand epals graduated and headed off for summer vacation. We said "hello" and "goodbye" all in one brief visit. It was fun putting faces, voices, and personalities with our 2014 epal buddies. It has been a fun year of exchanging stories, interesting information, and surprise packages. Great memories to cherish!