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Happy Holidays!

Stealing the kids' responses in our ROW notebooks...this week has been EXCITING, SURPRISING, and most of all...FUN!


We have enjoyed a few days to make our special gifts for our families. We look forward to sharing them with you!

In reading and writing, Fourth Grade finished their novel, A Long Walk to Water, and dug deep in some closing activities and questions. It is amazing to see the level of thinking they can get to, and how they are beginning to make meaningful connections to the world around them.

Third and Second grade worked on paragraphing and responses to Literature. We read several stories of the season which left us thinking about kindness, giving, and caring.

In math fourth and third graders have fun playing a division math game called Leftovers. Second graders enjoyed playing a money game that helped them identify coins and adding money.

We read two exciting biographies in social studies and science. We were inspired by Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, a story of hope and kindness during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. We had great discussions about making a positive impact with small gestures and about perseverance. We learned some fascinating facts about snowflakes in Snowflake Bentley and then applied our knowledge by making our own unique six-branched beauties!

On Thursday, we enjoyed every minute of our wonderful Winter Parties!  Today we wrapped up our exciting week with Breakfast and the Paper, a classic holiday movie, sharing the random acts of kindness from our monthly homework, and a trip through the SBLC store. What a busy day!











A HUGE thank you to our room moms for organizing the parties and to all who helped and donated for both the parties and the store. We are so grateful for the many ways you support our SBLC family. Thank you!!!

Wishing you a wonderful holiday filled with love.
Happy Winter Break!
Your SBLC Teachers

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