Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a very happy holiday season! May all your wishes come true!

3rd Grade celebrates the Season

On Friday, December 18th, the 3rd Grade celebrated the season with their annual Snowball Party at the end of the day.

 

Hanukkah with Mrs. W

 

The Kindergarten was once again treated to a special oppurtunity to learn about Hanukkah from Mrs. W, a 4th grade teacher. The students learned about the story of Hanukkah and how to play Dreidel which each student received. They were also treated to some Hanukkah sweets.

Kindergarten Learns about Diwali

On Wednesday December 16th, K-2 received a special treat when Ms. Tailor was invited to their classroom to teach them about Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Diwali is one of the biggest Hindus festivals celebrated in India. Ms. Tailor read the children "Lighting a Lamp: A Diwali Story" and then talked about Diwali while answering the children's questions as they were completing an activity.

To learn more enjoy the 4 part video below:

 

 

 

 

A Holiday Gift from the Spanish Club

The Spanish Club had their first performance for parents on Thursday December 3rd, the club put on 2 performances to accomadate their guests. The students performed dramatizations of school life completely in Spanish. A parent was nice enough to volunteer to help the club by using the Flip Video Camera to capture the performances. I hope you enjoy them!

Performance 1

Performance 2

A Few Fun Gifts!

I wanted to share a few websites that most teachers can use for free in their classrooms. Some of these I have been using myself already and others I learned about in various professional development workshops. I hope you find them as useful as I have.

Make simple videos from pictures using Animoto! It's free for educators once you are approved. You can view a sample video and apply by clicking the link below.

Animoto

Thinkfinity is a site sponsored by verizon that has lots of lesson plans and activities for students and even parents!
Take some time and explore this one!

Thinkfinity

Finally one you can use for either school or personal notes Evernote. I really like this one it allows you access to important things anywhere you are with a computer.

Evernote