Valentine Week/Valentine Lifestyle

We spent the week celebrating friendship 

in the Navigators' classroom 

with the idea that words and acts of kindness 

can be our everyday way of life.

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Bucket Fillers: 

Decorating buckets and writing kind, meaningful notes 

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Valentine math:

Measuring a book with candy hearts

Measuring other school supplies 

Measuring hearts with large and small paperclips

Measuring hearts with a ruler

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Valentine literacy:

Teaching dialogue with Yo! Yes?

Making a comic strip using candy hearts

Friendship

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Valentine Party

Playing "Hidden in Plain Sight" and deciphering a secret code

Reading our classroom play put together by parents

 

Stone Soup: Each student contributed something to the group 

and created beautiful decorations 

and yummy, ultra-sweet cookies for all. 

Lots of Valentine love

I'm so grateful to be called a "god techr". :) 

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Join the movement!

To find out more about being a bucket filler, click here!

 

The Groundhog Day First Grade Time Capsule 2/2/22!

Happy Groundhog Day 2/2/22!

What will you be doing on 3/3/33?

This year's first graders will be 

SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL!

So, in honor of the brilliant and resilient class of 2033, 

we celebrated Groundhog Day BIG TIME. 

Our plan is to put our surveys, our drawings, 

our persuasive writing, our words of wisdom, 

and whatever else we decide is important

into A TIME CAPSULE!

A lively survey was had by the Navigators: "Would you rather have 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring?"

An impromptu mini math lesson: At first we had a 5 and 5 split. 

(Gotta love small classes: 9 students plus 1 teacher!)

Then one person changed her mind and we had a 6 and 4 split. 

Over in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.

We watched as the announcer proclaimed

SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER!

But here in Tacoma, our groundhog didn't see his shadow. 

He even saw a few snow flurries! 

Does that mean an early spring is on its way?

60% of us hope so!

We brainstormed a bunch of reasons and persuasive paragraphs.

We were adamant and convincing!

More Art Hub for Kids drawings for your viewing pleasure:

Navigators, be sure to check back on 3/3/33!

The time capsule will be in 

THE DEEP DARK DUNGEON

waiting to be re-opened!

Believe me, 11 years will go by quickly!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!

We made festive dragons in art class.

It's the Year of the Tiger.

Here are our origami tigers and cut out lanterns:

  

We participated in the local tradition of Monkeyshining 

and found THREE PAINTED ROCKS in our neighborhood. 

Sometimes you have to do what this rock said.

And we did!

To find out more about Monkeyshining, check out this article.