This week was absolutely fantastic! We spent the entire week outside. Honest! Most students did not take a single step inside the regular school building all week. It was awesome. The weather was cool in the morning and warm in the afternoons. Most days the bugs were minimal, with a light breeze in the air, and we ended the week working to clean up our forest field and playing in the brook. We even got our hammocks back up in the trees!
During academic areas, we spent much of our time reviewing concepts learned throughout the year to better prepare ourselves for the upcoming SBAC tests. During ELA, we continued our Cinderella unit. Students are beginning to recognize similarities across all versions of this fairy tale as well as the big idea behind the story. We will finish up this unit by the end of next week before we head into SBAC testing.
Questions to spark conversation:
-What is a protagonist? antagonist?
-Where in the world have some of the Cinderella stories you've heard taken place?
-What changes did you notice in the forest this week?
Here are some pictures from the week:
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| We have the best classroom at DBS! |
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| Cleaning up the forest |
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| Teamwork! |
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| Removing a huge stump! |
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| Our hammocks look so great! |
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| Working together and building with nature's tools while their teacher is hanging up hammocks! |
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| They are so brave! |
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| Chillin' |
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