Remembrance Day: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This week we remember and honor a very important figure in our country's history, none other than Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who serves as a great example of the courage it entails to reach your dreams, despite the obstacles.

Click here to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Pre-Kinder - Kindergarten: We will be reading Happy Birthday Martin Luther King! together and watching a brief video on Martin Luther King Jr. via BrainPopJr.com. Afterwards, students will work on an interactive activity, putting events from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life in chronological order.

1st - 5th: Students will view the video of Martin Luther King Jr. via Brainpop.com. Some classes will be conducting research using our biographies and encyclopedias.

Winter Time Together

We're back from Christmas and New Year break and are ready to talk about the time we've spent with our family and friends!

Kinder - 5th grade: We will read a poem from Poetry Anthology according to grade level. This week's theme is "Time Together." Students will read and analyze their poem and discuss and draw inferences as well as identify poetic devices. The poems we're covering this week are listed below:

Kinder: Stormy Day by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
1st gr: Watching Football by Janet Wong
2nd gr: After Sledding by Betsy Franco
3rd gr: My Noisy Family by Michael Salinger
4th gr: Bailes by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
5th gr: Greetings by Leslea Newman

PreKinder, Kindergarten, & Life Skills: Students will learn about the winter season at the changes in weather. Story time reading is The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.
Activity: Make a Snowman garland. Click here.