Thursday, April 4, 2013

Second Grade Simile Portraits

After reading Crazy Like a Fox and learning about similes, second graders created simile portraits inspired by Haoch Piven's My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil. Students used the Little Bird Tales app to photograph and record their simile stories.






*images from Follett Title Peek

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Third Grade Better than OK poems

After reading The OK Book and discussing strengths and weaknesses with Mrs. Heatwole all 3rd graders wrote "Better than OK" Poems and created "OK" people. They published their work using the Audioboo app on the IPads.

Mrs. Harrison's Class Poems

Mrs. Trompeter's Class Poems

Mrs. Yoder's Class Poems


Wednesday, February 13, 2013

100 Days

It is hard to believe we've already had 100 days of school! Here's a quick snapshot of a few things we've done during our first 100 days. We can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Snowballs

After reading Snowballs by Lois Ehlert, Kindergarten students created their own snow people collages.