Hello Bell-Bannon Crew! In the past few weeks we have been working hard on literacy skills-- using the "read-on" and "look for useful parts" strategies, as well as finding and creating words with the consonant digraphs: ch, th, and sh. We have also been working to identify and write word families: -at, -all, and -ing. We have [...]
Hi all, Everything going along smoothly these days. Students are engaged in their learning and continually impressing staff with their respectful behaviors. Thanks for all your support in both academics and character building. Amazing performances from SELS students at Dia de los Meurtos on Friday. Great job and congratulations to Rubi Sanchez in preparing them [...]
A common misconception of public schools is that they are free when in fact providing excellent education comes at quite a high cost. When most of us were children, property taxes and other federal funding were more than adequate to provide the required resources to fund schools. In 1978, Proposition 13 overhauled the way California [...]
Language Arts Language Arts continues to be centered around reading and discussing good books, reading and writing letters, knowing letter sounds, reading and writing sight words and writing sentences about our pictures. The letters we’ve focused on are b, e, g, h, l, n, r, and our newest sight words are go, we, to. Please [...]
Special thanks to all our Parent Crew for the love, treats, and encouragement during Bearwalk - we love you! “What’s on Our Plate” Expedition Crew have been exploring and applying their knowledge of California’s varied ecosystems. Using the Coastal Ecology Tour fieldwork trip to the coast’s tidepools, fens and redwood forests, they have been challenged [...]
What a wonderful turn to the weather! I hope you are thoroughly enjoying fall and the changing colors with the promise of snow. With so many exciting eventing on the horizon for the SELS community, the energy of our school and Crew is buzzing. Design Principle: Service and Compassion This month our design [...]
Expedition News Service learning- Fire Escape Plan: This month’s design principle is Service and Compassion. As a crew service-learning project, all students are expected to design and create a family fire escape plan for their home. An informational checklist is located in this week’s yellow folder. You are not expected to do all of [...]
Crew update 11/2/2012 The class is busy preparing for the San Francisco fieldwork. I passed out an itinerary and packing list to the students today and answered any questions they had. Please review the form (or look at the attachment documents), if you have any questions about the trip please let me know. Here [...]
Hi all, Hope all are enjoying this beautiful sunshine. Students seem to dress appropriately for early Nov: t-shirts and shorts – ha. Many thanks for all the great work behind the Bear Walk – a very successful tradition for us. Lots of parents showed up to help with refreshments, lap marking, and share their support. [...]
Expedition Express FIRE and ICE: As we look more closely at the FIRE aspect of "How Truckee was formed by Fire and Ice" and complementing our monthly Design Principle: Service and Compassion, students will conduct a family service learning project by designing and creating a family fire escape plan. This is part of your child's [...]
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