Building Blocks (Expedition News) The Bell Crew is having a fantastic time on our current case study, geared towards gaining knowledge about tools and their purposes. Charlie Stein’s grandfather generously built and donated a realistic, yet child-sized, workbench that the students use regularly. Thank you, Grandpa Bob! Our “Construction Zone” is a popular center [...]
Expedition Express Friendly Letters: WOW! Our crew has completed writing a friendly letter to an imaginary family member in China from the viewpoint of a Chinese Railroad worker. I am very impressed to see all the great information your child included in the body of the letter. Question of the Week: What hardships did [...]
Hi all, Just finished a very successful Bear Walk on Monday; thanks to all the parents for their hard work in set-up and stations and to the students for some strong running and walking. Please remember to send in your donations for laps walked. Some info to pass along: November 4, this coming Friday, at [...]
Classroom News Reading groups are up and running very successfully. Students are working hard at being independent during literacy centers, and because of this I am able read with groups every other day. When the students are not reading with me, they are involved in a variety of literacy activities. Their imagination and creativity is [...]
Conferences It was a pleasure to meet with all of you for our goal setting conferences. The students did a remarkable job creating SMART goals for themselves. We will revisit these goals in March. Language Arts Students will be wrapping up their literature circle books in the next few weeks. Keep on the lookout for [...]
Building Blocks (Expedition News) The Bell Crew had a wonderful Adventure Hike last week! The fall weather was glorious, and the kindergartners were thrilled to be out in the field using some of their newly-honed "good-crew-member" skills. Our day focused on teamwork and trust-building activities. Kindergartners worked together seamlessly in small groups to find [...]
Expedition Express Our crew continues to make connections and learn about the stories behind the people that built the Transcontinental Railroad. Currently we are working on writing a friendly letter, from the viewpoint of a Chinese railroad worker to a fictitious family member in China. The protocol we use for this type of writing [...]
Hi SELS community, I want to update you all on events for the next couple of weeks. Oct 24-28 is Minimum Day week; elementary students are released at 1 pm and 6th graders at 11:45. There will be no Kinder After-School Care as all will have access to busing. Oct 24-28 is also Goal-setting Conferences [...]
Thanks to everyone who participated - and to Tahoe Donner for hosting this great event! SELS FAMILY Please come join our 4/5th CREW as we enjoy a spectacularly fun family day at Tahoe Donner Golf Course to raise funds for our "Sierra Scientists" Geology Expedition to Yosemite. Event: Pitch N'Putt Golf Games; Golf [...]
We have the most extraordinary line-up of opportunities and experts this month. We have to be the luckiest expeditionary crew in the country thanks to our phenomenal parents! Kevin Bumen made it possible for our crew to film the Sierra Nevada Mountains and volcanoes from the air! With cinematographer Doug McMains aboard, Cole [...]
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