Language Arts Students have started new groups and books for their Literature Circle study. The different groups are reading Bandit's Moon, by Sid Fleishman, The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, by Karen Cushman, Striking it Rich, by Steven Krensky, and The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, CA 1852, by Lawerence Yep. All of these [...]
Expedition Express The Welch Crew had another successful fieldwork experience on Friday, October 7th. We headed east to Carson City, NV and visited the Nevada State Railroad Museum and then out to Virginia City, NV and took a spin on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad to Gold Hill. It was a great time for [...]
SELS Board Development Workshop AGENDA Sunday, October 9, 2011 9:00-5:00pm SELS, Rm M-4 Facilitated by Alfredo Vergara-Lobo, Nonprofit Trainer and Consultant Part 1: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Roles - Guidelines for Improving Board Effectiveness Board Goals Part 2: MAKING THE PARTNERSHIP WORK When to lead and when to follow -- Who makes what decisions? The [...]
Hello Kindergarten Families! Happy October to you all! It has been wonderful to start out the month with classroom volunteers. The kindergarteners so enjoy your presence in our room, and we greatly appreciate your assistance at Choice Time. We look forward to seeing more of you in the days to come. Please be sure to [...]
Hi all, I hope everyone is enjoying our pleasant weather. I want to relay some recent changes in our school program: As of Monday, Oct 10, we will be receiving hot lunches for our students. The cost remains the same ($3.25, or $0 for Free/Reduced students) and are available to all. We will, however, need [...]
Classroom News The past few weeks we have been very busy in class! We continue to learn about each other and how to act in school. I introduced the Mystery Person, and we have almost wrapped up our daily student interviews. We are discussing the SIERRA norms for behavior, focusing on respect and [...]
Language Arts Students continue to work on their Literature Circle study of Sid Fleishman's, By the Great Horn Spoon. We are also working on reading comprehension with Reader's Workshop mini-lessons using the novel, Samurai of Gold Hill, by Yoshiko Uchida. Research shows that one of the best ways to improve your child's reading is for [...]
Expedition Express We have jumped in with both feet learning more about the Transcontinental Railroad this week. Students continue to learn how to read non-fiction text in a fun format: Comic book. This is an easy way to introduce non-fiction material to students that is written in a narrative story format. They are soaking [...]
Hi all, Four weeks in and going smoothly. Many thanks for all the helpers with driving, camping, library, classrooms, and other volunteer duties - much appreciated. Crews are off to exciting starts on their expeditions (read about these on the individual crew pages). There have been numerous overnight excusions and [...]
Expedition Express This week we are looking at specific text features of non-fiction texts. Using headings, photos, captions, boldface print to name a few items good readers use to help understand content rich information. We are looking at the beginning stages of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad and who was behind building such [...]
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