Bell Crew

Expedition News Title: Down by the Banks Guiding Question: ▪   What makes a pond a pond? Case Study #1: At the Pond Learning Targets: I can describe the characteristics of a pond. I can explain the similarities and differences of plants and animals at a pond. Case Study #2: Hop to It! Learning Targets: I [...]

Expedition News Title: Building Community Guiding Questions: How do we build community? How do we contribute to community? Case Study #2: On the Job! Learning Targets: I can describe the behaviors of a good crewmember. I can identify the SIERRA norms. We have been "On the Job" now for several weeks, working on our second [...]

We have had a wonderful start to the Kindergarten year! Your children have become comfortable with the classroom routines and are beginning to form new friendships with their crewmates. It has been a pleasure to get to know each and every one of them. Here is the news...   Expedition News Title: Building Community Guiding [...]

Expedition News Case Study #2: Tell Me a Story Long Term Learning Target: I can identify and describe the elements of a story.          We are immersed in stories in First Grade! Our students have become experts at identifying and discussing the characters/setting/major events/problem/solution of the stories they listen to. In addition, they have delved [...]

Hello B Crew!   We have had a very exciting start back to school since winter break.  Our crew is impressing us once again with their hard work and eagerness to learn in our new expedition "Once Upon a Time." The question guiding us through the expedition is "How great would it be to live [...]

Happy New Year to all! We hope your winter break has been a time of great joy and relaxation. The beautiful, wintry weather has certainly affected our outings in the mountains (as we have learned!). Mrs. Bannon and I have been playing about on the ski slopes, the nordic trails, the skating rinks and enjoying [...]

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 [...]

Bell-Bannon Crew News 10-14-12   Case Study #1, "Trailblazing," wrapped up last week with a goal-setting presentation to the Kindergarten Crew. The first graders helped prepare the kindergartners for the goal-setting conference week. The presentation highlighted 5 steps the first graders identified as critical to the goal-setting process: 1.Find out what your strengths are. 2.Find [...]

The Bell-Bannon Crew had a fabulous week delving into adventure, overcoming challenges and goal setting.   Expert, Andy Scott (Keira’s dad), came to our class and shared with us how to overcome challenges by setting goals for ourselves and taking steps to achieve them. He also helped us understand the many important aspects involved in the [...]

Welcome Back, Bell-Bannon Crew! We are off to a wonderful start in First Grade!  It's exciting to see how much everyone has grown and changed over the course of the summer.  We are working hard as a crew to reconnect to old friends and to forge new friendships as well.  Please use your family dinnertimes [...]