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Crew update 10/24             Wow, winter really came in a hurry!  I hope everyone enjoyed the two snow days this week.  Here is what is new in the Williams Crew:             Katie Pruski and I have been working on the San Francisco trip and we have a tentative plan: - Wednesday November 7th:  Leave school [...]

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 [...]

News from the Pond!          The kindergarteners are hopping with excitement about our pond expedition! Case Study #2 --Frog and Toad-- is underway. Our classroom pond is overflowing with life and has made for many wonderful, scientific observations. The children tumble into our room each day to look for new egg sacks, to gauge changes [...]

What A Month! We are preparing two major products, for Celebration of Learning and Passages, at the same time we are exploring our last ancient civilization and preparing to share our documentary with the community - it is an intense period of new learning and self-reflection! So the BIG EVENT: The McMains Crew (Blue Bear [...]

Worlds Of Wonders Expedition Essential Question of the Week: What are the wonders of Ancient Greece? In our expedition art projects, students have completed and mounted a piece of weaving and are about to embark on a metalworking project. Both processes have connections to the ancient arts in India. Weaving for clothing, like traditional saris, [...]

Expedition Express What's the Matter in Mrs. Welch's Room - Case Study #1: This Case Study has come to a conclusion and students are beginning to write a fictional narrative on the life of a water drop as it changes into the 3 states of matter through its journey. The students have learned quite a [...]

                http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/css05rtq.asp Scroll down and click on the questions for your grade level.  Questions are available for every grade and tested subject.   Dates to Remember: Tuesday, March 27: Walk to Nevada County Library March 28 and April 10:  Informational meetings about SELS Friday, March 30,  9:15 - [...]

Expedition Express Sierra Nevada Journeys: We have had 2 wonderful experiences with Joanna from Sierra Nevada Journeys in our crew. Last week she introduced the students to Potential and Kinetic Energy. She gave kids that chance to experience through different activities these two types of energy. This week, students were given the chance to learn [...]

March 12 Cross Country Ski day Tahoe Donner March 14 Pi day celebration (Minimum Day) March 21 Cross Country Ski day Tahoe Donner March 26 Documentary Sneak Peek, Martis Camp Theater, 6:30 Showtime Students, Sponsors, Producers and Experts only March 28-29 Goal-reviewing/setting Conferences

Sierra Scientists:  Case Study 1 Thinking Like and Ecologist      We are off and running with our first case study.  Students worked today on a  "processes of living things" jigsaw...ask a Brisbin Crew member to describe one of the six criteria for all abiotic things.  In the following weeks we will be observing the [...]