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January We have been very busy so far this month. I hope that you have been hearing about "It's not a box!", our "All about Snow" unit and the writing and math we have been doing in class. It's not a box The whole school participated in the "Most Magnificent Thing" project. In our class we called it "It's not a box" to help facilitate understanding in French. We started the project by looking at a box and the criteria and making a plan. After the children had made their plan they got to work. The children worked for about 3 full afternoons creating and painting their projects. When they were done the project (or ran out of time), they looked back at their plan and reflected about what went well and what they would change. On the Friday of last week, their classmates from K-7 toured our class to see and hear about their projects.  On the Ed Inform App are pictures of the very beginnings of the projects, the finished project

Welcome back! This week we are returning to routine and structure after a more carefree time at home. As I am sure that you have noticed at home, the students are very tired.  It is winter on the west coast despite the rain. So in our class we are starting a unit on snow. It includes; science, writing, math and art. The goals for the students in this unit are to be able to tell 3 facts about snow to others, make a symmetrical snowflake and to read or retell the booket that they write about snow. This week we started by brainstorming what we know about snow. I was pleasantly surprised by all that they know. Their list included things that they do in snow such as make snow angels, as well as the fact that snow is made of water. Other facts that the students mentioned include: snow sticks together, it is cold, it falls and it piles up.  “It is not a box” We are participating in the school wide project “It is not a box.” For this project the students are asked to bring a box