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I hope everyone has enjoyed their February vacation! At my house we spent a lot of time playing outside, visiting the library, and, of course, reading. We also got to watch plenty of the Sochi Winter Olympics. Did any of you have a favorite event? I especially liked the alpine skiing and the snow boarding…
Thanks to Peter M. for a morning announcement about the Biathlon! He included some really interesting data about the equipment used and the play of the game. Want to know more? Here’s the official Biathlon page that Peter used for his announcement: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/biathlon. Keep reading! We’ve currently counted 6,060 minutes. I KNOW more of you…
Our first announcement for the Olympic Reading Challenge was from Emma M. in sixth grade. She shared with us details about the equipment used in alpine skiing. We also heard about several famous skiers to watch for at the Olympics later this week, including Ted Ligety! In 2010, Ted came in 5th in the super-combined race.…
Help us to Read for the Gold this February! By keeping track of all of the reading that you do between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28, we can work to read 120,000 minutes as a school. Last winter, we read for just over 118,000 minutes. If we meet our goal this year, we will set…
Today, sixth grade had a Hopscotch workshop. We worked on our games, and then took turns viewing each other’s work. We wrote down one thing that we liked about each project, and one suggestion for improvement. In the next few weeks we will be finishing our games and sharing them with other classes.
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