End of Blog

As an FYI to those who have followed this blog, this will be the final post. I added the last set of photos taken during the final week of school. In an attempt to make communication easier, the Upper Elementary classes will be creating a closed group on Facebook next year. We feel this will be more efficient as various aspects of this blog have been difficult to manage. It often takes several days to a week for photos we upload to Picasa to be available to post here. Several "gadget" functions, such as The Word of the Day, ceased to function properly and could not be updated. I will create the Facebook group later this summer and send information on how to access it in our family letter to be mailed in August. I hope you all have a wonderful summer.

Last Full Day by Grace and Ari

In Betsy’s math class we made no-sew blankets for kids at the Ronald McDonald House. In Kim’s math class we did our last cryptogram, “The Surrender at Yorktown”  and played some games. In art we drew. In class we finished a word search and completed a categorization paper and some people read. After lunch we wrote a poem. Betsy took our pictures to go with the poems.

Our Last Monday by Ari and Grace

First thing this morning we went to Hollins and practiced for Celebration. In Kim’s math class we did our second to last cryptogram, “The Battle of Charleston and Savannah”. In Betsy’s math class we looked through our math conference folders and made shapes with plastic straws and connectors. After math we looked over our poems for Celebration to see if we wanted to change anything, then we read. After Spanish we got all of our folders for Conference Day. We played Bananagrams and now we are going to music.

*Note from Betsy

Portfolios are being sent home today. Your child has all the portfolios for the year. None of them need to be returned on Conference Day. They are all yours to keep. Enjoy looking through them with your child. It's wonderful to see the progress that took place from September through May.

Thursday by Henry and Nathan

Kim’s math class worked more on finishing some of our papers. We worked with the pentominoes some more. Betsy’s math class did 4 multiplication Kakooma puzzles and worked in their DynaMath booklets. We had music and Hollytime. This afternoon we read and corrected sentences on the board. Now we are going to the computer lab.

Wednesday by Nathan and Henry

Kim’s math class made shapes with pentominoes. Betsy's math class did two multiplication Kakooma puzzles, worked in DynaMath, and played HOG.We helped our buddies in Katlyn’s class draw an animal created from their two favorite animals. In art we had free drawing and finished pictures we started yesterday. We worked on a Magic Square spelling paper and we went to drama.

Tuesday by Henry and Nathan

Kim’s math class worked on cryptograms. Half of Betsy’s math class visited the Middle School. The other half worked on DynaMath and solved tangram puzzles. We shared our projects and worked on our reports. We also read our books and played Bananagrams. In art we drew a picture of our favorite piece in the Arts Festival.

Monday by Nathan and Henry

Kim’s math class worked on unfinished work. Half of Betsy’s math class visited the Middle School. The other half worked on DynaMath and solved tangram puzzles. In Spanish we reviewed transportation. We worked on our Independent Research Reports, read Super Science, and read in our books. Now we are going to music.