Celebrating Classroom Community

German students celebrate their Level 1 Graduation with a party and class trivia. Students brought the goodies and each class had their own trivia. The student ownership and classroom inside jokes show the great community built over the course of the school year!

Taking Advantage: Limited Learning Left

This is it...the last chance to teach those concepts and skills that will prepare our students for a successful start to the 13-14 school year! Take advantage of every last morsel of learning. This is the time when we can trick students into learning with fun and creativity. Check out these collaborative and engaging activities in core academics.

Partly Cloudy with a Chance of...

Want to see a webquest in action?  Check out this link: 

 

https://sites.google.com/site/badinoweatherquest/home

 

With this assignement, students collected weather data, anaylzed the data, learned about various aspects of weather, and learned how to forecast the weather. Now, with their learning, students forescast the weather each day and compare their forecasts to those of local meteorologists. They are excited that their forecasts are just as accurate!

 

 

Determining the weather...

 

Forecasting the weather...

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall...

Check out these engaged students as they learn about reflections in math.

Breaking Down Classroom Walls

Who says reading has to happen within a traditional classroom? These students are doing their work (when not distracted by getting their picture taken) while enjoying the beautiful day!

What's the Probability that Math Stations Work?

Check out the use of technology and manipulatives in these math centers.

It's Out of This World

Check out these students planning together, creating, developing. What a great way to apply their learning!