Featured Books the Week of March 28th

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling and Adapted by Jerry Pinkney
Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery

Mudball by Matt Tavares

2nd Grade

A few of the 2nd grade classes have used ComicLife to demonstrate their knowledge of the life cycle of a frog. These comics contain text, images, and voice bubbles.

The second grade is now getting ready for their rainforest unit. They will be using the Understanding by Design model to begin their research. Stay tuned for some fantastic research!

Kindergarten and 1st Grade

Kindergarten began a unit on plants this week. They came to the computer lab to create plant drawings using the the program called Pixie. They labeled their plants as well - roots, stem, leaf, flower.

1st Grade came to the computer lab to type their Good-bye Winter/Hello Spring pieces of writing. They used the program Stationery Studio.

4th Grade Explorer Research

The 4th grade classes just completed a research project on explorers. After note-taking, they completed an interactive poster using the Glogster website. These posters are both informative and creative! Check them out!
Miss Lee's Glogs
Miss Gudonis' Glogs
Mrs. Galazka's Glogs
Miss Papadimitriou's Glogs

Kindle Klub!

The LMC now has 6 Kindles! The first group of 4th graders are reading Because of Mr. Terupt on their Kindle and will meet after school on April 12th. The goals for the meeting will be:
1) Discuss the book
2) Discuss how it feels to read a book on an eReader
3) Participate in a word game.

Featured Books - Week of March 7th

The Squeaky Door retold by Margaret Read MacDonald

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee

Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth

I'm Not Scared! by Jonathan Allen

Skype with China - Part 2