Sea crows at the beach

At the Annex, we've developed a

wonderful tradition of reading a fantastic

story written by a local author, Shannon

Stewart, whom I met at a professional 

development workshop.  I bought her book, 

Sea Crow, and we've used it ever since

to address the many worries our

students have.  We read the book

at school, talk about our worries, go to

the beach, design and build our sea 

crows and then whisper our worries

to them.  I love this trip!  I love being

out in the fresh air scavenging on the

beach and watching our students

work together to create  magnificent 

sea crows.

Patterns

Patterns are cool!  Division 4 has just wrapped up

learning about repeating, increasing, and decreasing 

patterns.  

Choosing Time

I'm always amazed by the creativity of our students when they get to play.  They love to design and build elaborate contraptions combining elements of math and engineering-just look at all the patterns and symmetry in these buildings!  Not to mention the negotiating skills it takes to produce such works of art!

Well, I have to admit, I haven't been on my blog for a while and I apologize for deleting a bunch of posts inadvertently.  I thought I was just cleaning up my inbox by removing older posts etc. but what I was actually doing was deleting the posts on the blog.  Sigh…. figuring out this technology stuff can be frustrating.

Arts Umbrella workshop

The Arts Umbrella workshops are

so amazing.  The kids and I learn so 

much from them.

Artists at work

Starting their projects in the Arts

Umbrella Van Go workshop.

Fantastic creation!

Our kids work so beautifully together!