“Spring is when life’s alive in everything.”
-Christina Rossetti, poet
In This Issue:
- New Birth!
- Easter Egg Hunts
- K/1 and 6th/7th Buddies Paint Spring Flowers
- 4th Grade Math Review
- STEAM Unit Kickoff
- Chess Club Re-Match
- Final Club Day of the School Year
- Persuasive Writing in 2nd Grade
- Sneak Peek: Summer Curriculum Sale
New Birth!
We are excited to announce that a new baby has been born in our Learnwell teaching community! Meet Baby Lewallen, Trevor, who was born on April 19, 2023. Congratulations to Mrs. Lewallen and her family.
Easter Egg Hunts!
Our K-3 classes enjoyed an Easter Egg Hunt to kick off the week, and our 4th and 5th graders capped their week with a math egg scavenger hunt.
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- Waiting with suspense
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- A terrific haul
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- Racing toward discovery
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- Hunting for stragglers
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- A terrific haul
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- A terrific haul
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- Math egg scavenger hunt
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- Math egg scavenger hunt
K/1 and 6th/7th Grade Buddies Paint Spring Flowers
Our Buddies program has been so sweet to watch this year as 6th and 7th graders have helped our kindergarteners and first-graders learn about school routines and enjoy fun activities. Here they painted spring flowers together.
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- Beautiful masterpieces
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- Creative planning
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- Teaching technique
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- Focused artistry
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- Beautiful masterpieces
4th Grade Math Review
Our fourth graders worked hard on reviewing before the test this week. “Trashketball” to the rescue!
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- Math Review
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- Math Review
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- Math Review
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- Math Review
STEAM Unit Kickoff
Building up to our Innovation Expo next month, teachers kicked off our STEAM unit for K-5th grade this week. They were able to find like-minded students who wanted to research an area of science, technology, engineering, art or math that interests them. We can’t wait to see what all the students come up with for their projects!
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- Listening to instructions
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- Teaming up with others
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- Partnering with others
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- Asking good questions
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- Teaming up with others
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- Listening to instructions
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- Listening to instructions
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- Listening to instructions
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- Listening to instructions
Chess Club Re-Match
Our spring Chess Club members got to play final matches this week. They’re a group of strategists, that’s for sure!
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- Making a move
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- Strategic moves
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- Strategizing
Final Club Day of the Year: Frogs, Lizards, Ducklings, and Soccer
Our club days have been a huge hit this year! We’ve benefitted from these students’ creativity and resourcefulness. Our hope is that all of our students have had the chance to learn leadership skills and increase their executive functioning skills through the club program. We can’t wait to see what they dream up for clubs next year.
Duckling Club
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- Program Details: You can raise ducklings
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- Ducklings
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- Instruction
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- Instruction
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- Asking questions
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- Holding ducklings
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- Holding ducklings
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- Holding ducklings
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- Holding ducklings
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- Holding ducklings
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- Holding ducklings
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- About the Raise-A-Duckling Program
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- The whole group
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- Holding ducklings
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- Holding ducklings
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- Duckling club leaders
Soccer Club
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- Stretching
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- Stretching
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- Setting up for drills
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- Showing drills
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- Kicking and dribbling drills
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- Kicking and dribbling drills
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- Kicking and dribbling drills
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- Kicking and dribbling drills
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- Soccer Club Leader
Frogs and Lizards Club
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- Frog races
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- About frog and lizard habitats
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- Frog and lizard habitats
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- Frogs and lizards
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- Frogs and lizards
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- Frog and lizard club leader
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- Frog races
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- Frog races
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- Frog races
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- Frogs and lizards
Persuasive Writing in 2nd Grade
The second grade class wrapped up their final writing unit for the year with persuasive writing. This unit was called “Persuasive Writing: Writing for a Change.” They wrote letters to champion change in their communities, at school, and in their family life. Here they celebrated by reading their essays aloud and hosting a Young Authors Awards ceremony with donuts.
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- Persuasive essay readings
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- Persuasive essay readings
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- Persuasive essay readings
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- Persuasive essay readings
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- Persuasive essay readings
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- Persuasive essay readings
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- Persuasive essay readings
Used Curriculum Sale
A member of our LW community asked a terrific question this week in our private Facebook group. In case you missed it, the question was: Is this (our Facebook group) a place where I can post unused curriculum and supplies that I’d like to sell?
Dr. Shipman answered by sharing about a summer sale that’s in the works. Read below:
That’s a great question! We’re about to share summer assignments for current students (just a little work over the summer to keep their brains moving), so I’d recommend waiting until then just to make sure you don’t sell something you need. We’ll organize a used curriculum sale here early this summer as well.
