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First Weeks

The first weeks of school have started and everybody is buzzing with excitement.  We are happy to see friends that we have not seen over the summer and to start our classes including PE, library, math, movement, lit, and many more. For people who are new, they are making new friends so they can have fun and not feel left out. 

One of our highlights so far is PE because it is fun and it gets our energy out. In lit, we are learning about CAFE (Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanded vocabulary) which help us grow as readers. We also started the DIRT Project(Daily Independent Reading Time) and some of us have already finished some books! Tim is also reading to us. We started All Four Stars which is about Gladys who loves to cook and tries to make creme brûlée with a blow torch and burns down the kitchen curtains. At recess we love the new playground. Some people do gymnastics, some play soccer, and others read. We also have learned about how we can help the environment. We are putting our trash in the trash, our recycling in the recycling, and food waste in the compost. 

We are looking forward to the rest of the year especially December 4th which is National Cookie Day!

Esther, Katherine, Elsie, Baxter, Grover, Anna, Teagan, Hudson, Suzy, Ruby, Alex, and Sylvan




Photos taken by Ruby


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  1. Thanks for this wonderful update on the happenings and awesome pictures! Are there any amazing, crème brulee recipes that won’t burn down the house being shared amongst the class?

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