by Webmaster | Sep 20, 2009 | News
RMCS second graders spent their third week of school exploring community on the ecological level by discussing the inter-relationships (or web of life) between all living and non-living things in the forest. In an effort to bridge the “web of life†concept from the forest to society, they brainstormed the people and places needed to make a town function. Afterwards, they read a beautiful story about children creating their own town called Roxaboxen. Then, with great enthusiasm, the second graders created their own models of Roxaboxen, complete with village characters made of clay. By week’s end, a whole imaginary village appeared on the school’s deck for the wider RMCS community to admire and enjoy.
by Webmaster | Sep 13, 2009 | News
Continuing a long-practiced school tradition, RMCS third graders spent a lot of time thinking about, brainstorming and discussing their classroom rules during the first few weeks of the school year. Teacher Sheila Mraz introduced her students to spelling site words, which they then used to correct spelling mistakes in their homework. Every day found the third graders enthusiastically writing in the journals after Silent Reading Time and learning new songs, greetings, centering tools and observation games. The students also got to draw their faces in centimeters and practice their “I can do it!” motto with a multi-level math problem. The third graders wrapped up their second week of school with a fun and exciting nature awareness field trip to Bent Creek with Rainbow’s fourth grade teachers and students.
