Stars! Stars! Stars!

Three more students earned their 100 star shirts on Thursday! Hooray!

More Star Students!

Well, it was a busy day in Room 8, as we had three more friends earn their 100 star t-shirts! Way to go, everyone! I have a feeling that you will see more blog posts in the next few days, as every single student in our class is within seven stars or less of reaching this amazing milestone!

100 Stars!

As a part of our school-wide behavior program, PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) each child has been working hard all year long to demonstrate the core values of our school: Belonging, Sharing, Trust, Accepting Responsibility, and Respect. Students earn stars when adults in the building catch them doing any of these awesome things. Once a student reaches the amazing milestone of earning 100 stars, they are given a "100 Star T-Shirt." I was pleased to give out my very first shirt of the year yesterday to this awesome guy! Great work, Elijah! Watch the blog for more photos coming soon, because many, many children are approaching the hundred star mark!

Learning About Plants

Throughout the month of May, we spent several weeks learning all about plants. We discussed what plants need to grow and survive, we learned about the parts of plants, we read lots of wonderful books about plants and gardens, and we even planted several seeds and observed what happened to them in our classroom! Enjoy these photos of some of our activities!

Eating Parts of a Plant Activity

A lima bean plant that we grew!

Exploring "Tops and Bottoms" of different plants.

Our grass seed became some wacky hair! It was fun to give ourselves haircuts!

Hinesburg Rocks!

As part of a school-wide initiative to spread and celebrate kindness, we participated in the "Hinesburg Rocks!" campaign in May. We each decorated a rock with a positive message or design that might spread some cheer. At the end of the month, we took a walk into the town to hide our rocks. The hope is that someone will find a rock and it will make them feel happy and inspire them to spread some kindness of their own. Have you seen any rocks as you've been out and about in Hinesburg?

Excellent Engineers!

The Magna Tiles continue to be a popular choice for students during our free time. It is amazing to watch the children working together to design, build, and change their structures. Here are just a few of the cool things that we've been seeing lately!

All About Oceans!

In April, we spent a great deal of time immersed in a unit about oceans and the animals that live in them. We read many wonderful books, created craft projects, and learned amazing facts. We celebrated the end of the unit with a fun beach day! Thanks to Mary Beth for donating the fun beach props and yummy popsicles for our party!

We look forward to using all of the wonderful knowledge we gained during this unit to write "All About" books during Writer's Workshop!