Ms. Mercado & Mrs. Garay's classes have been working with reversible and irreversible changes using heat in science. We had a delicious snack after graphing how long different materials would take to melt with heat. Our 2nd graders were super engaged! Great job 2nd grade :)
Today, our kindergarten children experienced something truly special 🦋✨
Through a hands-on activity, they observed the butterfly life cycle step by step: from a tiny caterpillar, to the chrysalis, and finally becoming a beautiful butterfly.
Each day was a chance to learn, care, and discover how nature changes over time. And today was the most exciting moment… we released the butterflies! 🌿💫
With big smiles and curious eyes, the children learned that every process takes time, and that growing also means transforming.
A meaningful experience they will always remember 🦋💛
Through a hands-on activity, they observed the butterfly life cycle step by step: from a tiny caterpillar, to the chrysalis, and finally becoming a beautiful butterfly.
Each day was a chance to learn, care, and discover how nature changes over time. And today was the most exciting moment… we released the butterflies! 🌿💫
With big smiles and curious eyes, the children learned that every process takes time, and that growing also means transforming.
A meaningful experience they will always remember 🦋💛
On dinosaur day Mrs. Manzano ran around and said hello to all our kindergarten classes! Say hello to Manzanosaurus!!!!
Mrs. Ewart’s class cozied up for flashlight reading on “Book Day” during the ABC countdown—it was so much fun! ✨📚
With Miss Miguel at SLA, four of the six learning centers are designed to support language development and early literacy in a dynamic and meaningful way ✏️📚
One of these centers is based on puzzles where the final syllables of words match. Through this activity, connections between similar sounds are established and linked to corresponding images, promoting phonological awareness, auditory discrimination, and vocabulary development 🔤🧩
Another center focuses on simple sentences accompanied by a drawing. In this space, students color, trace, and copy sentences, while also connecting the illustrated action to the written content 🎨✍️ This strengthens early reading comprehension, fine motor skills, and the relationship between written language and images.
The third center focuses on reading, writing, and word building. It involves forming words by cutting out and arranging letters to match a given model ✂️🔡 This activity supports letter recognition, correct sequencing, and understanding word structure.
Finally, there is a creative center where letter stamps are used to create drawings or words through imagination 🌈🔠 This space encourages creativity, free expression, and playful engagement with written language.
Main benefits:
Development of phonological awareness and sound discrimination 🔊
Improvement in reading comprehension and text-image association 👀📖
Reinforcement of writing, letter recognition, and word formation ✍️
Development of fine motor skills through hands-on activities 🤲
Encouragement of creativity and personal expression 🎭
Meaningful learning through play and experimentation 🎲
En SLA con Miss Miguel, cuatro de los seis centros de aprendizaje están diseñados para potenciar el desarrollo del lenguaje y la lectoescritura de forma dinámica y significativa ✏️📚
Uno de estos centros se basa en el uso de puzles en los que las últimas sílabas de las palabras coinciden. A través de esta actividad, se establecen conexiones entre sonidos similares y se asocian con sus correspondientes imágenes, favoreciendo la conciencia fonológica, la discriminación auditiva y la ampliación de vocabulario 🔤🧩
Otro centro propone el trabajo con frases simples acompañadas de un dibujo. En este espacio, se deben colorear, trazar y copiar las oraciones, además de relacionar la acción representada con el contenido escrito 🎨✍️ Esto refuerza la comprensión lectora inicial, la motricidad fina y la relación entre lenguaje escrito e imagen.
El tercer centro se centra en la lectura, escritura y construcción de palabras. Se trata de formar palabras recortando y organizando letras, reproduciendo el modelo propuesto ✂️🔡 Esta actividad favorece el reconocimiento de letras, la secuenciación correcta y la consolidación de la estructura de las palabras.
Por último, se incluye un centro creativo en el que se utilizan sellos de letras para crear dibujos o palabras a partir de la imaginación 🌈🔠 Este espacio fomenta la creatividad, la expresión libre y la familiarización lúdica con el lenguaje escrito.
Beneficios principales:
Desarrollo de la conciencia fonológica y la discriminación de sonidos 🔊
Mejora de la comprensión lectora y la asociación entre texto e imagen 👀📖
Refuerzo de la escritura, el reconocimiento de letras y la formación de palabras ✍️
Desarrollo de la motricidad fina a través de actividades manipulativas 🤲
Estimulación de la creatividad y la expresión personal 🎭
Aprendizaje significativo mediante el juego y la experimentación 🎲
One of these centers is based on puzzles where the final syllables of words match. Through this activity, connections between similar sounds are established and linked to corresponding images, promoting phonological awareness, auditory discrimination, and vocabulary development 🔤🧩
Another center focuses on simple sentences accompanied by a drawing. In this space, students color, trace, and copy sentences, while also connecting the illustrated action to the written content 🎨✍️ This strengthens early reading comprehension, fine motor skills, and the relationship between written language and images.
The third center focuses on reading, writing, and word building. It involves forming words by cutting out and arranging letters to match a given model ✂️🔡 This activity supports letter recognition, correct sequencing, and understanding word structure.
Finally, there is a creative center where letter stamps are used to create drawings or words through imagination 🌈🔠 This space encourages creativity, free expression, and playful engagement with written language.
Main benefits:
Development of phonological awareness and sound discrimination 🔊
Improvement in reading comprehension and text-image association 👀📖
Reinforcement of writing, letter recognition, and word formation ✍️
Development of fine motor skills through hands-on activities 🤲
Encouragement of creativity and personal expression 🎭
Meaningful learning through play and experimentation 🎲
En SLA con Miss Miguel, cuatro de los seis centros de aprendizaje están diseñados para potenciar el desarrollo del lenguaje y la lectoescritura de forma dinámica y significativa ✏️📚
Uno de estos centros se basa en el uso de puzles en los que las últimas sílabas de las palabras coinciden. A través de esta actividad, se establecen conexiones entre sonidos similares y se asocian con sus correspondientes imágenes, favoreciendo la conciencia fonológica, la discriminación auditiva y la ampliación de vocabulario 🔤🧩
Otro centro propone el trabajo con frases simples acompañadas de un dibujo. En este espacio, se deben colorear, trazar y copiar las oraciones, además de relacionar la acción representada con el contenido escrito 🎨✍️ Esto refuerza la comprensión lectora inicial, la motricidad fina y la relación entre lenguaje escrito e imagen.
El tercer centro se centra en la lectura, escritura y construcción de palabras. Se trata de formar palabras recortando y organizando letras, reproduciendo el modelo propuesto ✂️🔡 Esta actividad favorece el reconocimiento de letras, la secuenciación correcta y la consolidación de la estructura de las palabras.
Por último, se incluye un centro creativo en el que se utilizan sellos de letras para crear dibujos o palabras a partir de la imaginación 🌈🔠 Este espacio fomenta la creatividad, la expresión libre y la familiarización lúdica con el lenguaje escrito.
Beneficios principales:
Desarrollo de la conciencia fonológica y la discriminación de sonidos 🔊
Mejora de la comprensión lectora y la asociación entre texto e imagen 👀📖
Refuerzo de la escritura, el reconocimiento de letras y la formación de palabras ✍️
Desarrollo de la motricidad fina a través de actividades manipulativas 🤲
Estimulación de la creatividad y la expresión personal 🎭
Aprendizaje significativo mediante el juego y la experimentación 🎲
📚✨ The countdown is ON! ✨📚
We’re so excited to kick off our ABC Countdown to the End of the School Year! Each day will bring a new letter—and a new fun way to celebrate all the learning, growth, and memories we’ve made together this year. 🎉
From A to Z, your child will enjoy special themed days filled with creativity, laughter, and a whole lot of school spirit. Be sure to check out the calendar so you don’t miss out on any of the fun!
Let’s make these last days of school unforgettable! 💛✏️
We’re so excited to kick off our ABC Countdown to the End of the School Year! Each day will bring a new letter—and a new fun way to celebrate all the learning, growth, and memories we’ve made together this year. 🎉
From A to Z, your child will enjoy special themed days filled with creativity, laughter, and a whole lot of school spirit. Be sure to check out the calendar so you don’t miss out on any of the fun!
Let’s make these last days of school unforgettable! 💛✏️
Our new literacy theme is holidays and celebrations. The Lily students are working on writing their introduction sentence for their very own narrative about their favorite celebration!
Math time or play time? Why not both! 🎲 the last few weeks our kindergarteners tackled their teen numbers and decomposing numbers . But the best part wasn't the math itself—it was watching them celebrate, show patience, and support every single friend in the room. Learning and inclusion always go hand in hand! 🧠💖
Kindergarten students worked together to showcase different habitats:
❄️ Arctic – 🐧🐻❄️
🏜️ Desert – 🐫🦎
🌊 Ocean – 🐠🐙🐢
🌲 Forest – 🦊🦉🦌
🌴 Amazon Tropical Rainforest (focused on Colombia 🇨🇴) – 🐒🦋🦜
The animals were created by the children during science class, with support from Math class, showing their creativity and learning. 🎨✨
❄️ Arctic – 🐧🐻❄️
🏜️ Desert – 🐫🦎
🌊 Ocean – 🐠🐙🐢
🌲 Forest – 🦊🦉🦌
🌴 Amazon Tropical Rainforest (focused on Colombia 🇨🇴) – 🐒🦋🦜
The animals were created by the children during science class, with support from Math class, showing their creativity and learning. 🎨✨
In Spanish Language Arts, Ms. Kalivoda’s and Mrs. Fusillo’s students have been strengthening their reading and writing skills through dictation practice, self-correction, and building fluency in both oral language and sentence formation.
Students in the Rose Room loved getting books from Bernie's Book Drive. They spent time looking through the books and finding all the heart words and words they could read in the books!
Mrs. Ewart's class practiced making fractions using Lucky Charms on St. Patrick's Day.
Crosby's Social Committe hid raffle tickets inside plastic eggs for all the staff and three winners won raffle prizes!
It is amazing when students discover their own learning! Students in Mrs. Spraker's math class had to work in a group to figure out how four teachers could equally share five sub sandwiches. This was their first look at fractions, and each group was successful! It was amazing to see a variety of different solutions, too. Math is so fun!
Learning is more fun when it is hands on! Here, Mrs. Spraker's class is learning how to tile rectangles to find area. They also are using conjunctions to form compound sentences.
Mrs. Spraker's class is working on collaboration and communication. Here, they each are writing about how to solve for the area of composite figures. Then, they talk to each to work on a group consensus on the correct answer. Way to go teams!
Ms. Mercado & Mrs. Garay’s classes have been exploring the properties of matter. We measured the distance of different shoe types when they were pushed forward, and we got a chance to create our own monster toy model. Students were very creative and used their knowledge. Great job second grade! 🥼🥽
Learning in action in Miss Diaz’s Kindergarten Class! 🌟
Our Fireflies had a wonderful time in English class working through learning centers and practicing heart words using sign language 🤟
So much joy, movement, and meaningful learning happening every day! 💛✨
Our Fireflies had a wonderful time in English class working through learning centers and practicing heart words using sign language 🤟
So much joy, movement, and meaningful learning happening every day! 💛✨
Mrs. Williams class used the Reveal online platform to create a composite picture using two dimensional shapes.
Students in Ms. Serrano's class participated in making a pizza led by Ms. Bailey! Students made personal pizzas as part of a hands-on lesson focused on building speech! Students also worked on taking turns and waiting with Ms. Clare! During the activity, students practiced requesting ingredients, taking turns, following directions, and engaging in a group activity. :)
