Soccer!

As a reward for working so hard on the ERB tests this week, Mr. Hall and Coach Luca came to teach us some soccer skills this afternoon. There was lots of fancy footwork and creative play.  Our coaches were very impressed!

Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day, the students created natural sculptures inspired by the art of Andy Goldsworthy.  They searched the campus grounds to find interesting things to incorporate into their artwork, then worked individually or in groups to create a masterpiece!  Once the sculpture was photographed, the students returned everything to its rightful place.

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

Thank you to all the grandparents and special friends that joined us this morning.  I hope our guests enjoyed seeing what life is like as a second grader at Graland.

Journey On!

As part of the lower school Journey On celebration our class was recorded reading the book The Diary of a Spider.  The students worked hard to read with expression and thoughtful intonation, to use stress appropriately to engage the reader, and to think about where natural pauses should be. Click here to listen to the story.

Four Mile House

We had a wonderful time at Four Mile House yesterday.  The students were spilt into two groups and experienced 5 different activities.  In the one room schoolhouse, the students learned how different lessons were in 1879.  They had to have a hygiene inspection before they entered class and had to write with chalk on slate boards.  The students enjoyed panning for gold and were very successful! We found out that doing laundry in 1879 was quite challenging!  Then after all that hard work, there was still chickens to be fed and boardwalks to be swept.  We had lots of fun playing pioneer games but found walking on the stilts was hard to master.  Finally we got to look around the oldest house in Denver and learn about its history.  We all decided we are happy that we didn't live in pioneer times!

Trip!

I hope the students have talked about the fun activities they have been doing with Mrs. Nyberg this week.  Carey has created a curriculum unit called Denver, Then and Now.  This week the students have been learning about the Arapahoe tribe.  Next week they will be learning about the pioneers.  As part of this work, we will be visiting Four Mile House on Monday morning.  I will post photos on our reutrn!