Morning Movement & Movement Breaks!

Why move? As John Ratey discovered, movement brings us joy, gets our blood flowing, strengthens our bodies and brains, and makes us ready and able to learn!  We take movement breaks everyday, throughout the day.  

We move our bodies in many ways, including with focused movement breaks designed just for us!  Alli Bologna, from Hemmett Health, designed exercise routines to get our heart rates up while also working on balance, two things that strengthen our bodies & brains.  We love learning her routines and also just dancing and having fun!

We love how movement breaks make us feel confident and strong and ready to learn!

We Published Our Alliteration Poems today!!!

Kids loved sharing their awesome poems & giving and receiving meaningful compliments for their thoughtful writing choices.  

Taking in the World Around Us to Write Simile Poems

I am so deeply impressed by the growth students have already made as writers!!!  They have learned how their words can create images in your mind.  Their ability to take hold of newly learned crafts and make them their own is inspiring!
A writer's craft we have studied is similes.  We noticed how they add depth and meaning to an author's words.  We took time to go outside and write similes of our own.  Then, we created AMAZING poems!!!

We loved sharing our poems with one another!!!