It's officially fall, or more accurately, "It's fall back home so let's pretend it's fall in Nicaragua even though it's 95 degrees outside and the leaves don't change colors".
Little things, like autumn bulletin boards and pumpkin desserts make the charade a little more believable.
Either way, we are passed the "beginning of the school year routine learning phase" and deep into some learning.
In the library, we've used print and online resources to help us learn more about some classroom content.
The first graders have been researching community helpers. Popular topics included librarian, mail carrier, and taekwondo instructor.
The third graders are now officially penguin experts! After learning about plagiarism and how to find good resources, they hit the books and internet to learn interesting facts about the different types of penguins. Over the course of a week, they researched, worked on a graphic organizer, drafted and reworked paragraphs, and finally presented their findings to their classmates.
