4th graders get excited about starting our first novel of the year, Tuck Everlasting, by working with partners to find examples of figurative language to describe the setting.

5th graders create visual maps to help determine the nonfiction text structure in various passages.

4th graders learned about nonfiction text features by doing a gallery walk around the classroom!

4th graders put on their teacher hats and help to evaluate sample constructed responses.

Students sketched their thinking while listening to the narrative nonfiction story, "Rescue at the Water's Edge" about boat rescues during 9/11.  

4th & 5th graders established their classroom norms & values during our talking circle.  All students agreed to uphold these values to make sure that everyone is able to do and be their best at school!

6th graders showed their understanding of important characters from our novel, Among the Hidden, by creating character instagram accounts.