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Crafting an Understanding of Poetry through Feedback
How do children learn the craft of great writing? What are the experiences in the life of a writer that lead them to clearly communicate with…
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Genre Study: Slice of Life, Part One
Opal 3 recently launched our first genre study of the year. For the past and next weeks, we are focusing our writing studies on what…
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Week In Pictures – October 17-21
Playing with our Dinosaur Garden – Early K playfully explores a garden of the imagination October 17, 2011 Getting to Know Our Faces October 18,…
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Sharing Expertise
"In their five years on this planet, these children have all become experts in parts of their lives." -Andi Cunnignham from Starting with Comprehension …
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Week in Pictures – October 10-15, 2011
Planting Lettuce on Garden Day October 10, 2011 Counting pumpkin seeds during Math Workshop October 11, 2011 Working together in Friend Explore October 12, 2011…
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Birthday celebrations
Our birthday celebrations offer us the chance to honor the individuals that make up our community, and to invite them to bring a small, meaningful…
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Week in Pictures – October 3-6, 2011
As a way to create a window into our days in the Early K, we have been posting a "Picture of the Day" outside of the…
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Helping Flowers Bloom
During the first month of school we focus our curriculum on building community. It is at the heart of everything we do. We set up…
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Market Day
The weather is turning cooler and the leaves are slowing changing, so it can only mean one thing – Opal Early K's annual trip to…
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Snippets from our Writer’s Notebooks
Many thanks to those parents who were able to attend our Curriculum Night on Literacy. Listening to everyone's comments and questions, I was inspired to…
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