April Fun — The Early Learning Community First-Second Grade

It’s only the second week of April and the month has already been packed full of learning and fun! We’ve been raising tadpoles, exploring and creating with fuse glass, and immersing ourselves in our scientific studies at OMSI. In between these projects students have been hard at work on their mathematical studies. Second graders are learning all about measurement while first graders are learning to add and subtract double digit numbers. We’ve been practicing our math skills through playing Qwirkle, Mountain Raiders, and Knock Out. Our second grade mathematicians have really stepped up as a leaders and have been helping their first grade classmates after completing their own assignments. Teaching younger students helps solidify understanding for the older students and helps them practice leadership skills as well. It’s also great fun! All our Otter students are practicing leadership skills as they read with their preschool buddies on Fridays. Students are doing a great job reading with fluency and good expression. On Fridays we’ve also been visiting the Pacific library where the librarians make us feel most welcome and help our readers find interesting new reading materials. Mr. Greg continues to work with small groups of second graders on engineering projects on Friday mornings. This week students had the opportunity to visit the wishing tree on campus and leave a wish.