ECHO Museum

This evening you will surely learn from your first grader the details of our wonderful day learning, exploring, investigating and playing together at the ECHO Lake Aquarium. INQUIRE with your child about their adventures, including Keva Blocks, a ship wreck, underwater touch tank among many other hands-on exhibits.

More Engineer Exploration Pictures

Engineers

In preparation for KEVA planks at ECO this week, students took on the job of an engineer to work on the beginning steps of designing, planning and building a bird house out of a variety of tools/manipulatives.  Four days this week, students will/have been visiting with new friends around all the first grades to begin this exploration.  INQUIRE with your child what their plan is, which classroom they are working in, and what new friends they have made.

End of Year Cookout

Our class cookout has been rescheduled to Monday, June 9th. It will be at the Old Shelter in Hubbard Park from 5:30-7:30. If you have not confirmed your attendance on the online evite, please email me. It will be a potluck style dinner, so please specify what you plan to bring.

World Chorus

Cooperative Fun in PE

World Chorus

We were treated to a great performance this week from our friends partaking in the after school world chorus program.  Our friends did AMAZING!

Hubbard Park

Students had a sneak peak of what 2nd grade ECO would look like for them as we climbed our way up to Hubbard Park. Students walked the trail behind the state house, stopping by the tour for a quick tour.  (and some viewing of baby birds in their nest).  Students then continued to the old shelter where they learned about the five voices birds use and performed skits.  Students played a baby bird/hawk game and spent some time in their buddy's sit spot looking and listening for birds.  As we shared what we were thankful for in our closing thanksgiving circle, it was exciting to hear how thankful our 1st graders were for the sun, earth, trees, and especially the perfect end to ECO in Hubbard park with their fifth grade buddies! 

State House Community Visit

Monday's community walking field trip to the state house had us learning about the history of the building and about how goverment officials help our community.  INQUIRE with your child what law our governor is currently working on in the state of Vermont.  INQUIRE with them what the child is looking at on the marble floor in this first picture below.  What are they overlooking in the third picture?