Week 5

Another week, in the books!  As with our previous weeks, it went by fast.  This to me, is good news.  It means we are having fun and learning.  It seems our key concepts of FORM and FUNCTION led our learning.  In math, we looked at the FORM of a number and analyzed...

Learning to dig deeper

This week, the kids warmly welcomed a new member to our learning community.  We hope Alexandra and her family transition into Suhar comfortably and smoothly.  In keeping with the PYP model, we are learning to dig deeper by using questions and key...

Movers and Shakers

What a busy week!   We are cruising along, learning about place value, parts of speech, and our key concepts.  Our inquiry skills are developing and we are learning how to get information from examining our work.  The kids are doing great.  Please continue to ask your...

A Warm Welcome

It is SO nice being in the classroom and finally being face to face with your students!  I received a wonderfully warm welcome. We have had a good time getting to know each other face to face and setting up routines, expectations, and procedures.  The kids have been...

So Much in the First Week!

Holy Moly!  What a great start to our first week.  I am amazed by the students.  They demonstrated so much of what the PYP is about, I couldn’t even begin to list.  I saw all of them being fabulous communicators with informative introductions, demonstrate caring...