Google Earth

Today we used Google Earth and our knowledge of longitude and latitude to find exact locations. Some of the places that students explored include the White House, the Eiffel Tower and Parliament! Students had a great time using the iPads to look around each of these locations and even were able to take tours of many of these locations.

Take a look!

Secret Snowflake!

Good afternoon,

To bring some holiday cheer to Room 327 we started Secret Snowflake today! Students were assigned their snowflake and received some information about him or her to add to their people file. They can use this information while making each night's project. When students arrive at school each morning they will put their item into our box designated for secret snowflake and then I will pass out at some point during the day. I am so excited to see how creative students get with this small token of happiness!

Below are the small projects that students are completing each night to give to their snowflake the following day:



Miss Leifer

The East

Happy Friday!!


In Social Studies throughout Trimester 1 students have been studying the East region. The culminating project involved researching and presenting information regarding one state. Students used both text resources and iPads to gather information regarding the physical features, natural resources, climate and places to visit within their state. Once research was done students had the option to either write an informative letter about their state or create a poster. Below are a few examples by the talented researchers and artists within our classroom!

Miss Leifer

Need for Supplies!

Hi parents,

Thank you for your generous donations throughout the year so far. If you are willing and able to, our classroom is in need of paper towels. We would appreciate any help with this!

Thank you!
Miss Leifer

Non-fiction December

Hello families!

Did you know that December is non-fiction month in room 327? Are you ready for a challenge? Our class certainly is!

Today, in order to inspire an interest in non-fiction and to make sure that we are reading diverse genres, we made ourselves a reading challenge. Students decided that between now and Winter break they would commit to reading 125 non-fiction books as a class. That's an average of 5 non-fiction books per student!  We will set up a chart in order to keep track of our reading and post it in the classroom. Along the way we'll be able to discuss information that we have learned from these texts, explore the non-fiction text structures and write in response to our reading! Lots of fun to be had.

Please feel free to read non-fiction texts with your child at home. Any texts on the December reading log count, along with texts read in school.

Room 327 can do it!

Miss Leifer