Goodbye to January!

January was a busy month for teachers and students.  We completed all of our district and state required middle of year assessments.  And in the mist of all of that hard work, students worked on their PBL (Project Based Learning) event which was to create a USA table for Bear Creek Around the world.  We really hope everyone was able to come to that yearly event to enjoy all of the different cultures we are lucky to have here at Bear Creek!   First Graders focused on learning about America through a select set of symbols that represent liberty and citizenship in this great country of ours.   They wrote about their favorite USA symbol, created Pic Collages on their iPads and blogged about what they were learning using their KidBlog iPad app. They even blogged about a famous American -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and learned how he was a man that made great changes for our nation in a peaceful way.  Be sure to check out your child's posts on Kidblog on this link:
http://kidblog.org/MrsSimmonsClass-5/
Your child can help you navigate in KidBlog and please comment on their hard work!!

Here are a couple of pic collages showcasing our busy month of January!