We are very lucky to have a fantastic music teacher, Ms. Young. She teaches us fun, interesting songs every week. This is one of our favorites that we sing at all-school assemblies. It is called “Dreams of Harmony” because we say good night in different languages. * Good night, bonne nuit Oyasamina sai, buenos noches, [...]

We are very excited to announce the first student blog from Mr. Salsich’s class! Margot’s Magical Blog Margot has worked hard to earn her own blog. She always writes marvelous comments on our blog and our buddy blogs. Margot’s Magical Blog will feature posts about her hobbies, her art, her adventures, and her fantastic ideas. [...]

Recently we took a field trip to the local aquarium for a special program called “Native Americans and The Sea.” The  native people of this area lived right next to the Atlantic Ocean. They got lots of food and materials from the sea and the coast. During the summer they would move their villages to [...]

We have had a lot of snow days lately, so some of our blog posts and other projects have been put on hold. We will have new posts up early next week. In the meantime, here is a sneak peek at part of a big project we have been slowly working on over the past [...]

We had a HUGE snow storm last week! Our town got about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow. Because the roads were so slippery we had no school on Wednesday and a delayed opening on Thursday. Snow days are one of the most exciting things about winter in Connecticut. The students (and teachers!) get a [...]

Last week, Sheriff Yollis and Sheriff Salsich circled their wagons and had their first Buckaroo Book Club! Mosey on over to The Reading Round-Up Blog and watch the Skype video of the jawin’ that went on! Yee haw!

We are starting to learn about multiplication in math. Multiplication is really just a faster way to add together equal groups of things. Here’s an example from Alison: Here are 7 ladybugs. Each ladybug has 4 spots. Because each ladybug has an equal number of spots, we can say that this is 7 groups of [...]

This is a short video about one of the games that Native Americans of this area used to play. We call the game “Ring and Pin” and it is not as easy as it looks! There were a lot more misses than catches, but the video highlights the good techniques that led to success. Enjoy! [...]

Before vacation we started to learn about the first people who lived in this area, the local Native American tribes. In our part of New England there are several tribes: the Pequot, the Mohegan, the Niantic, and the Narragansett people. We are learning a lot about how they used to live. In the next couple [...]