Van Ness Ave Elementary School

Bell

March 15, 2019Bellby

TEACH PEACE

We have been exploring the notion of peaceful protest and what that means in our everyday lives.
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March 15, 2019Bellby

Number Talks

We are developing math fluency through daily number talks. Students use mental strategies to solve problems and share their strategies with other students.
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October 15, 2018Bell, Newsby

Big Thanks!

Big thanks to John Duerler at Hancock Homes Realty! John and his two boys held a lemonade stand and raised $137 to support our visually impaired students at Van Ness Elementary! He brought the check to Ms. Bell’s class.
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October 5, 2018Bellby

“Spooktacular” Stories

“It was a dark and spooky night…” Students in B4 have created their own spooky stories and their creativity abounds.  When you allow students to express their own creativity, the writing process becomes motivating.  Our students are amazing authors. Over …
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September 15, 2018Bellby

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

As Hurricane/Tropical Storm Florence began making news, we have been talking about hurricanes and how they are caused.  Here’s a nice link that gives some great information to elementary school students (and adults!). https://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/hurricanes.php    
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September 11, 2018Bellby

Science – How do scientists know so much?

Dear Parents, This week, we are learning how scientists know so much: they start by observing and asking questions! Students carefully observed an everyday object to spark their curiosity, then practiced asking questions like a scientist. You can encourage your …
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September 6, 2018Bellby

Vocabulary/Spelling Words – Week of September 4

Vocabulary: although, evening, among, favorite, president, present, difficult, planet, suddenly, America, evening. present suppose, among, favorite, president, surely, arrive Sight Word Spelling (Natane, Enrique, Michael, Alfonso, Juan): School, music, why, would when, spell, some, fell, nice, going, store, house Braille …
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September 5, 2018Bellby

If you could create your own holiday…

My students have written some wonderful essays about what holiday they would create if they had the chance.  Some of the ideas are: Sleepover Day, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Day and Play Date Day.  What holiday would YOU create?
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August 30, 2018Bellby

Labor Day

We have talked about the Labor Day holiday. Check with your child to see if he/she can tell you why we have the day off!
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August 30, 2018Bellby

Classroom Lesson Plans, Schedules and Student Jobs

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