First Week of School

We have been busy getting acquainted and learning the classroom procedures. The class has been earning (chocolate) gold coins for their group efforts in practicing these procedures. These gold coins are being accumulated in a container, and when it is full we will have a gold coin party.

Full eclipse of the Moon this tuesday

There will be full eclipse of the moon visible from Novato Tuesday, August 28th early in the morning. We're going to try to watch it (and take pictures). The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers site has all the information here. For even more detailed information, see the lunar eclipse page that NASA has put up here.NASA says you can watch a live webcast of the eclipse(weather permitting) here. Read the MSNBC article here to see why the moon appears red during the eclipse.
If you don't want to stay up late, download the latest version of google earth, which now allows you to search the sky as well as our planet earth.

My first Blog Posting of the year

Hello to my new , wonderful, fourth grade class. I look forward to an exciting year working with you and your parents in and outside the classroom. The students will be helping me use this blog to keep their parents informed of all the work that is going on in class throughout the school year.
Stay tuned for more news.
Mrs. Catherine Stanek