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Star Wars Week
Nothing goes hand in hand better than a STEM School and Star Wars! Thank you for helping your children participate in this fun spirit...
Jill Hamilton
Dec 21, 20181 min read
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Hour of Code
Today Mrs. Toth's fourth grade class came to visit us and spent one hour teaching our class how to code! Using an interactive computer...
Jill Hamilton
Dec 20, 20181 min read
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All Aboard !!
The Polar Express is finally here - bringing joy and spreading cheer. :) Thank you for sending your children in their jammies, they had a...
Jill Hamilton
Dec 14, 20181 min read
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PBL Presentations
On Thursday, both first grade classes took turns listening to their peers explain what they learned during our Animal PBL. The focus of...
Jill Hamilton
Dec 13, 20181 min read
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Ada Elf, Left the Shelf!
The sun on the cusp of a brand new school day, Gave the children much joy as they woke up today. And what to their wondering eyes did...
Jill Hamilton
Dec 11, 20181 min read
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Holiday STEM Night
Thank you so much to all of you who came out to support our school at the Holiday STEM night! I loved seeing my sweet first graders...
Jill Hamilton
Dec 7, 20181 min read
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Mirds, Reptish, & Bamphibians - oh my!
With our animal PBL coming to a close - your zoologists have been working very hard to design a new type of animal.They're in the process...
Jill Hamilton
Nov 14, 20181 min read
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Sacramento Zoo
Over the last several weeks, the first grade students here at John McCandless have been working through a PBL on Animals! To honor their...
Jill Hamilton
Nov 9, 20181 min read
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Whooo's Got Spirit?
Whooo's got spirit?! Room 12 has spirit! Parents, we could not do this without you! Thank you for sending your kiddos dressed for Mix...
Jill Hamilton
Nov 8, 20181 min read
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Happy Halloween!
What a fun day here at JMC! Thank you for allowing you children to participate in our fun, fall festivities! We had a dance party right...
Jill Hamilton
Oct 31, 20181 min read
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Classroom Meeting
Being on a new campus, playground procedures have been a constant conversation amongst the teachers. But why not take it directly to the...
Jill Hamilton
Oct 23, 20181 min read
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Mobile Dairy Classroom
Today we had special visitors at JMC: CoCo the Cow, a sweet baby calf (tootsie), and their handler! Your kiddos got to learn about: the...
Jill Hamilton
Oct 23, 20181 min read
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STEM Sisters: Kickoff!
Our Vision STEM Sisters hope to gain partnerships and make connections to help advance underrepresented groups in the areas they are most...
Jill Hamilton
Oct 18, 20181 min read
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Animal PBL
Your young zoologists are currently going through a science PBL about animals! They are observing animal's features, abilities, and...
Jill Hamilton
Oct 12, 20181 min read
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Beats with Beck!
This is our first week learning about rhythm and beat with Mr. Beck. Your children are loving their music lessons. :) Here is a picture...
Jill Hamilton
Oct 4, 20181 min read
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Silly Smiles!
These first graders looked FABULOUS walking into picture day, but "prim and proper" isn't the norm at ages six and seven. Being smiley...
Jill Hamilton
Sep 27, 20181 min read
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Happy Appleseed Day!
Today your children learned about John Chapman and his journey west from Massachusetts planting apple trees as he moved across our...
Jill Hamilton
Sep 26, 20181 min read
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We Love to Read!
Our first Schoolastic book order came in today! As I mentioned, your orders earn spendable "points" for our classroom. The children were...
Jill Hamilton
Sep 20, 20181 min read
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Library with Mr. Fernandes
The library at Riverbrook is still coming together but that hasn't stopped our dedicated librarian, Mr. Fernandes, from going classroom...
Jill Hamilton
Sep 7, 20181 min read
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Bonds and Bracelets
In class, your children have been focussing on creating number bonds these last couple weeks. To help reinforce different ways to form...
Jill Hamilton
Aug 31, 20181 min read
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