Dinosaurs!

 The Bumblebees and Ladybugs have been studying dinosaurs during May. Here is work from several different Kindergarten students that they have submitted from home over the course of the month. I am so proud of all the work the students have been doing at home and how clearly they are progressing even in this strangest of school years. Here you see a dinorama, a Stegosaurus (both from information we received from the Burke museum at the University of Washington), a dinosaur habitat, a footprint Tyrannosaurus Rex and an example of the facts that students came up with each time they studied  a new dinosaur.

Community Helpers

Bumblebee and Ladybug students worked hard and learned a lot in the month of April about community helpers. Although they were all at home they were able to take virtual field trips and talk to live people on their Zoom meetings who work in specific jobs. We are so grateful to the professionals who took time out of their day to talk with the students about their role in the community. Although no one thinks that distance learning is ideal, we are all making the best of what we have and students are still learning and growing and excelling at Seabury in every way. We are so lucky to have our community. Here are some of the reactions students wrote in response to their studies about Community helpers

Triangular prisms

 Another Bumblebee hard at work at home. I am so proud of this student (and all our students) working so hard from home and so grateful to his family for guiding him and submitting his work, so that as his teacher I still feel like I have an awareness of his progress.  Even in the beautiful summery weather we have had our students remain diligent in getting to their work in a timely fashion.

 Here is a triangular prism he has created at home with his examination of triangular prisms writing in the background.

 He is seen here doing a beginning division story problem in math that was all about money. Great use of manipulatives to help you in your work!

 A better look at his written work about the triangular prisms.

And finally his Serape glyph which gives us lots of good information if we know the code!

Hard work at home

Another of our busy Bumblebees seen here working from home. The above picture is bridge building. He designed and built his bridge from items he had at home. As an added challenge he tested the bridge to see if it could hold weight. It could!

In the picture below he used recyclable materials at his home to create something new. This is his bird feeder. His plan is to test it with real birds and then determine any changes that needed to be made. Great work Bumblebee!

An important part of  our distance learning, Seabury style, has been our Zoom meetings. We have full class meetings with all the Bumblebees multiple times a week, we can do individual meetings, or meetings with the Ladybugs and Bumblebees together. This week, for the first time, we will try a whole school meeting to celebrate starting a new month. Nothing replaces being in school together, but these face to face meetings help us stay connected and feel less lonely for one another. We are lucky to have such good technology to help us with our school work and our friendships. Here is a Bumblebee with his class, doing school from home. We are all so proud of how hard everyone is working to stay caught up and connected.

 Another Bumblebee hard at work for distance learning. You can see he is working on writing for Writer's Workshop, music for his performing arts class, and some visual art for Art class reflecting the time we are all struggling through. I am so proud of how hard the Bumblebees and their families are working to make distance learning Seabury style a success. I am so grateful for the pictures that show me how the kids are doing at home. We can make this work because we have grit and determination and a growth mindset. Good work, Bumblebee!

 While we are doing distance learning Seabury style at home I thought I would focus on one of the Bumblebees at a time. Here is the first one and some of her work from home. She wrote three great facts about Neptune for our space book and study of space. She also did some great writing about the weather. She is working hard at home and her family has been so great about sharing her work with me so that I have a good sense of how it is going for her at home. I certainly miss us all being in class together but we are all working from home as best we can. Good job, Bumblebee!