Today the 1st graders started their day with the opportunity to either finish sewing their personal flags or create a "How to Count to 10 in Basque" tool. In the afternoon, the students learned about earth artist Andy Goldsworthy. They loved his artwork and were inspired to go outside to create their own earth art, which you can see pictured below. Since we missed Free Choice last week, we finished Earth Day with an extra long Free Choice where students sewed homemade stuffies, invented a mini golf game, played Boggle, built with Legos, and more.
Left: The 1st grade class loves to play Reverse Charades, where a small group guesses and everyone else silently acts out a clue!
Ms Gabrielli is a volunteer advocate with the Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), the bipartisan political advocacy branch of the 100-year-old Save the Children organization. On Tuesday, she got to meet with Senator Risch's staff to advocate for the senator's support of the MINDS Act. If you'd like to learn more about the MINDS Act or SCAN, click here!
Thank you so much to everyone that has donated to the Lowell GATE Classroom Fund this year! Your donations have purchased 2 drone kits, tons of art and engineering supplies, and 5 huge Lego sets! I have my eye on some Rubik's cubes, a full-sized microscope, and math/strategy challenges. Please click on the link below to donate to my Boise Foundation Account.
(I'll start posting as soon as I have confirmed which students from each school are on the No Photo List. Thanks for your patience!)