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Fabulous End of the Week! Miss Lubs Class: Today the students made their own communication page to celebrate the culmination of our read-a-loud: “Rules”….each student chose words that were important to them. We will be putting a book together of all the communication pages! A fun time for all today! Fun Friday Peer Group: Today [...]


Posted at: December 12th, 2009 - 10:03 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Everyone is Thankful it is Thursday! 7th Grade Girls: WOW! We have grown…another 7th grade girl wanted to join the group….and we just couldn’t say no….had to add another table in the room and place an order for new chairs so everyone could fit comfortably….I can feel the holidays just around the corner! The girls [...]


Posted at: December 10th, 2009 - 7:41 pm - Number of Comments » 0

7th Grade Typical Peer Lunch Group: A lively bunch today since lunch came so quickly after arrival at school! We ate lunch, played a little Twister and with Legos and even managed to keep a potential escapee in the room! A giggly day! 5th Grade Boys Group: Today’s choice was Apples to Apples and the [...]


Posted at: December 9th, 2009 - 3:16 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Typical Peer Play Group: Today we read a book from my childhood: “Are You My Mother?”…It was such a fun book to read and then we colored pictures of all the things that the little bird asked: “Are You My Mother?” Lots of giggles, laughs and interactions! Third Grade Girls Groups: A little Zig-Zag today! [...]


Posted at: December 8th, 2009 - 8:38 pm - Number of Comments » 0

7th Grade Boys: With report cards due on Friday, I decided to ask for the boys’ predictions on how their grades will be. They all seem rather positive. Then we went to the gym to play basketball….which ended not so well. Again, the boys became too competitive and forgot the rules, or changed the rules [...]


Posted at: December 7th, 2009 - 4:27 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Fabulous End of the Week! Miss Lubs Class: Today we finished our real-aloud “Rules” – a story about a young girl who has an autistic brother and becomes friends with a young man in a wheelchair who cannot speak. We had a great discussion about the book and it seems as if the kids really [...]


Posted at: December 4th, 2009 - 3:14 pm - Number of Comments » 0

A fun day for all! 7th Grade Girls: We were a very small group today….half of our girls were on a field trip to the senior center! We shared our “Happy Happenings” and enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Cravinho who enjoyed seeing her former students! 6th Grade Boys: No group today! All the boys were [...]


Posted at: December 3rd, 2009 - 4:18 pm - Number of Comments » 0

7th Grade Typical Peer Lunch Group: A fairly laid back group today! We ate, chatted and then decided to color pictures of Snow White, Tinkerbelle, the Smurfs and Toy Story! 5th Grade Boys Group: Today we played “Fact or Crap”…not as bad as it sounds! The boys were read statements on a variety of topics [...]


Posted at: December 2nd, 2009 - 7:08 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Typical Peer Play Group: Today we started a new book! We read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and colored pictures of the coconut tree! Nice interactions today! Third Grade Girls Group 1: After sharing Happy Happenings and some lovely music class songs, I asked the girls to discuss the statement: “You can’t judge a book by [...]


Posted at: December 1st, 2009 - 4:02 pm - Number of Comments » 0