Early Elementary | Spectrum School

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Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 4 – Nov. 8

We are working really hard on our letters and tracing …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 28 – Nov. 1

“Draw a pumpkin” time!Miss Christina led us in an Andy …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 21 – Oct. 25

Making observations of our adopted trees!Counting acorns we collected on …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 14 – Oct. 18

We played a game called, “Guess my sit” and talked …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 7 – Oct. 11

We love having Miss Carla join us on Monday/Wednesday/Friday! Miss …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 30 – Oct. 4

We loved having Deanna, Joan’s mom, come in and read …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 23 – Sept. 27

Bark rubbings of our favorite trees!Fall is here!What a fun …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 16 – Sept. 20

Drawing our adopted trees as we see them during late …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 9 – Sept. 13

So much fun during worktime!On Wednesday, EE students adopted their …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 3 – Sept. 6

What's going on here?! Audrey very creatively checks to see …

Early Elementary Highlights! Aug. 26 – Aug. 30

The Makers first class art project!Lunch time fun! The “Makers” …

Early Elementary Highlights! May 13 – May 17

Cillian was our change counter on Monday! Going on a …

Early Elementary Highlights! May 6 – May 10

Early finished their lion watercolors this week...they are paw-some! Outside …

Early Elementary Highlights! April 29 – May 3

Get It, Marci! We love our buddies in Upper School!Spreading …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 22 – Apr. 26

EE had a blast playing with the parachute at RU …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 15 – Apr. 19

Our Drama area has turned into a castle for royalty! …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 8 – Apr. 12

What a great day to view the solar eclipse!Happy Birthday …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 1 – Apr. 5

Hee Haw Hoedown Pictures! I didn't know we had so …

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 18 – Mar. 22

Work Time in Early Elementary!Guest Artist! This week, we hosted …

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 11 – Mar. 15

A Note from Miss Megan! Howdy folks! The Hee Haw …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 26 – Mar. 1

"If I Were President" at All School Sharing!Getting ready for …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 23

Spanish Class Afuera! It's was a beautiful day for Spanish …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 12 – Feb. 16

Happy “100th” day of school with special 100th day stations!Can …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 29 – Feb. 2

Worktime Fun!This is what it’s all about! Future Creators! Mozart! …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 22 – Jan. 26

Early students working on place value with groups of ten!IE …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 16 – Jan. 19

We finally got to play our guessing game with our …

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 18 – Dec. 22

Crazy Socks Day! We had so much fun trying out …

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 11 – Dec. 15

So much fun writing our “Rudolph” concrete poems! Spanish Class …

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 4 – Dec. 8

It was a big day in Art class working on …

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 27 – Dec. 1

First recess snow is the best!Making life-size tracings of our …

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 13 – Nov. 17

We shared a pretend Thanksgiving dinner during Drama! Working very …

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 6 – Nov. 10

Sorting our favorite Thanksgiving foods into food groups! We enjoyed …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 30 – Nov. 3

Dia de Muertos! In preparation for Día de Muertos, I …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 23 – Oct. 27

We had so much fun learning about & labeling skeletons …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 16 – Oct. 20

Maddox read his amazingly creative book to IE and EE …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 9 – Oct. 13

Ocean Creatures & Journaling! This week, we shared our ocean …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 2 – Oct. 6

How many spiders in our counting jar? We put our …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 25 – Sept. 29

A very productive worktime!Cillian reading to Shadow during Quiet Reading! …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 18 – Sept. 22

Morning Language stations!Tuesday! Bailey led calendar and circle time with …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 11 – Sept. 15

Art with Miss Megan! This week was full of collage …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 5 – Sept. 8

We loved having Linden and Zayden join us for the …

Early Elementary Highlights! Aug. 28 – Sept. 1

Happy First Day of School! Intermediate and Early got to …

Early Elementary Highlights! May 15 – May 19

Early's countdown to summer started this week...with bubbles! Happy Bubble …

Early Elementary Highlights! May 8 – May 12

Sight Word Memory with our first years in Reading Horizons!Making …

Early Elementary Highlights! May 1 – May 5

Spectrum Art Auction! Our annual Spectrum Art Auction is coming …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 24 – Apr. 28

Bee Interest Group! We are learning about the different parts …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 17 – Apr. 21

Morning dinosaur acrostic poems!April Showers!What a fun Field Day morning …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 10 – Apr. 14

First years practicing reading to second years before they read …

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 3 – Apr. 7

Early students learned Clap, Pat, Steal this week!Shorter, shortest, longer, …

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 27 – Mar. 31

Linear measurement in our Math group!Morning stretching in Yoga! Can …

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 13 – Mar. 17

Working on magic numbers in partners for the past few …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 27 – Mar. 3

Lavender was a wonderful hostess to our visitor, Karina! More …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 24

Another successful Virtual Meeting in the books! EE having so …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 13 – Feb. 17

Celebrating our 100th Day of School with some trail mix …

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 6 – Feb. 10

Exploring symmetry!Work Time! We had a very busy and productive …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

Move It! We had so much fun participating in Intermediate's …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 23 – Jan. 27

Busy Work-time! A very busy work-time, manning our space station, …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 17 – Jan. 20

Sully shared his yellow belt, and Reid shared his figures …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 9 – Jan. 13

Happy Birthday celebrations for Max and Bennett!Early's Space Shuttle! EE …

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 3 – Jan. 6

EE is turning our Drama area into a Space Station! …

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 12 – Dec. 16

Upper helping Early make our family Christmas gifts!Building Time!Some afternoon …

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 5 – Dec. 9

Heather and I are trying to think of a fun, …

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 28 – Dec. 2

This Week, we celebrated 5th birthdays for Bailey, Tinsley, and …

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 14 – Nov. 18

Happy Birthday Sully! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sully-bday-vid.mp4 Maddox's Dogman creation! Making mind movies …

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 7 – Nov. 11

Pattern Exploration!Happy St Patrick’s Day? EE was busy at work …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 31 – Nov. 4

Happy Birthday Miss Jacque! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jacquebday-vid.mp4 Earlier in the week, we …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 24 – Oct. 28

Leftover apples = crockpot applesauce!Tinsley was so proud of how …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 17 – Oct. 21

Apples! Early Elementary worked with Miss Heather on our apple …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 10 – Oct. 14

Sensory Bin! We added an apple pie making sensory bin …

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 3 – Oct. 7

Math with Miss Claire!Working on our family trees!Grandparent Visits! Bailey …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 26 – Sept. 30

It was a beautiful day to walk to RU for …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 19 – Sept. 23

Quiet afternoon reading with Gus!Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 12 – Sept. 16

Max's Lego robot and Bennett's Lego blaster!Early and Intermediate enjoyed …

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 6 – Sept. 9

So proud of their individual and group creations!Auggie’s sharing day! …

Early Elementary Highlights! Aug. 29 – Sept. 2

Early has had a BUSY first week back! Here’s an …

Foresters’ Adventures! May 16 – May 20

Our band did a great job Tuesday morning at their …

Foresters’ Adventures! May 9 – May 13

A beautiful morning for tennis finally! After tennis, we took …

Foresters’ Adventures! May 2 – May 6

So much fun today with our new friend, Carl Kole! …

Foresters’ Adventures! Apr. 25 – Apr. 29

Recess Fun! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/recessvid.mp4 Congrats Anna on losing your first tooth …

Foresters’ Adventures! Apr. 18 – Apr. 22

Happy 6th Birthday to our Malin!Worktime fun!Outside pretend cooking! A …

Foresters’ Adventures! Apr. 11 – Apr. 15

Happy happy birthday Oliver!Money Fun!Lots of movement fun with Miss …

Foresters’ Adventures! Apr. 4 – Apr. 8

Forester Hopscotch Heaven! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hopvid.mp4 Measurement Scavenger Hunt!A chilly but fun …

Foresters’ Adventures! Mar. 28 – Apr. 1

We had so much fun reading to Lydia this week!Our …

Foresters’ Adventures! Mar. 14 – Mar. 18

STEM Challenge! On Wednesday, we had a STEM challenge: to …

Foresters’ Adventures! Mar. 7 – Mar. 11

Dear Family, With a $25 order, you can pick a …

Foresters’ Adventures! Feb. 28 – Mar. 4

A sneak peek at our princes and princesses for our …

Foresters’ Adventures! Feb. 21 – Feb. 25

Happy TWOSday! TWOSday Activities! Celebrating 2s today! We counted by …

Foresters’ Adventures! Feb. 14 – Feb. 18

Valentine's Celebration! We had cookies and juice (thanks Otis!) and …

Foresters’ Adventures! Feb. 7 – Feb. 11

Replicating partner designs!Lots of building going on during work time!For …

Foresters’ Adventures! Jan. 31 – Feb. 4

What do animals do in the winter? Look closely and …

Foresters’ Adventures! Jan. 24 – Jan. 28

Snowy recess! There are few things I enjoy about Winter. …

Foresters’ Adventures! Jan. 17 – Jan. 21

Worktime Wednesday! Busy work time today. We’re working hard on …

Foresters’ Adventures! Jan. 10 – Jan. 14

We've been lucky enough to enjoy Yoga multiple times this …

Foresters’ Adventures! Jan. 3 – Jan. 7

Foresters are so excited to be back to “Worktime”!Loving ThinkThink!Happy …

Foresters’ Adventures! Dec. 13 – Dec. 17

Foresters working on our geometric Christmas trees!Working on our special …

Foresters’ Adventures! Dec. 6 – Dec. 10

Foresters playing “school” during work time, with Master Rhett as …

Foresters’ Adventures! Nov. 29 – Dec. 3

Another very fun Early/Preschool worktime, including a Science experiment with …

Foresters’ Adventures! Nov. 15 – Nov. 19

Otis was so proud to read a book to us …

Foresters’ Adventures! Nov. 8 – Nov. 12

Forester Work Time! Forester work-time lends itself to endless possibilities! …

Foresters’ Adventures! Nov. 1 – Nov. 5

Tuesday work-time fun!Forester pattern making & "guess my pattern!"Early morning …

Foresters’ Adventures! Oct. 25 – Oct. 29

Our first venn diagram of the year, comparing spiders to …

Foresters’ Adventures! Oct. 18 – Oct. 22

Outdoor Work-Time! We were able to enjoy some great weather …

Foresters’ Adventures! Oct. 11 – Oct. 15

Our playground gets very muddy. Please send in rainboots (or …

Foresters’ Adventures! Oct. 4 – Oct. 8

Happy birthday to Jude this past Monday!Busy Monday! Yoga and …

Foresters’ Adventures! Sept. 27 – Oct. 1

Xander went on a grasshopper hunt during recess! Malin and …

Foresters’ Adventures! Sept. 20 – Sept. 24

“It’s that autumn time of year, in the northern hemisphere!” …

Foresters’ Adventures! Sept. 13 – Sept. 17

Starting our week with language activities and yoga!Happy Birthday Alex!Music …

Foresters’ Adventures! Sept. 6 – Sept. 10

Monday worktime!Happy Birthday James! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/happybdayvid.mp4 Cooperative building stations!Button sorting! As …

Foresters’ Adventures! Aug. 30 – Sept. 3

The Foresters 2021-2022! Happy first day back Foresters! They wasted …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! May 17 – May 25

Dreamers counting down the days until Summer Break!Parachute Design Challenge!Take …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! May 10 – May 14

BUGS! Filling our bug houses we created with bug treats, …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! May 3 – May 7

Thank you Madison! We have been so lucky to have …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Apr. 26 – Apr. 30

CLICK HERE for the Tacky The Penguin video, starring the …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Apr. 19 – Apr. 23

Dreamers' Alphabet Art! Thank you to Middle Schooler Lily for …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Apr. 12 – Apr. 16

The alligator’s mouth is always open to the bigger number!Working …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Apr. 5 – Apr. 9

“Wake up! Wake up! Spring is here!” https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/springvid_Trim.mp4 Design Thinkers …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Mar. 29 – Apr. 1

Recess and quiet reading in small groups!Math Workshop: floor plans …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Mar. 15 – Mar. 19

Cube Buildings in Math Workshop!Busy Monday! The Dreamers had a …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Mar. 8 – Mar. 12

Finishing up our lines project in Art!The Solar System! We’re …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Mar. 1 – Mar. 4

Mallet Instruments and Clifford the Big Red Dog! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mallet.mp4 Putting …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Feb. 22 – Feb. 26

Non-standard units of measuring! Measuring each other’s footprints, among other …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Feb. 15 – Feb. 19

Oil Pastels in Art! Experimenting with oil pastel techniques, cool …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Feb. 8 – Feb. 12

Sharing our Art with Miss Pam!Making our “hug” valentines for …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Feb. 1 – Feb. 5

Happy 6th Birthday Liam! Time! We had so much fun …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Jan. 25 – Jan. 29

Counting Workout for morning movement break! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mmbvid.mp4 Design Thinkers working …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Jan. 18 – Jan. 22

Presidential Inauguration! The Dreamers spent a few minutes on Wednesday …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Jan. 11 – Jan. 15

Math Workshop! Design Thinkers create a story problem based on …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Jan. 5 – Jan. 8

Working on Winter Landscapes in Art with Miss Pam!Favorite Winter …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Dec. 7 – Dec. 11

Design Thinkers worked with mirror symmetry today during Math Workshop!Whether …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Nov. 30 – Dec. 4

Wildfire unit! Kicked off our Wildfire Unit today with a …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Nov. 16 – Nov. 20

Art dedication! Evan was so proud of his beautiful art …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Nov. 9 – Nov. 13

Working on Invent-O-Vate creatures with Ms. Pam!Thank You letters to …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Nov. 2 – Nov. 6

It’s a puzzle kind of morning for the Dreamer classroom!"Stem" …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Oct. 26 – Oct. 30

The Dreamers working hard on our new Art project!Bats! Bat …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Oct. 19 – Oct. 23

Math Workshop: seeing numbers as groups of hundreds, tens, and …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Oct. 12 – Oct. 16

John = Student of the Week! A very intense game …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Oct. 5 – Oct. 9

Parents of Dreamers!! Check out October's scholastic flyers HERE! Orders …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Sept. 28 – Oct. 2

The Design Thinkers sing Autumnal Equinox with Ms. Sue https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sue.mp4 …

Dreamers and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Sept. 21 – Sept. 25

Monday's Divergent Thinking Task! Make a representation of a spider …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Sept. 14 – Sept. 18

Design Thinkers' Nature Hike/Spider Web Hunt!Share the Love with Mrs. …

Dreamers’ and Design Thinkers’ Highlights! Sept. 8 – Sept. 10

After much deliberation, it has been decided that Ms. Jacque's …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! May 25 – May 29

Summer Reading with Miss Jacque! See the flyer to join …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! May 18 – May 22

Japanese weather from Ms. Keiko! Humphrey Read-aloud with Ms. Jacque! …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! May 11 – May 15

Families! We've had some of you express interest in hosting …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Apr. 27 – May 1

End of Year Conferences! End of Year Conferences will be …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Apr. 20 – Apr. 24

This past week's schedule review! Digestive System projects! Some of …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Apr. 13 – Apr. 17

What the Sock Monkeys have learned about the respiratory system! …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Apr. 6 – Apr. 9

Fun story elements song! Jack Hartmann is the best! Alex's …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Mar. 30 – Apr. 3

Quick recap of our schedule this past week! Enjoy our …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Mar. 23 – Mar. 27

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! To our wonderful Sock …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Mar. 9 – Mar. 13

Adding our skeletal system to our life size human bodies!A …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Mar. 2 – Mar. 6

Learning new signs for Spring! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/88174129_639666696604966_2199907740193892832_n.mp4 Patterns, patterns, and more …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Feb. 24 – Feb. 28

Below, you'll find brief details to THREE separate Sock Monkeys' …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Feb. 18 – Feb. 20

Career Day! What a wonderful “Career” Day with the Sock …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Feb. 10 – Feb. 14

Science of Sound Interest Group! This group had a busy …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Feb. 3 – Feb. 6

It was a short and busy week here with the …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Jan. 27 – Jan. 31

Please sign up for Mid-Year Conferences using this link. Thanks! …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Jan. 21 – Jan. 24

Spatial Thinkers!Making music together! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/83498583_208564560306452_2113665492123123712_n.mp4 Such a fun recess! Sock …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Jan. 13 – Jan. 17

Exploring and experimenting with sound!Making words at calendar time!Exploring rectangles …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Jan. 6 – Jan. 10

Ordering rectangles during Math Workshop!Movin' and groovin' in Music class! …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Dec. 16 – Dec. 20

So many Santas! Ho, ho, ho!Special mail delivery from the …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Dec. 9 – Dec. 13

Here's a link to the Heifer International website and, specifically, …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Dec. 2 – Dec. 6

Thanks to everyone who sent change in with students for …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Nov. 18 – Nov. 22

Grandparents' Day is just about here! On Tuesday November 26th, …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Nov. 12 – Nov. 15

Japanese class! Writing our Japanese names with black beans and …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Nov. 4 – Nov. 8

Young Crafters Interest Group! A fun first day of Young …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Oct. 28 – Nov. 1

Reading our scarecrow poem at All-School Share! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/76596818_2275839799374290_3787044747042881536_n.mp4 Coding Galore! …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Oct. 21- Oct. 25

Third year students exploring coding as a possible topic for …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Oct. 14 – Oct. 18

Writers' Workshop! Working with partners on strategies like reading your …

Sock Monkeys’ Memoirs! Oct. 7 – Oct. 11

Bridge building! Bridge building after a unit on goats and …

Introducing: The Early Elementary Sock Monkeys! Sept. 30 – Oct. 3

Sock Monkeys! We are the Sock Monkeys! This Grassroots art …

Early Elementary: Sept. 23 – Sept. 27

Oak leaves as big as your head! Productive morning! Everyone …

Early Elementary: Sept. 16 – Sept. 20

Grassroots Sharing! Rebecca’s Grassroots sharing: Bucha Bar! Everyone tried a …

Early Elementary: Sept. 9 – Sept. 13

Halloween Origami & Ikebana! So many fun activities with Ms. …

Early Elementary: Sept. 3 – Sept. 6

WELCOME! Intake Conference Sign-Up went out this week via email. …

Chickadees’ Diaries: May 20 – May 24

Get outside, get healthy! This is an amazing program filled …

Chickadees’ Diaries: May 13 – May 17

Getting "Jiggy With It" at Rockford University! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/60759493_406797456843453_5361774306890088448_n.mp4 Reflection Reflection …