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Thinking, Creating, Reflecting: Impacting the Future

Early Elementary

Ages 5 - 7

  • Date created

    March 1, 2018

  • Last updated

    July 28, 2026

Description

Early Elementary is a time in a student’s life when they are moving from their first experiences in school, socially, emotionally and academically, to becoming more independent and responsible for their own learning.  We accomplish this by using an integrated thematic approach; this includes science, environmental studies, social studies, math, and language. Individual needs in reading and math are also targeted.

What to Expect

Multi-sensory instruction in decoding and word attack skills for emergent and beginning readers

Investigations Math Curriculum with an emphasis on “math talks” where children’s unique mathematical thinking is honored as they communicate the strategies they used to come up with answers

Plan, Do, Review (Work time) 2-5 times a week, depending on age

Introduction to the Design Thinking Model when a science topic is researched and explored in-depth and students create prototypes through a variety of engineering and art challenges
Inside the Classroom

Early Elementary Highlights! Sept. 8 – Sept. 11

After making our guesses for our guessing jar, we put 

Early Elementary Highlights! Aug. 31 – Sept. 4

EE made wonderful self portraits this week! Furry Friend Fridays 

Early Elementary Highlights! May 11 – May 15

A beautiful day for a “Shooting Stars” picnic!Happy Summer from 

Early Elementary Highlights! May 4 – May 8

We loved having Intermediate read to us on Wednesday!Best Buds! 

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 27 – May 1

Posing and drawing our partner portraits to put together our 

Early Elementary Highlights! Apr. 20 – Apr. 24

Happy Birthday Lyla! So much fun at STEAM night! Thank 

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 23 – Mar. 27

Team work in the process of creating a stage performance! 

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 16 – Mar. 20

A little crazy but very productive work time!We love “Ag 

Early Elementary Highlights! Mar. 2 – Mar. 6

Impromptu performance! Enjoying Dr. Seuss books!Using a hundreds chart to 

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 23 – Feb. 27

Madison and Matteo’s lemonade stand! Jumping for Joy in Jamaica! 

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 17 – Feb. 20

We loved having our Preschool friends visit us for Work 

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 9 – Feb. 13

Early Elementary students participated in the Winter Olympics Torch Relay 

Early Elementary Highlights! Feb. 2 – Feb. 6

Art elective with Laura Gomel...travel posters!When it came to the 

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 26 – Jan. 30

We began our shape scavenger hunt on Monday!Artie had a 

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 20 – Jan. 23

Snow Globes! We pretended we lived in a snow globe, 

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 12 – Jan. 16

Learning and singing about Martin Luther King Jr!Work-time building!Furry Friend 

Early Elementary Highlights! Jan. 6 – Jan. 9

Enjoying our January books!We had so much fun playing our 

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 15 – Dec. 19

Santa left presents for our classroom under our tree! We 

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 8 – Dec. 12

Our favorite holiday tradition graph! Building our 3D nutcrackers! Partner 

Early Elementary Highlights! Dec. 1 – Dec. 5

Luna did a great job reading the story "My Friends" 

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 17 – Nov. 21

Sai’s the Birthday girl on Friday! Happy Birthday Sai!Thanks Mr. 

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 10 – Nov. 14

Early honoring veterans on Veterans Day!Early, Intermediate, and Upper had 

Early Elementary Highlights! Nov. 3 – Nov. 7

Working on our 100s chart! Queen for a Day! Happy 

Early Elementary Highlights! Oct. 27 – Oct. 31

So much fun in Spooky Science with Miss Carol, Luna’s 

Early Elementary Supply List 2026-2027

Full-time and hybrid (age 6) students are asked to have:

1 8 oz. bottle of hand sanitizer

1 package of #2 Ticonderoga pencils

2 rolls of scotch tape

24-count of crayons labeled with child’s name

12-count box of Crayola washable markers labeled with child’s
name

1 set of Prang watercolor paints

1 pair of scissors labeled with child’s name

1 container of Clorox wipes

1 package of fat Expo markers

1 roll of paper towels

2 glue sticks

1 bottle of Elmer’s glue

Rain boots for fall/spring labeled with child’s name in permanent
marker

1 reusable water bottle labeled with child’s name

1 change of clothes labeled with child’s name

1 small wrapped gift for our birthday box

Headphones (Over the ear are the most comfortable.)

PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES
ARE LABELED WITH YOUR CHILD’S NAME.

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