Sunday, March 27, 2016

Inner Explorer

The children did a wonderful job presenting at the All School Meeting. They worked in pairs to create posters that showed some of the things we have learned from our inner explore practice. We learned about visual presentation and created visual models of our finished projects. 

Here are the ideas we shared







  • The mindful minute is just five breaths that and help you make good choices. It will help you calm down when you are angry and out of control.
  • Waves carry your feelings away and clouds do too. This strategy helps you when you have a chattering mind.
  • Use strategies whenever you need to, not just at school.
  • Start with the heart. Doing nice things to others is good. Bring nice feelings to other people.
  • Know your feelings. Don’t worry. They are all important. Be calm.
  • Forgive others. It will make you feel better.
  • Shark fin: it gets you calm and ready for big things.
  • Don’t let your angry feelings carry you away.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016



Did you know that 1 out of every 5 children in the US may go to bed hungry tonight? 
In an effort to raise awareness of hunger issues, many Cutler third graders are participating in a community service project. They are collecting food for the Acord Food Pantry and planning a bake sale on Saturday, April 9 to raise money for Project Bread and Acord. It would be wonderful if your family could support their cause by either donating a food item from this list and/or coming to the bake sale. Please send in food donations from now until April 1.  Many thanks!
Kindergarten –soup
Grade 1 – canned fruit
Grade 2 – cereal
Grade 3 – snacks (pretzels, bars, crackers, etc.)
Grade 4 - meal–in-a-can (chili, ravioli, spaghetti-os, etc.)
Grade 5 – jelly or jam

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Will You Be A Mystery Reader?

The children are hoping we have more mystery readers coming. Please let me know if you would like to be a  mystery reader for the first time this year or you would like to come in again! We love to have you visit!

OPEN HOUSE- April 13th 5:00-7:00


Buddy Activity- The Zones of Regulation

On Friday afternoon, the children worked with their buddies to create a "fortune teller" that reviewed the zones of regulation. We are looking forward to working with our buddies again.






First Picnic Of The Season

The weather was perfect so we headed outside for our snack time!





Revising Our Work

During Writers Workshop, the students met in partners to share their current work. The students asked questions to help the author decide what details or information might be added to the piece to make it more complete.