Material Matters

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The Zones

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] Late autumn brings with it a tremendous amount of excitement for children. There are Halloween costumes to choose, turkeys and…

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Getting Meta-Cognitively Connected!

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Who Am I?

              The second and third graders have enthusiastically immersed themselves in the Hero Study by independently reading biographies of interest and then dressing up as their heroes.…

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