Watch Our Seedlings Grow!
"A school garden is a tremendous valuable tool to help young people turn book knowledge into real experience." -Mike Metallo, President, National Gardening Association With all the recent snow, it's…
Learning to Converse in the Bixby Village
If your house is anything like mine, you may not always like the way your kids speak to each other or to you. But like me, you may also notice,…
More on March 14, 3.14, 2016 Pi Day!!!
With so few math holidays, we in the world of math take our pi/pie very seriously! So of course, on 3/14 we ate the delicious pies that our students brought…
Being in the Moment
As our season slowly warms up and the cabin fever hits us, I am witnessing the children wanting to be outside more and more! The high energy level of children…
∏ Day!
March 14th was Π Day; it was a special one too; 3.1416 is Π rounded to the ten thousandths place! This is certainly something to celebrate. Yet, what do first,…
Student Read Aloud: How to Create Confident and Nuanced Readers
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~Benjamin Franklin Being a confident reader does not happen over night, but through practice, encouragement,…
Nitty Gritty Science
In recent weeks, my students reminded me about a teaching goal I’d placed too far on the back burner. They didn’t realize it, of course, but they couldn’t have been…
Learning Outside The Walls Of Bixby
One of the many great things about a Bixby education is the opportunity our students have to experience different ways of learning. Starting with kindergarteners going on their weekly trips…
Making Friends In Our Bixby Preschool
As a preschool teacher at Bixby I have the chance to help encourage early friendships to bud and grow. The preschool years are a time when little ones have the…
Second Grade Research Reports
“Research is formalized curiosity. It’s poking and prying with a purpose.” - Zora Neale Hurston Research can seem a daunting task in second grade. There is…
Holiday Letter To The Bixby Family
Dear Members of the Bixby Family: The holiday season always causes me to reflect on the past year and the year ahead with thanks that both our republic and myself…
Dana’s Math Games
We have had a wonderful semester of learning, hard work, and fun! As our beloved Bixby community looks forward to a seventeen day break from school, I thought that it…
Handmade Holiday Market TODAY!
The kindergarten class made a variety of ornaments that will be on sale at the Handmade Holiday Market TODAY! Invite your friends and family. During Cooking Club, the kiddos mixed…
Making Fractions Fun and Yummy In Kitty’s Math Class
4th and 5th graders will spend the next 3 weeks learning about fractions. We begin by using the Bixby tile system, a set of 13 different plastic, colored rectangles. The…
Making Pigeon Books In Colleen’s Writing Room
In writing class, I always look for ways to create projects that are engaging and fun, yet still purposeful. One of my favorite projects is making ‘pigeon books’ with second…
Lenses for the Invisibles by Elizabeth Hubert, Bixby School Elementary Director
Welcome to my first contribution to the Bixby School blog – Inside the Classroom. The contributions thus far have been a wonderfully enlightening way to get to know and appreciate…
Approach To Teaching ‘Math Facts’
As we get ready for Thanksgiving, I want to share how grateful I am for my students and the supportive community that makes Bixby a wonderful place to teach. I…
4th and 5th Grade Privileges
Ah, to be an upperclassman! Being a 4th/5th grader at Bixby comes with new privileges, as well as increased responsibilities. As a new 4th grader, the first exciting change is…
Focusing On Responsibility In Preschool
One core value of Bixby is that we practice and teach responsibility to the children. Responsibility is a big focus of the school because it allows children to learn how…
El 2 de noviembre: el Día de Muertos
El Día de Muertos has been the latest cultural topic in Spanish class. Besides learning their Spanish vocabulary and grammar, students are diving into one of the most popular and amusing…