Slides, Flips, and Turns – A Winter Story

Looking outside the window, with the beautiful landscape of snow, we can definitely tell that winter is here!  Winter brings many different feelings and visions.  Some think about the holidays.  Some think about ice and snow.  What do I think about?  Well, I think...

Holiday Sing-A-Long

Every year, right before our winter vacation, the entire school gets together for a holiday sing-a-long.  Our wonderful music teacher, Mrs. Cardinal led us through many different holiday carols.  Santa even showed up to lend a helping hand! I look forward to seeing...

Chris van Allsburg – As Retold by Mr. Avery’s Class

For the last month, we have been studying all about Chris van Allsburg.  We learned some great information about him.  Did you know that he didn’t even start getting into art until he decided he wanted to be an architect in high school?  Another interesting fact...

Emotions in Motion

In class we have been working on ways to make our writing more descriptive. We often discuss ways to “paint a picture” for our reader. Chris van Allsburg was a master at this. Each student agreed that we could imagine the way that his books would look even...