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These amazing kids made crafts to raise money to shop for others in need! UID students and families are the most generous community.

Ready for the craft fair!

Learning about inherited traits by observing parent and offspring robots

Preparing our Flat Pals to be sent out to a family or friend in a different biome. Based on the Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown

It was a cool walk to school day this morning! ❄️

Making and finding numbers on the 1,000 chart๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

These kids would read for the entire day, if I let them...why can’t I?๐Ÿคท๐Ÿป‍♀️

It’s a pioneer yarn doll family!

Playing pioneers on their “wagon” at recess.

It’s Pioneer Day!

It’s Pioneer Day in third grade and we are starting the morning with a little recess hopscotch!

The final product

And...jack o’ lantern memory at snack time๐ŸŽƒ

End of “season” photo for UID field hockey๐Ÿ‘❤️

A little social studies mixed with word study.

Flashlight Friday fun๐Ÿ”ฆ

Congratulations to our very own third grader for winning the t-shirt contest for the Halloween Hustle this weekend! She has quite a lucky day...won the contest AND found a four leaf clover๐Ÿ€๐ŸŽƒ

Pretending we lived in the early 1900s

Trains, bears and carousels, oh my!

If this picture had sound, you’d hear these third graders saying, “we love learning outside!” It’s that time of year to start bringing hats, gloves and warm jackets every day for our outdoor time.

A nice fall Friday on the playground for snack๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ

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The sound of the river, fresh air, a comfy chair, and a good book=๐Ÿ˜‹

Word study games with a partner, outside! ๐ŸŒž

Great rainy day to snuggle up on the couch with a good book!๐Ÿ“š

Thankful for these ladies and a great harvest lunch! ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ’๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿ…

Look at the determination on these field hockey players faces๐Ÿ‘ Day 2 of UID field hockey club was a success!

Thank you @amanda_lynn_c for a super fun first annual Zucchini Relay Race!

Learning about the brain and all its parts! Can you identify the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex?

Getting into our word study routines with a simple word list to start....we need to get routines down first in these first 6 weeks๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Partner math games during math menu time๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

They chose a popsicle party for earning 100 positive acknowledgments! They make great choices, work hard, and show kindness to each other every day!

The “Wild Cubs” during independent reading time in our outdoor space๐Ÿป

Teamwork and Harvesting from the UID garden๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ’๐Ÿฅ•

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They’ve named themselves them the “Wild Cubs” and they cleaned their outdoor classroom today!

Trying out our new chairs for our outdoor and indoor and learning spaces! Thank you to @donorschoose and all who donated to this project, allowing each child to have their very own chair.

Personalizing writer’s notebooks with inspirational pictures, words and photos!

Join us tonight at UID to welcome and meet Mrs. Cote, our new principal!

Can these self portraits get any cuter?

Self portraits to accompany our hopes and dreams.

Releasing monarchs, thanks to a generous family!

More mindfulness activities...Buddha boards at quiet time. Thank you @donorschoose and all of the families who donated, so that our third graders would have tools to calm their brains and bodies.

Checking out our class pets, hissing cockroaches!

Some mindful coloring time to get our bodies and brains ready for an afternoon of learning

Having fun on day 1!

These two amazing educators were awarded for their hard work and dedication to UID at our district celebration today! They won the MMMUSD-CESU excellence in leadership award. Nice job @kimberlyaucter and Kathy Cowan

My summer garden helpers harvested two huge bags of beans from the UID garden today. We will freeze them for the students to eat in the Fall!

What’s this you ask? It’s 24 field hockey sticks and balls and equipment to start a club at UID this year! Be on the lookout for information coming home in your child’s backpack in the first few weeks of school. Girls AND boys are invited to join. ๐Ÿ‘ thank you to @usafieldhockey for the equipment!

Last day class photo