Fresh Cut Paper Field Trip

We had a fantastic field trip to Freshcut Paper in Concord. Julia and her team provided us all with an amazing tour of their work space, and we got to meet the founder, Peter. He talked with us about how he came up with the idea for the company, how the environment is negatively impacted by sending fresh cut flowers, and that Freshcut Paper also plant a tree for every card they print! They have planted over 3,000,000 trees! Students got to see where the designers come up with their ideas, the printing of the card stock they use to create the product, watch it being worked on by the laser printer, checked out some of the work that is done on the computer with graphics, and then, the best part, was actually manipulating some of the beautiful products. We also got to see some of their new products that haven’t been released yet. We were all blown away by the fact that all of these different items were all made of paper! As a final treat, students got to see the photography studio where lots of marketing work is done, visit the shop, and then choose one of the beautiful products to take home! It was an all around, really cool time.

Book Clubs

We have several book clubs running concurrently and it’s been really amazing to watch the growth in the literacy development in our classroom. There are multiple levels of reading and as many different genres of books being read. Each group reads out loud to practice fluency and reading with expression, as well as doing projects that tie into the story such as making a boat, building a wagon, creating a dragon, making soup, or doing a word search with new vocabulary.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Lisa and Jen