On Friday afternoons all the children had a chance to make a microscopic slide, put it on the stage, focus the microscope and change the magnification of the microscope. They Read More >>
Archives for March 2011
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
During Read Aloud, the 5th – 8th graders listened to “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin. In this story Min-Li, a young Chinese girl, becomes a hero Read More >>
Integer Class
The oldest group of students as well as a few 5th graders, participated in a three week integer class. We started with the basics of the number line and what Read More >>
Sledding
Martin, a fifth grader, proposed a day of sledding at school. Teachers took his idea and made it a reality. During investigations the whole school took off to the golf Read More >>
The Fledgling Book Club
The older students were part of an eight week book club where they read The Fledgling by Jane Langton.At the start of the book club we set up expectations. All Read More >>
Writing Prompts
Working with Jeff Simmons, a parent of one of our students who teaches creative writing at Syracuse University, the older students were given two writing prompts which launched them into Read More >>
Poetry
Inspired by Kenneth Koch’s Rose, where did you get that red? book the older students spent a month studying the poems of Wallace Stevens: Thirteen Ways to Look at a Read More >>
Ancient China
Third grade students created a China poster describing four aspects of Chinese culture. They were able to select their own topics from a list that included the Silk Road, Chinese Read More >>