Our youngest students spent the first 6 weeks of school playing many games where they worked on identifying the sounds of letters in our alphabet. After giving them all a Read More >>
Archives for November 2015
Picture stretch
Four of our youngest students started a class in late October where they are using pictures to help them identify sounds in the words. For the activity each child draws Read More >>
Words as Boomerangs
Every year, and more than once a year, we facilitate discussions at school to help children understand the power of the words they use. Last week we asked children to Read More >>
Women’s Hall of Fame
As part of our social studies unit on Government, the oldest students went on a field trip to Seneca Falls to learn more about the Women’s Rights Movement. They visited Read More >>
Government and Social Justice
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty Read More >>
Rain Forest
The eleven youngest students started the year learning about the Rain Forest. New concepts and vocabulary were introduced as they listened to and discussed the content of many books on Read More >>
Equalizing and Word Problems
Evan and Glady are participating in a math class together. They are working in DMP (Developing Mathematical Processes) topic 27 Representing Other Equalizing Situations. Working with addition and subtraction facts Read More >>
Electromagnetism
Last year the teachers began a long term project that integrated science, technology, social studies and language arts. As teachers we began by jointly reading an inspiring book called The Read More >>