Our Industrial Revolution unit focused on the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution. First we had to compare life in an agrarian society and how it was different during Read More >>
Archives for December 2017
Periodic Table
Children in grade 5-8th have participated in a class that has been exploring the periodic table. We started with thinking about how elements “look”. We built three different types of Read More >>
Guns for General Washington
In our Historical Fiction Book Club we read Guns for General Washington – A Story of the American Revolution. This book was told from the point of view of a Read More >>
Halloween House Ad with Calli
Our paragraph writing class was Halloween themed. The students had to pretend that they were real estate agents and create an ad for a haunted house that they would be Read More >>
Personal Narratives
We all have amazing stories to tell, so this fall a small group of children were part of a class, inspired by Lucy Calkins, which encourage each of them to explore Read More >>