Students read the book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Each week they were responsible for reading a set of pages and writing 5 sticky notes. Each sticky note had Read More >>
Archives for May 2024
Ancient China for Middle Students
At the beginning of our Ancient China unit, the class filled out a KWL (Know, Want to know, and What I Learned). They were only able to fill out the Read More >>
Pixie
Pixie is a language arts and reasoning program that focuses on “sharpening” the thinking skills of children. It does this by giving them scenarios and asking them how they would Read More >>
Layers of the Earth
We began our layers of the Earth class by asking ourselves, “How many layers of the Earth are there?”. That is when everyone learned that there are four layers of, Read More >>
Banned Books
As banning books became much more common throughout the country we began a discussion with older students based on reading aloud a book called The Day the Book Was Arrested Read More >>
Math Word Problems
Learning to read word problems for young children has many aspects. We began with the four children by having them recognize possible, impossible or incorrect number sentences such as: ? Read More >>
Paper Quilts
The K-2s and I read the book, A Quiltmaker’s Gift, outside of the art room during their reading times. This book was about a woman who made quilts for the Read More >>
Ancient China for Youngers
We started our Ancient China unit for the youngest students by learning about the Chinese Zodiac and having a New Years celebration at school. Students learned about how the zodiac Read More >>
Geography
Students in the youngest group participated in classes to learn about the seven continents. Discussions and activities included information about the earth as a sphere and looking at a “flattened” Read More >>