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Party Platforms – Green Party

We started off our third year of a “Government” unit, by learning about party platforms and planks. In advance of meeting with a representative from each of the four political Read More >>

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Fresh Water Biomes

Freshwater biomes has had a great start! We have had such wonderful and enriching discussions on streams and other freshwater biomes. The students are really dedicated to the subject and love Read More >>

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Water Cycle Class

We began our study of the water cycle by identifying where we can find water throughout the earth. An ocean evaporation demonstration helped us understand how the polar caps and Read More >>

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Breathing Room Book Talk

Breathing Room Book Club by Neona (an 8th grader) This year I taught a book club on the book the Breathing Room. I taught the book club to Ace, Jonas, Read More >>

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Inventions

Students in grades 4th-8th participated in a science class this winter that explored and created inventions. We started this unit by reading a book called What Can You Do With Read More >>

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Ancient India

Ancient India The oldest group of students have been participating in a social studies unit on Ancient India. They began by studying the geography and location of Ancient India and Read More >>

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Stone Fox Book Clubs

Two groups of students participated in a book club to read Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner. The book tells the story of a ten-year-old boy whose grandfather falls ill, Read More >>

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Poetry with Kenneth Koch

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Robert Frost. Kenneth Koch published his Rose, Where Did you Get That Red? in 1973 Read More >>

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Temple Grandin

    This year, the older children are examining groups of people who have had to fight for their rights. One such group is individuals with disabilities. We’ve read articles, Read More >>