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 glaciers are made of fresh water. As we continued learning about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, we had questions about a single water drop. That led Read More >>
Archives for May 2016
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, Juliette, Maia and Jake. They are in 6th grade. The Breathing Room is about a girl named Evvy who is sent to a sanatorium when Read More >>
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 a Shoe? We then applied the ideas in this book to a coat hanger. What could we do with a coat hanger besides hang up Read More >>
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 comparing it to the present day location of India. They studied the climate and cities of Harappa and Mohejo-Daro. In small groups, the students performed Read More >>
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, so he must save their farm from the tax collector. A major theme of the story is perseverance. No matter what obstacles Little Willy faces, Read More >>
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 to enormous acclaim. His book revolutionized the way children are taught to read and write poetry. Around 2000 Mary Cunningham gave us a copy of Read More >>