Some of the youngest students listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After listening to the book, counting dots and discussing each page, students worked hard on making their own Ten Blue Dots Book. During each class, students get to work on a page or two by drawing their picture with the dots Read More >>
Archives for March 2022
Magnets
Over the last few months, all of the kindergarten and first graders have been in a magnet class during Investigations that was a total of five classes. The groups were split up into two groups and they met about once a week. This class was incredibly fun for them because they all love magnets and Read More >>
Bugscopters
This fascinating investigation was created by Larry Schafer, the amazing science educator at Syracuse University. It starts with a box wrapped up as a gift. In the box is a letter from Bugso, challenging the class to become scientists and discover as much as they can about the Bugsocopter. After experimenting with the Bugsocopters, children Read More >>
The Constitution
Over the winter five of our oldest students looked at American History and specifically the Declaration of Independence and the forming of the Constitution. After Visual Thinking Strategies to interpret the Join or Die cartoon, students read sections of the Declaration, putting the text into their own words. Then they recited their sections.We then turned Read More >>