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Industrial Revolution

To start this unit, students were asked to analyze a Lewis Hine photograph of children working in factories using the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). This led to a discussion of child labor. Each student was assigned to read and present an historical fiction novel about child labor at the turn of the century. In their Read More >>

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Grammar: Nouns and Verbs

Starting in late September, this grammar class learned about nouns and verbs. This class took place either during morning meetings or during snack time. During the first two lessons, students learned about possessive nouns, specifically where apostrophes and “s” are placed depending on the word being singular, plural, or plural with an “s” already at Read More >>

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Mississippi Bridge

Starting in September, we read a book called Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor. Due to the dark content and usage of derogatory words, the group of students had to have a mature mindset to read this book. This book gave students insight into the unjust segregation and racism from the time period. In addition, Read More >>

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Lewis and Clark

From September to the end of October the Second and Third graders learned about the explorers who traveled across the United States to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean. One of the first things that students learned was that it was that a large part of the U.S. was bought in the Louisiana Purchase. Read More >>

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Art Exploration

Students in Kindergarten and First Grade have an art class each day. Second grade joins us once a week. K-1 has free art at least once a week where students can work on longer individual projects or experiment with new materials.  We have made and colored playdough that the children have enjoyed using, and use Read More >>

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Caterpillars, Butterflies, Moths and Bees

We completed a unit study at the start of school on The Life Cycle of the Butterfly and Moth. Children learned about eggs, caterpillars, their metamorphosis within a cocoon or chrysalis, and their eventual emergence as a butterfly or moth. We were able to watch the life cycle play out with four Monarch caterpillars that Read More >>

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ABA Class

Students in the middle grades are participating in a class that is using the Jack and the Beanstalk story to explore underlying principles of our system of justice related to fairness and honesty.  Students are engaging in activities that encourage their own opinions about fairness and then in class discussions children are exposed to views Read More >>

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Lyle the Crocodile

Students in kindergarten and first grade have been listening to stories by Bernard Wabber about Lyle the Crocodile.  As we read these stories, we discuss vocabulary such as: useful, desperately, toothsome, frightened, performing, permit and signal. Students are then asked to draw a picture and dictate words about Lyle and themselves.  This starts a conversation Read More >>

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Seven Minutes of Terror

This spring the three seventh graders participated in a class called Seven Minutes of Terror. The launch window for the Mars 2020 mission opened July 17 and closed Aug. 5, when Earth and Mars are in the proper positions in the solar system to enable a direct interplanetary journey. The rover was scheduled to land Read More >>

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Animal Classification Spring 2022

This year was the continuation of an animal class that had begun 2 years ago. Many of the activities of the class continued through this year.  However, we had several new students join us and our group size became 11 children.  We continued to read books and have discussions on Wednesday mornings at snack.  As Read More >>