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 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 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 Read More >>
Braille and Bridgeman Book Club
Students in our middle group of students this fall, have been reading a biography by Margaret Davidson titled Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind. At the Read More >>
From Blend it to Xerox
In mid November Kindergarteners moved on from constructing words with objects, for example a Comb, Apple and a Turtle means CAT to making them with their sound boards. A sound Read More >>
Tuck Everlasting Book Club
In late October, early November we began reading a book called Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. This is a book that essentially asks the question if you had the choice Read More >>
13 Colonies
In December the 2nd-4th graders were able to begin a Unit Plan on the 13 Colonies. The students were very excited to be learning about the United States history, but Read More >>
Geometry
In the middle of November a few students began a Geometry Unit. The goal of this unit was for students to be able to identify a variety of shapes and Read More >>
Electricity
Over the past few months the students have been learning about electricity. This is a very exciting topic for the students because electricity means a lot of activities and experiments! Read More >>
Density and Viscosity
Density and Viscosity This fall, the three seventh graders have been exploring the similarities and differences between density and viscosity. We started by defining the terms: demonstrate, model, interpret, density, Read More >>