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Systemic Racism

Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images.  They hear the media, adults, other Read More >>

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Lego Class

In Lego class 3rd and 4th graders used Legos to learn about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities. First, they investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible Read More >>

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Writing Workshop

Students over the past sever weeks have been studying how perspective is used within writing. Examining how a writer uses perspective to inform and persuade the reader, students then used Read More >>

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Human Body

Students have been studying the fascinating systems within the human body that help us perform our daily functions. Our 3rdand 4thgrade students started with studying the human brain and how Read More >>

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Secret Soldier

Students participated in a weekly book club to discuss the book Secret Soldier. This book took place during the revolutionary war and was about Deborah Sampson, a woman who pretended Read More >>

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Letter Writing

This spring, students in grades 3-4 participated in a unit on writing a persuasive letter.  We read informational articles to gather baseline information about how littering affects the ecosystems on Read More >>

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Creation Myths

Since January, we began a class with the younger half of the school reading a wide variety of myths from Native American, South American, and African cultures that give voice Read More >>

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Layers of the Earth

This spring, students in grades 2-4 participated in a unit on the layers of the Earth.  We read The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, by Joanna & Bruce Cole Read More >>

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Native American Tribes

In our westward expansion class, we moved from learning about Americans traveling west to find a new life and settle in uncharted (to them) territory, to who was already living Read More >>