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Reconstruction

In February nine of the oldest students started a Reconstruction unit. First we went back to the Declaration of Independence and the students were asked to rewrite one section in their own words:We hold these Truthsto be self-evident,that all Men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creatorwith certain unalienable Rights,that among these areLife, Read More >>

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Integer Class

The oldest group of students as well as a few 5th graders, participated in a three week integer class. We started with the basics of the number line and what lies to the “left” of zero. We then moved on to adding and subtracting with positive and negative numbers. When we moved on to multiplying Read More >>

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The Fledgling Book Club

The older students were part of an eight week book club where they read The Fledgling by Jane Langton.At the start of the book club we set up expectations. All book marks needed to exhibit responses that were Detailed Articulate Thoughtful and Exemplary (DATE).Each week children were responsible for bringing to class two examples of author’s Read More >>

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Writing Prompts

Working with Jeff Simmons, a parent of one of our students who teaches creative writing at Syracuse University, the older students were given two writing prompts which launched them into many weeks of writing fiction. “Not all stories have good characters, but most good stories have vivid characters that the reader feels they know almost Read More >>