This December we wrapped up a unit on Explorers from all different time periods and people going to all different places (space, underwater, to the arctic), and we moved to Read More >>
Animal Classification Part 2
If you need a reminder, check out the Part one description from last semester. This project was designed as a year long project with time as one of our Read More >>
Hot and Cold
Hot and Cold is science unit for our youngest students which was started when the distance learning period began. We started by exploring the melting of an ice cube. How Read More >>
Small Moments- Language Arts
Small Moments was a lesson that met once a week for four weeks. Each week we would read a small moment from a children’s book to notice the details used Read More >>
Wildflower Romp
Our younger students joined other children on a Wildflower Romp at DeWitt Library in early June. They explored the meadow behind the library that is full of many kinds Read More >>
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 >>
Story Time at DeWitt Library
Our kindergarten students look forward to Tuesdays. That’s the day they walk to the library for story time. They join several other children to listen to stories, and sing and Read More >>
Crocodile Lyle
This winter, our Kindergarten students explored the fun of Bernard Waber’s lovable crocodile, Lyle. Each Thursday we read a Lyle book and then drew and wrote about one part of Read More >>
Silly Sentences
Once a week during journal time, the youngest students are part of a class called Silly Sentences. Here they play with puzzle pieces to make sentences that are bound to Read More >>
Math Centers for Kindergarteners
Over the last few months the Kindergarten students explored counting, coins (pennies, nickels and dimes), measurement using standard units, and adding and subtracting using games and their workbooks. Students compared Read More >>