The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are taking part in Pixie class. Pixie is a philosophical reading program. We read the story of a girl named Pixie, very s-l-o-w-l-y. We stop very often to analyze Pixie and what she means when she says things like “but do I belong to my body in the same Read More >>
Jack and Goldilocks
Students in the younger and middle groups have been listening to and analyzing the books Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jack and the Beanstalk. We started out reading a certain version of each book and stopping every few pages to discuss what was happening. We sometimes acted a part out or drew a picture. Read More >>
Equalizing and Word Problems
Evan and Glady are participating in a math class together. They are working in DMP (Developing Mathematical Processes) topic 27 Representing Other Equalizing Situations. Working with addition and subtraction facts 0-20 they create and validate math sentences using pictures and manipulatives. They have began reading and solving math word problems, focusing on the language that Read More >>
Electricity and Magnetism
Students in the oldest group have been learning about electricity and magnetism this winter and spring. We started off reviewing what static electricity is and enjoyed doing some experiments with our charged balloons that would make each others hair stand on end! As we moved on to other forms of electricity as well as magnetism, Read More >>
Thirteen Colonies and American Revolution
Five kids from our middle group of students have taken part in a social studies class on the Thirteen Colonies and American Revolution. They began the unit individually by researching explorers who traveled to the new world. As a class, they began researching the colonies of New York and Virginia. A large focus of class Read More >>
Multiplication
In late March children in grades 2 and 3 started a Multiplication unit and how it is just another word for repeated addition. Children worked on highlighting the multiples of 2’s, 3’s, 4’s on a hundred’s chart. Quickly children were able to see the patterns. For example they noticed that on the x 2 page Read More >>
Take a Peek at How We Spend Our Days!
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Heating and Cooling
The youngest group of students have taken part in a science class on Heating and Cooling. They started the unit by discussing what hot, cold and temperature meant. They classified their findings on a Venn Diagram. The students were introduced to thermometers and practiced using them by taking the temperature of their fist, the room Read More >>
Lower Case Printing
A small group of students have been meeting once a week to practice their lower case printing. While working their way through the alphabet they have looked at similarities between lower case letters to help them form their letters correctly. The “magic c” for example helps them write the lower case o, d, g, and Read More >>
Bugsocopters
Muta, Mae, Syris, Greer, Noah, Lola and Moebius took part in the Bugsocopters science unit. Bugscopters are a t-shaped, paper, helicopter-like creation of Larry Schafer, formerly professor of Science Teaching at SU. The students completed six experiments in which they compared their standard bugsocopter to another that varied in just one way. Each experiment consisted Read More >>