During a two week timeframe, the youngest students were introduced to the daily life of ancient Egyptians, primarily looking at what life as a kid would look like. Before studying life as an ancient Egyptian, students reflected on their own daily life and routines. As a group, students completed a Venn Diagram by including events Read More >>
Book Club – The Giver
For five weeks, students read Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” for a small group book club. Meeting weekly, we discussed main ideas, themes, and made predictions for future chapters. Students learned and reinforced how to connect ideas between other non-fiction texts, poems, images, and music. Student’s answered questions each week to guide their reading. To conclude, Read More >>
Art Rage
At the end of October students in grades 38 visited Artrage Gallery to see a wonderful exhibit, HELEN ZUGHAIB: Stories My Father Told Me. The artist created 25 paintings that “correspond to one of her father’s stories about his childhood in Damascus and young adulthood in Lebanon. The stories about traditions of village life, morals and finally stories Read More >>
Poetry
Inspired by the teaching of Kenneth Koch, and his brilliant books “Rose, Where did you get that Red” and “Wishes, Lies and Dreams,” our oldest students explored their poetic talents, some for the very first time. Each class began with a mini-lesson, which included reading and discussing poems written by other children on the topic. Read More >>