Welcome to another week, Cerrito community. A quick update on curriculum in 4/5 is in order, so read on if you’re interested. We are winding up our astronomy unit, approaching the climax of our slavery unit, and finishing up a literature group. First, astronomy. Here are some of the essential questions from the unit: How […]
Dear families, As you may have read in an earlier blog this year from our Student Life Coordinator, Kate Klaire, or seen under the Ashoka Spotlight display case just inside the school doors, the Ashoka student team decided that TBS is joining the Wear Out the Silence campaign, in support of the Movement for Black […]
You may have seen me at arrival and dismissal but not known my role at The Berkeley School, since I spend most of my time behind the scenes with teachers, administrators, and in classrooms. As K-8 Director of Teaching & Learning, one of my main roles is providing structures and support to classroom teachers to […]
Homework Homework is all the same as it was last night…. Math: 4th graders have a choice of any three Spectrum pages between 1 and 58. There’s a dinosaur stamp on the pages you should be working on. 5th graders have Spectrum pages 49-56 this week. Break them up any way you please, but it […]
I hope this blog finds you all warm and dry. I’ll write more later this week. Here’s a look at some essential questions for the slavery unit that are food for thought. They’re always a work in progress: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS In what ways does the history/memory of slavery inform the collective socio-political consciousness of African Americans […]
I hope this first blog post of the year finds you rested, energized, and filled with gratitude for family and friends. Rain makes teaching more challenging, but it was nevertheless a great day of reconnecting and falling into the well-worn routines that we worked so hard to establish in the first months of the year. […]
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