Alongside classroom set-up, curriculum planning, setting routines, and community-building, the K5 faculty has focused on positive school discipline as a priority for our division work this year. Our philosophy is generated primarily from the social curriculum, Responsive Classroom. One of the goals of this curriculum is to build strong and positive student-teacher relationships, and you can […]
Homework: Math: 4th grade next two pages of packet; 5th grade page 10 (you can download it by clicking on the “5th Grade Math” link to your right) Cultural Studies: slavery–primary source documents. Please don’t spend hours on this. Do what you can in 20-30 minutes and we’ll support you tomorrow in finishing […]
Students did a shared reading of an encyclopedia article from our library set of World Book encyclopedias on Thomas Alva Edison, a favorite inventor in American history. Whose favorite? you might ask. History has favored the accomplishments of Edison over those of, say, Nikola Tesla, who also made profound contributions to the advancement of electrical […]
I like to blog early in the week about what to expect in the remainder of the week. We are in project mode in both cultural studies and science, creating wall maps and gizmos, respectively. Fifth grade mathematicians are ending their first unit in number and operation, in which they have been learning about factors, […]
A quick reflection from the week on concept mapping: of the numerous thinking routines I gleaned from Harvard Project Zero (See, Think, Wonder, etc.) the concept map may be my favorite. The format mirrors the way our brains work, with thought bubbles resembling neurons and the connections between thought bubbles resembling firing synapses. Students connect […]
Homework: 5th graders have four pages of multiplication due next Tuesday. Language Arts: four pages of Wordly Wise, the new vocabulary workbook you had in your cubby Read! 20+ minutes and record what you read
So much occurs in any given school day–it’s kind of unbelievable sometimes when I look back and reflect. Today: the final MAP test on mathematics, typing practice, a lesson on how to end a piece of writing effectively, work toward publishing the first Chanterelle literary magazine, a science activity on magnets that included hands-on and […]
The state mini-research project will be ongoing for the next few weeks and will eventually trim the upper part of our walls. Students are creating wall maps that include many details about state history, natural features, etc. Ask your child which state she is researching. Homework: Math: 4th grade fraction comic; 5th grade multiplication 2 […]
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