Building Thinking Math Classrooms

This year, we are completely focused on increasing engagement and thinking in our classrooms. Students are becoming accustomed to working on vertical erasable spaces and engaging in more learning conversations with each other while we teachers prompt their thinking and give hints when necessary. Approaching teaching in this way helps students take on a more […]

Organizing Time, Materials, and Information

Middle schoolers have been up to exciting things in Study Skills! Sixth graders have been exploring ways to plan and organize their time, critical skills that will set them up for success throughout middle school. As part of this, students created personalized study plans for their first math test. They have also been working on […]

Study Skills is All About Strategies

Study Skills is off to a great start! We’re pleased to be offering this weekly executive functioning class for all middle school students for the second year in a row. Executive functioning refers to the mental processes and skills that help people complete tasks and achieve goals. Study Skills class provides students with explicit instruction […]