Finding Our Peaceful Places: Inside and Outside

Super Science and Art last week included three stations  that small groups rotated through. The first station was an exploration of chromatography with ink on different fabrics led by Julianne. The second was a leaf observational drawing and labeling session. And the third was a video explaining why leaves change color in the fall. After […]

Settling into September

Finishing our first full week of school together, Temescalians have started to get the hang of classroom routines, the schedule, and it is starting to feel like our community is really coming together!  We also welcomed a new friend into our midst, bringing our class count to 21! Temescalians wrote brief descriptions of their summer […]

On a Spree in Week 3

In Math we continued our work on third grade number sense concepts. After  a pre-assessment to “Show What You Know,” the Temescal mathematicians are working in smaller groups. One group reviewed all the ways to make 10, which we call “Friends to 10,” and played King 10. Two other groups added two-digit and three-digit numbers with and without […]

Happy Labor Day!

We finished up our first week with a few introductions from our Core Arts teachers.  Julianne and Emily, our teaching artist and art intern/ExDay teacher, showed us the art they create and talked about their own process to making art.  It is inspiring to see the art that our teaching artists create and know that […]