This week our students planted 37,000 servings of green and yellow beans, leeks, broccoli, and lettuce in service and as part of their hands-on science studies. Grades 4 through [...]
The 3rd Quarter came and went in 5th Grade, but I am happy to say that we have completed so much. We heard back from the author, Lois Lowry, and not only did she send us a card, but she also [...]
Grades 5, 6, & 7 have been learning about harmony in music. We have explored major, minor and chromatic scales and how we can use them. Major scales produce happy music, minor scales produce sad or [...]
K - Snowmen created with puffy paint snow to represent texture. 1st - Close-up snowman portraits done with pastels. 2nd - Printmaking using balloons and white paint to create a snowman. 3rd & 4th - A snowman with 3D shadows in a snow globe using pastels. 5th - Birds-Eye-View snowman created with cut paper and pastels.
Grade 5 has been having a wonderful time since coming back from Christmas vacation. In Language Arts, the students are working hard with their Persuasive Writing Assignments, which was to write a letter to the author, Lois Lowry, and convince her to either write a sequel to Number the Stars or write another [...]
Fall is such a beautiful time of the year. As an artist, I observe the changing colors and scenery throughout New England thinking of new ways to share the season’s beauty with my students. Grade 2 completed their fall reflection [...]
Personal narratives, journaling, and character discussion have been the focus of this quarter's studies in Language Arts, Social Studies and Reading through the study of writing, early European settlers and Native Americans history and C.S. Lewis' classic, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe [...]