This week we started our Science unit on Simple Machines. Yesterday the students learned the concepts of force, work, distance, and lift by experimenting with various household objects–including a wall! We lifted books, pushed chairs, and did other work with simple machine knowledge. We’re also working on integers, cubing binomials, forming decimals, and squaring. Students...Read More

This week we studied contractions for Word Study. The students are learning how to write words as contractions and go from a contraction to two separate words.  We continue to explore Simple Machines for Science and the Western States for Geography. Next week, the 2nd year students will have a separate lesson on the Western...Read More

This week we continued with our Colonial America simulation. In Science, we began our study of simple machines with the definition of work (W=FxD). In Writing, students are working on memoirs. In math, students work on square roots, fractions, and decimals. Finally, in Language, students are working on adverbial modifiers and types of adjectives. We...Read More

This week we celebrated the first day of Spring by making dirt pudding!  The kindergarten students prepared chocolate pudding; each child used a mortar and pestle to crush cookies to make “dirt.”  We used our practical life tonging skills to add gummy worms on top.  On the art shelf, we added spring cutting activities as...Read More

This week we studied contractions for Word Study. The students are learning how to write words as contractions and go from a contraction to two separate words.  We continue to explore Simple Machines for Science and the Western States for Geography. Next week, the 2nd year students will have a separate lesson on the Western...Read More