We are hoping everyone had an eventful but relaxing Labor Day Weekend. The extra day was well deserved after our two full weeks. The students (and teachers) worked hard. We closed out our Great Lesson stories with The Fifth Great Lesson: How Numbers Began. The students have really enjoyed these stories. They are meant to spark...Read More
Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year. This week has been BUSY! We are very excited and charged to get this year rolling. The students came back ready to be in Lower Elementary! The first few weeks are packed with classroom routines and procedures, as well as assessments and review lessons. We have begun: The First...Read More
We are getting closer to the end of the 2023 school year. While the students continue to choose academic work as usual in the classroom, many are finishing their projects. For example, the 2nd year students presented their State research reports, and the 3rd year presented their Imaginary Island projects. All are working on...Read More
The end of the school year is quickly approaching! With only a couple of weeks left, teachers are presenting lessons less, and students are working more on finalizing projects along with reviewing works in language, math, and culture. The second-year students are wrapping up their State Research projects, and the third-year students are busy working...Read More
Our classroom has been busy this week! First, our third-year students visited the BG Community Center for the Bike Safety Program and saw some neat performances. We also got to celebrate the Festival of the Arts by watching our friends perform and then perform ourselves on Wednesday. In Math, we started learning about story problems...Read More
We are in the throes of April, and the weather shows. The school year is coming closer to an end, but we still have some exciting work happening in the classroom. This week we added Whales to our Zoology shelf. This work offers the opportunity to learn about different types of whales, the similarities and...Read More
This week students continued learning about the Western states. On the Geography shelf, first-year students continued exploring the works pertaining to the Western States Unit. The second-year students have taken the knowledge from studying the Geography shelf and are now applying it to their state research projects. Each child has already chosen their state to...Read More
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a restful break and were excited to hear about our students’ adventures during the week! This week we have introduced the students to new math units. Students are working on measuring work. This unit is filled with activities that allow students to explore measuring work in fun and exciting...Read More
Students continue to learn about Famous Americans in History, contractions in Word Study, and graphing for our Math Unit. Our new unit this week was in Zoology. We have concluded our study on fish and are now learning about mammals. It is the last classification of vertebrates that we have in our course of study. We...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
