4th Grade Displays about Bees

Poetry Book

This second grader wrote some beautiful poems and then published them in a very fancy mini-book. Here's what her book looked like when closed and when opened all the way.

6th Graders Try to Make Stone Age Technology

The 6th graders learned about early humans. They also had a chance at trying to make some stone tools using the same techniques that early humans would have used.

Here's another student trying to make some cave art using the technique of blowing paint at her hand. Early humans would have chewed on pigment and sprayed it directly out of their mouths.

Community Helpers

Ellen's kindergarten class learned all about people in our community who help us. Here's a movie that I put together for them from all of their research.

Kindergarteners are Studying Leo Lionni

They are learning how to take notes with pictures and with words. They are also learning the difference between note-taking and art. Here they are creating some underwater scenes inspired by Swimmy.

5th Grade Poets

The fifth graders finished a unit about poetry. They read lots of poetry and wrote lots too. They then published their poems into beautiful books. Here are some pictures of them binding and reading their newly published books and, below the pictures, a poem by Lucas.

You are Music

You are Smooth Jazz at night.

You are 80’s Pop, with its nice bass.

You are the piano in every Blues song.

You are ukulele strumming its heart away.

But you are not the loud crashes and bangs on drums, I am.

I am the electric slides in Metal music

I am the tempo going up and down,

never staying in the same place for too long

But we, together we are Music.

Wolves

Learn all about wolves in this movie made by Harper.
https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/wolves-by-harper/49131719/?s=QogIcL&ref=appemail

Grade 1: Story Telling Around a Campfire

Today I told the first graders a Native American myth about how the stars and moon came to be. They sat around a campfire listening to the story. We'll be learning other sky myths and writing our own in the next few weeks.

4th Grade: Patterns in Number Sequences and Drawing

The fourth graders made some cool images by taking a number sequence and following these directions:

For the sequence 2, 4, 5, first draw a line 2 boxes long. Turn right and draw another line 4 boxes long. Turn right again and draw a line 5 boxes long. Turn right and draw a line 2 boxes long. Keep following the pattern, repeating it as often as necessary to return home.

They then tried to figure our why certain number sequences resulted in different pictures.

Here are some of the rules they came up with:

2nd Grade Plant Investigation

These bean plants sat in a dark box but managed to find their way through a maze to the one patch of sunlight at the top of the box!

1st Grade Puppet Show

We read books about monsters. We made monster puppets. We wrote a script. We performed our puppet show for several classes. It was awesome!

6th Grade Found Poetry

The sixth graders have been working on creating some found poetry. They learned how to choose powerful words from the text. They also thought about word choice when creating poems with different moods from the same text. Lastly they worked on designing images that highlight their poems.

3rd Grade Poetry Celebration

The entire third grade at Academy School spent a few weeks learning about poetry and writing their own poems. I collected a poem from each student and we bound them into a book. They were so excited to make their own book and read their friends' poems.