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.

2nd Graders Get Some Tree Cookies

The second graders are learning all about trees. Thanks to Ms. Pancake for bringing her chainsaw and cutting some tree slices for us. Now we can find out how old the trees were when they fell.