Silence, Security, and the Socratic Method: Studying the Reconstruction Era in 10th Grade History
“If you are free physically—you’re not owned by someone else—you have freedom to say what you want, you have political freedom, but at a certain …
Pondering Pentominoes in 5th Grade English
“Wait! Maybe the illustrations are all the pentominoes, and each one with a frog in it also has a pentomino. Then they each stand for …
From Buddies to Budding Friendships: Social-Emotional Learning in Junior Kindergarten
“I like climbing! And I can count to 100!” What makes you a good friend? In addition to their explorations-based study of many academic foundations …
Exploring Identity: JK Students Share What They Love
“What’s unique about my body is I like my heart.” This week, Junior Kindergarten social scientists connected with classmates, and their 4th Grade Buddies, about …
Time’s Arrow: 9th Graders Tackle the Complicated History of Progress
“Pesticides, planes and how to artificially grow things so you can do it out of season.” “The medical industry and technology, also heating and cooling.” …
Love and Literature: The 5th Grade Spring Book Project
“I’m doing this book three of the Warriors series. I’ve read all of them except this one because it hadn’t been in the library until …
Tangle With Angles: 1st Grade Mathematicians Study Shapes, Sides, and Symmetry
“This one is very complicated. It has three corners and sides. On the bottom it’s small. After you draw the bottom, then the left corner …
Posters and Personal Histories: Expanding Vocabularies in 9th Grade Mandarin
“This is the day my stepmom and dad got married. This one is the day of my little brother’s birthday…” 9th Grade Mandarin 1 speakers …
Literature in Miniature: 7th Graders Turn Books Into Art
“Can I put like a little piece of his leg over here?” 7th Grade readers and writers this week created a diorama scene about their …
From Record to Revolution: Studying the Civil Rights Movement Through Song in 2nd Grade
“I think it means, I’m not gonna stop the work that I started.” 2nd Grade readers, writers, and social scientists this week continued their study …