Essay Can You See: 4th Grade Writers Craft Essays from A to Thesis
“I wrote that the classes are so interesting that it makes people who hate school love school.” 4th Grade writers are crafting their first multi-paragraph …
Music, Memories, and Mandarin: Preparing for the 9th Grade Exhibition of Learning
“Just keep going! Almost no one else will know we even messed up.” 9th Grade Mandarin 1 speakers this week practiced a song for Friday’s …
The Carbon Crunch: Climate Change in 6th Grade Science
“In my other opinion, I don’t think so, because the earth goes through natural cycles. Even though I think people have really made a difference …
Lots of Dots: Expanding Our Skills in Kindergarten Math
“I can give a hint! The next one [number] after something with 9 ends with ‘tee.’ Like twenty-nine, thirTY.’” Kindergarten mathematicians this week worked together …
Convictions and Conflict: 9th Graders Prepare for Mock Trial With Essential Questions
“I argued that people’s experiences that they think are the same are actually not the same and influence what they are willing to fight for.” …
Reason-Able: 7th Grade Math Intensives Grapple with Graphs
“Is it diffusion?” “No, that’s in science! But it sounds like diffusion maybe…” And, “You could count it? I don’t know, somehow count the difference …
From Mulch to Marbles: 1st Grade Scientists Get the Most Out of Compost
“Want to see my squirrel trap?” First grade scientists worked in the garden this week, growing skills and content knowledge with hands-on activities while also …
Causes and Connections: Mapping World War I in 9th Grade History
“It seems like Europe just got in a big war with itself, because Europe had conquered almost the entire world, so then everyone got involved.” …
Pyramid Scenes: 6th Grade Historians Create Newspapers About Ancient Egypt
“They get married at 12! How is that possible?? They wouldn’t even have gone through all the grades by then. Well, I guess they didn’t …
Circuits, Circuits: Building Electromagnets in 3rd Grade Science
“Look! This one is 8 paperclips!” 3rd Grade Scientists built and tested electromagnets this week. Using a 1.5 volt battery, alligator clips, a nail, and …