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 …
Lower School
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tap It Out, Tap It In: Syllables and Sounds in Kindergarten Literacy
“Oh my dog is so sad, look at it has tears!” Kindergarten writers and readers this week played word games and wrote and illustrated single …
Math, Mangos, and Mahalo in Junior Kindergarten
“We could cut them into very small pieces and pass them until everyone has some.” This, week Jr Kindergarteners explored letters, books, math and new …
Playing with Vowels in First Grade
“I can explain! An r-controlled vowel is like there’s an r behind a vowel and then it makes a different sound and it changes the …
Empathy in Action: Third Graders Read “Out of My Mind”
“I looked up who the author is and the real person’s name is called Wendy and it’s based off that’s her daughter.” 3rd Grade readers …
Where the Buffalo Roam: 2nd Graders Connect Timelines and Topics in English and Social Science
“My topic sentence is, ‘The Native Americans helped the buffalo and the buffalo helped the Native Americans.’ Then I say why.” 2nd Grade readers, writers, …
Skin Tones and Slime: Junior Kindergarteners’ Week of Discovery and Wonder
“I think it’s [changing color] because it’s warm.” Junior Kindergarten scientists and social thinkers this week explored skin tones, bodies, and slime, noticing and sharing …