Stephanie and I combined our classes today for an activity of winter sowing native wildflowers. We teamed up one Muon with two quarks to fill containers with soil and seeds and then covered them with saran wrap to help retain
Writing Workshop + Psychology
Today we listened to the writing of two authors per group (muons and electrons) & offered feedback ideas for revision. So fun to start this process! In psychology, I subbed for Alicia and talked the kiddos through a discussion and
Psychology: Erickson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development
Yesterday we looked at Erickson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development, summarized in the chart below. The main idea is that at each stage of development (baby, toddler, preschooler, etc…) there is a central psychological task that needs to be “completed” to
Gym: Memory Exercise Workout
Many thanks to Dan and Judi for getting gym started with a freeze tag relay the Neutrons invented. Thanks to Sabrina for centering the quarks with a freeze dance warm-up. This week we built a workout together with a memory
Art: Apples & Bees
We discovered how well we knew each other with a silly game of Apples to Apples!In the game, the cards have words or phrases. One person picks up a green card. Then, all others anonymously submit a red card they
Writing Workshop: Introducing Peer Revision
This geeky writing teacher had so much fun with your kids today. We focused on peer revision, offering feedback on a “fake” story that I wrote. I wanted the kids to practice offering specific feedback (thinking about things like sensory
Art/Drama: Pictionary & Butterflies
We started with a game of pictionary. We used cards from our charades game. It was largely way easy but fun and silly. We then explored symmetry by drawing one half of a butterfly on orange paper. A friend then
Gym: Sled Relays
The snow was a bit too powdery for snowballs today, so we substituted dodgeballs for target practice. The kids did a relay race to knock all the cones over with the balls instead of snowballs. Next they relay raced pulling
Writing Workshop: First Drafts
We continued writing first drafts (aiming for 6, but at least 4…narrative, expository, persuasive and 3 genres of their choice) & sharing. Next week will be the same, then we are going to transition into choosing a favorite piece to
Gym: Grinch Tag
Today we stayed warm with a running interval ladder: Walk 1 minute, run 30 sec., walk 1 minute, run 1 minute, walk 1 minute, run 1:30 sec., and then descended. This was roughly 10 minutes of movement, and a great