Molly sees a jar full of skittles on principal Shelton’s desk and can’t stop thinking about it. She feels she needs to know how many pieces of candy there are in the jar. She asks friends for help. They come up with a plan where Molly was to get in trouble and she would be send to principal’s office. Rosie and Simon were to distract principal’s attention so that Molly could swap jars with the one she brought from home.
Book Report: Who Was Ida B. Wells
That there is injustice in the world
Weekly Summary: Water Habitats and Human Impact – Quarks – Nature Study
A bit late posting last week’s activity, sorry all! Week 5: Feb 22 – Water and Human Impact / Conservation efforts Activity: Learn + Share: We learned that water is precious, it is shared by all living things and sometimes
Weekly Summary: Hero’s journey (continued) – Muons – Language Arts
In week 2 of 3 studying The Hero’s Journey, the Muons took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a hike. Erin found a really handy story-starter template, which the Muons worked on in small groups once we found
Weekly Summary: Finger knitting – Quarks – Art
Quarks started art last week with an outdoor reading of The Mitten String by Jennifer Rosner. In the book, a girl knits a pair of mittens for a deaf mother and her baby when she notices that they sleep with
Weekly Summary: Grouting & Props – Electrons – Art
Today was phase two of our mosaic project: grouting. The thinset had hardened up, and the tiles were (for the most part) stuck in place, so today’s job was filling in the cracks. Everyone got a paper cup full of
Weekly Summary: Water testing – Neutrons – Nature Study
This week we used an Urban Water Test Kit from LaMotte. We tested water from the sink in the kitchen and water from the DesPlaines River. There were a number of quick tests we could do. We decided on Oxygen,
Weekly Summary: Op Art Hands – Electrons – Art
In today’s art lesson, we took on an op art drawing, based on this video. I showed them Bridget Riley’s 1961 Movement in Squares, and we discussed its illusion and effect on the viewer. We even widened the scope momentarily
Weekly Summary: Collaborative Art – Muons – Art
This week we focused on team work, collaboration and creativity. Each group of students had the opportunity to create a 2-d project on paper using varying mediums from crayon to sharpie and paint. There was an opportunity to work on
Weekly Summary: Autumn Tree study – Quarks – Nature Study
Autumn is a great time to begin a yearlong tree study. This week the children picked a tree that they can visit and observe regularly. We observed different trees. They adopted a tree to be their very own special tree