Name (First Name, Last Initial) ezra s. Age 9 Book Title missing on superstition mountain Author(s) elise brouch Genre Mystery What is the setting of the book? arizona Who is/are the main character(s)? What are they like? simon,henry,and jack What
Book Report: Bridget Vanderpuff and the Great Airship Robbery
Name (First Name, Last Initial) Hannah K. Age 8 Book Title Bridget Vanderpuff and the Great Airship Robbery Author(s) Martin Stewart Genre FantasyMystery What is the setting of the book? The setting is a place called Belle-on-sea, at the main
Weekly Summary: Water Habitats and Food Chains – Quarks – Nature Study
Nature Study Class Quarks Ages 4 – 9 Unit Study on Water Source Book for Lessons “One Well, story of water on Earth” citizen kid book Online Teaching Guide Week 4: *Valentine’s day week – Feb 15 First
Weekly Summary: Felting – Quarks – Art
The Quarks did a little celebrating of Valentine’s Day with a choice between two books – they ended up choosing Happy Valentine’s Day, Curious George over Fancy Nancy. Good thing it was a short book, because our outdoor reading time
Weekly Summary: Co-op Mad Libs – Muons – Language Arts
This week, a few of the Muons went off to finish filming their Hero’s Journey. Thanks to Chris for serving as videographer for two weeks in a row! The rest broke into groups to work on a co-op themed mad
Weekly Summary: Probability – Neutrons – STEM
This past week the Neutrons played a dice game we affectionately called “Chip-o.” Wheels were turning and kids cheering before we even made it through the first round. We made (sometimes heated) observations of which numbers we kept rolling, and
Weekly Summary: Area/Perimeter – Neutrons – STEM
Last week we discussed area and perimeter. The Neutrons were each given five plastic animals, two dice, and a thick sheet of grid paper to create their own zoos. They used the numbers rolled as the proportions for each animal
Weekly Summary: Dragons – Quarks – Art
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, we read Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang. We followed up with a cool dragon craft inspired by the book. We had a fire dragon, a rainbow dragon, and a
Weekly Summary: Snowflake Suncatchers – Quarks – Art
We started art with a read aloud of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. This was especially fun since most, if not all of the Quarks are very familiar with this story. We then made snowflake sun catchers loosely
Weekly Summary: The Hero’s Journey – Muons – Language Arts
For the next two weeks, we will be discussing “The Hero’s Journey” and how a similar framework can be found in many of our favorite hero stories. To begin, we broke into groups and took turns striking heroic poses. Then,