A variety of glaze options were presented to the Muons. The could choose between primary colors or glazes with effects. The first half of the Muons already glazed a few weeks ago. This week, the other half finished up. Since
Weekly Summary: 100 Point challenge – Muons and Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
For the last gym class this school year, we reviewed what we had done all year. Kids first got to say what they remembered and demonstrate / practice together. This was the prep for our 100 point challenge (an appendix
Weekly Summary: Kicking and soccer – Muons and Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
We used the beautiful weather today to make it feel like summer! For warmup, we used hula hoops to hula on our waist and arms, jump through them and play games with the hoops. Then we switched to a beach
Weekly Summary: Paragraphs Part 1: Evidence! – Muons – Writer’s Workshop
As we’re beginning to draft our essays, I reviewed the basics of evidence and its role in argument (generally) and body paragraphs (specifically). Most students REALLY struggle with finding and explaining evidence, so I tried to normalize that struggle. Indeed,
Weekly Summary: Lunges – Muons and Electrons and Neutrons – Gym
The focus of this week’s class was lunges. We talked a bit about form and what muscles are involved (quadriceps and gluts are the main ones but the core along with some calf muscles are also very important! The muons
Weekly Summary: Soccer and Easter games – Muons – Gym
The start of class was delayed due to passing deer 😉 After a running warm-up, Muons dribbled a soccer ball around cones. Half the class then did a relay with dribbling and passing, the other half opted to just pass
Weekly Summary: Comma Rules and Exquisite Corpses – Muons – Writer’s Workshop
It was a soft re-entry into writing workshop after spring break since some folks are a bit behind in their essay writing — no worries! We started a multi-lesson review of the most dastardly piece of punctuation, the comma, as
Weekly Summary: Pigpen Scavenger Hunt – Muons – General Activity
The Muons worked in teams to decipher and follow clues written using the pigpen cipher, eventually leading to their team “treasure,” a collection of Dollar Tree items that apparently no one actually wanted 🤣
Weekly Summary: Understanding Assignments! – Muons – Writer’s Workshop
Because, sadly, I have read too many essays that are in no way connected to the original assignment task or prompt, I wanted to share with the Muons some strategies for understanding what writing prompts are and how to make
Weekly Summary: Gym Meets Nature Walk Meets STEM – Muons – Gym
After seeing two groups enjoy trying to prise apart the giant fallen log in the woods, Ananda and I thought the Muons would enjoy the same adventure. So, we headed into the woods and invited them to put their burgeoning