Tuesday was all about gravity! First, we defined gravity and discussed how the sun keeps all of our planets from hurling off into the...

We learned about Navajo code talkers and how they helped the Americans win the war in the Pacific.  Students wrote an in-class essay ...

Oak class We did another organizing activity supporting the development of place value, unitizing chunks of ten, and trading up...

This week we explored gratitude. We all say thank you when we receive something, whether it is something material or a nice complement. ...

Oak class This week I briefly introduced the concept of multiplication as we discussed groups of 2s. We explored how many shoes there...

This week we finished our Lichtenstein projects. If you look closely, you can see the Ben-Day dots that Lichtenstein used to simulate...

After learning about how fantastic mistakes are we moved onto creating a mindset of YET! When we get frustrated or feel that we can't do...

Oak class Jack wants to sell his giant beans at the farmers’ market. He doesn’t think it is fair to charge the same price for each bean...

In our 6th grade class, the much anticipated WWII unit has finally arrived.  This week we covered the 25 years leading up to the War.  ...

We started our week off by talking about mistakes and how wonderful and beautiful they are! It is through mistakes that we truly learn...

Oak class We continued our work with understanding our place value system and how each place to the left is ten times bigger than the...

We started with a CSI - inspired activity to discover who stole a missing cake.  This lab had us testing known substances (baking soda,...

This week we continue our study of Chemistry in Main Lesson class. The students learned about chemical reactions and physical and...

JANUARY 9-10, 2018 Oaks Class: We used base ten pieces in class this week to add three-digit numbers with regrouping. Whether your child...

January 9-10th, 2018 This week we spoke of Martin Luther King, Jr. The students learned about the extraordinary man that MLK was. His non...