Writing Workshop

by | Jun 10, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, grade 4, writing workshop

Students over the past sever weeks have been studying how perspective is used within writing. Examining how a writer uses perspective to inform and persuade the reader, students then used these techniques within their own work. Our 3rd and 4th grade students have done...
Sound

Sound

by | Jun 9, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grades 4 - 8, science

Questions guided our unit:  How do things make sound? How does sound travel through liquids, solids and gases? What determines the pitch of a sound? How is sound measured and how do our ears allow us to hear sounds? To help us answer such questions, we went on field...

Writing Skills

by | Jun 8, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, grade 3, writing workshop

Jiyong, Stuart, Pearson, Theo and Paul were part of a class called Writing Skills. In this class they were introduced to and/or reviewed various aspects of writing and grammar. We have discussed the sentence, subjects, nouns, pronouns  articles, singular and plural,...

Shadows

by | Jun 8, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, Grades 3 - 5, science

Over the span of 4 weeks, students from 3rd to 5th grade had the opportunity to learn with our student teacher, Emily. During her time with us, she taught a science unit on shadows! This unit was equally as exciting and difficult with the challenges presented to us in...