by Alex Melnick | May 22, 2026 | 2025-2026, Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2, Uncategorized, youngest students
Our K-2 group has moved from studying explorers to studying maps and mapping. We read several books about maps. We thought about what maps are for and why they are important. We looked at maps that showed many different types of information. We studied the...
by Alex Melnick | May 22, 2026 | 2025-2026, science grades K-2, Uncategorized
This spring the K-2 group studied fossils. We looked at the layers of the earth and learned about the Law of Superposition that states that, unless disturbed, oldest rocks,and fossils are further down in the layers. We learned about the main types of fossils including...
by Miranda Hine | May 8, 2026 | 2025-2026, Community, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
This spring after learning about the Constitution and the three branches of government, we turned our attention to the Bill of Rights. Next we focused on the 1969 Supreme Court ruling on the Tinker versus Des Moines School District case. At issue was whether freedom...
by Alex Melnick | Mar 6, 2026 | 2025-2026, grade 2, grade 3, language arts
Starting in late January, four of our second and third graders began a small-group “book club” focusing on the story “Snake and Lizard” by Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop. We began our group by examining the front and back covers, book jacket, and illustrations to...
by Alex Melnick | Mar 6, 2026 | 2025-2026, grades 6-8, science
This winter and spring of 2026, students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th have been learning about plant and animal cells. We started our cellular exploration by looking at many parts of the cell and learning about the most important parts that help the cell function. ...
by Alex Melnick | Nov 4, 2025 | 2025-2026, science
In Science class, students learned about the water cycle. In the first experiment, they observed how collected water evaporates and condenses inside a glass jar representing our earth and its atmosphere. We observed how the water droplets pull together and become...
