4 Mar 2021

Weekly Update: Monday, March 1st – Friday, March 5th, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

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This week in humanities we continued studying the effects of World War I, and next week we’ll learn how many of those effects were also causes of World War II. Students are finishing their 20th Century Wars essay and, having finished Night by Elise Wiesel, have started Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry. Tuesday was our last health class with Brian Melanson from Whole Children. Students played Jeopardy and other review games to finish up their unit on puberty. Going forward, …

Weekly Update: Monday, March 1st – Friday, March 5th, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

25 Feb 2021

Weekly Update: Monday, Feb. 22 – Friday, Feb. 26, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

This week in Humanities Class we started to study the effects of WWI, and students started their 20th Century Wars research papers. In health class, students reviewed puberty and learned new anatomical terms, and in Mathtivity, students played a game called “how close to one hundred,” which involves drawing in rectangles to fill a 100 square grid. Today in science we will …

Weekly Update: Monday, Feb. 22 – Friday, Feb. 26, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

18 Feb 2021

Weekly Update: February Vacation 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

We had a great time seeing each other in person last Friday! As a group we rearranged the classroom and came up with our schedule for in-person Fridays, which I’ll type and send out next week.

The schedule involves a two hour outdoor excursion for lunch and recess, in which we walk to Unity Park, eat at the tables there, play for a while, and then walk back, so please make sure …

Weekly Update: February Vacation 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

11 Feb 2021

Weekly Update: Monday, Feb. 8th – Friday, Feb. 12th, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

On Monday in humanities class we explored the causes of World War I and started working on this week’s essay, which is a research paper about any war during the 20th Century.

Tuesday was a snow day, so the last two health classes (about puberty) have now been pushed back until the two Tuesdays after February vacation. On Wednesday in Mathtivity, students worked in their new groups with new group …

Weekly Update: Monday, Feb. 8th – Friday, Feb. 12th, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

4 Feb 2021

Weekly Update: Monday, Feb. 1 – Friday, Feb. 5, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

This week was short due to the snow on Monday and Tuesday, so we missed humanities. (Next week in humanities class we will analyze the causes of World War I.) On Tuesday students discussed body parts and puberty in health class, which they will continue to discuss over their last two classes to come. In Wednesday’s mathtivity, students revamped their group roles, and today in science students will complete their group projects on simple machines. Tomorrow students …

Weekly Update: Monday, Feb. 1 – Friday, Feb. 5, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

29 Jan 2021

Weekly Update: Jan. 25th – Jan 29th, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

This week in Mathtivity, students continued their work on analyzing group roles and practicing group work. They also studied math groupings while they were at it! In health class, students learned about different gender identities and discussed self care.

In Humanities, students discussed Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood, which they finished last week, and are writing essays about now. We also prepared to read Night by Elise Wiesel. Next week will be the beginning of the World Wars unit.

Students …

Weekly Update: Jan. 25th – Jan 29th, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

21 Jan 2021

Weekly Update: Monday, Jan. 18th – Friday, Jan. 22nd, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

This week was a short week due to the three day weekend. On Tuesday we read and listened to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech instead of our normal morning poem, and students had their 2nd health class in which they discussed self care during the pandemic. On Wednesday we watched the inauguration together in the morning (and LOVED Amanda Gorman’s spoken word performance!), and in the afternoon students continued to work …

Weekly Update: Monday, Jan. 18th – Friday, Jan. 22nd, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

15 Jan 2021

Weekly Update: Monday Jan. 11th – Friday Jan. 15th, 2020

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

Monday in humanities class we discussed current events and started processing what happened at the capitol on January 6th. Tuesday was the first of six health classes with Brian Melanson from Whole Children, and on Wednesday students continued to practice group roles in Mathtivity. On Thursday in science class students continued studying simple machines and started preparing for their upcoming projects. Students should have finished reading Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and …

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Weekly Update: Monday Jan. 11th – Friday Jan. 15th, 2020becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

7 Jan 2021

Weekly Update: Monday Jan. 4th – Friday Jan. 8th, 2021

becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

School News

This week in humanities class students presented their group projects on social justice issues and in our last essays class, students peer edited their research papers (the final draft of which is due tomorrow). In Mathtivity, students learned about different group roles and how to work as a team, and in science, students continued their study of simple machines. Tomorrow students will finish Biweekly 7 and write their self evaluations.

Weekly Update: Monday Jan. 4th – Friday Jan. 8th, 2021becca2022-03-10T19:21:14-05:00

2 Jan 2021

December Vacation 2020-2021

becca2022-03-10T14:22:48-05:00

School News

We had a great time doing our annual (student organized) gift exchange on the day before December Vacation. After two weeks off, we’ll be back from our December vacation on Monday, January 4th, with a brand new plan and remote learning platform. Instead of Discord, we’ll now be using Rocket Chat, and following this new schedule:

To see the schedule for Biweeklies …

December Vacation 2020-2021becca2022-03-10T14:22:48-05:00