Fourth Graders Ready To Start Designing, Building
Fourth graders are breaking out the canary knives and cardboard scissors and brushing up on their engineering skills. Next week they will be put into teams and challenged to construct something out of cardboard using the design thinking process. Students will generate ideas, make plans, create and test prototypes, troubleshoot and improve their designs, and eventually share their creations with the school community. What will they be making, you ask? The fourth graders are asking the same question! We will reveal their mission next week. Until then, they are practicing different ways to attach cardboard without using adhesives (and are making some spontaneous, fun creations along the way.)
– Emily Crawford, fourth grade teacher
Fifth Grade Explores the Importance of Names
In our fifth grade humanities class, this week we focused on what our names encompass. In honor of our current book, Morning Girl by Michael Dorris, we took a closer look at both the characters and ourselves to reflect on all the identities that make us unique. Together, we touched on the power of our family roots, our personalities, and our connections with others. The students then got to apply this reflection while writing a poem, creating a fun “name” for themselves that showcases how they see themselves and how they want others to see them.
– The Fifth Grade Team
