Second Graders Start Learning Violin This week, second grade students ventured into our first instrument of the year: violins! After warming up their bodies, brains, and voices using songs and games, Meghan Carye ’91 joined me to instruct students in proper positioning and playing a pizzicato (plucking style) violin. Second
Fifth Grade Science Is Looking Up, Way Up In science fifth graders have been exploring patterns of the earth, sun, moon, and stars. We looked at photos of star trails and asked what could have caused the trails in the photo. We used a model to discover that although the
Labyrinth Students Enjoy Books by Campfire Labyrinth grades three through five participated in a summer reading challenge. In collaboration with the Erskine Library, classes completed a Mentimeter survey about which challenges they took on and enjoyed and how they accomplished them. Students shared their favorite books from the summer, and
Fourth Graders Make the Dream Work Fourth graders have started the year by talking about community and teamwork. One of their first activities was to make a pyramid of six cups, using only a rubber band and four strings (they were not allowed to touch the cups). That sounds plenty
PE Update: First Graders Explore Their Athletic Identities At Belmont Day we often say that every student is an athlete. But what does that actually mean? Our Athletic Identity Project is a chance for first graders to explore that idea and reflect on what it means to be an athlete.
Second Graders Raise More Than $10K for Gaining Ground On Community Service Day, the second graders spent the morning at Gaining Ground in Concord. Gaining Ground is a local nonprofit that grows and distributes 100% of its organic produce to local hunger relief agencies. Last year, Gaining Ground grew and
PE Update: Fourth Grade Olympians Shine In Competition In fourth grade, the study of Ancient Greece made its way out of the classroom and into their physical education classes! The young Olympians learned all about the spirit of the Olympic games and competed this week as members of an Ancient
Fifth Grade Math Tackles Volume Calculations Fifth graders have been studying how to calculate the volume of rectangular prisms using the length times width times height formula. Each Thursday is station rotation day in math class, and this week, students explored various ways of calculating volume, including constructing with unit
Second Graders Host Read For Seeds Read-a-thon On Wednesday, you could hear a pin drop in second grade. How is this possible, you might ask? We were holding our 17th annual Read-a-thon! The second graders spent all day reading to raise money supporting Gaining Ground, a local nonprofit that grows
Pre-k Interviews Game Designer Pre-kindergarten is deep into a study of games this month. First, the students explored four kinds of games: board games, card games, building games, and matching games. Then, they each chose their favorite category and began designing their own game within that category. Last Friday, we
