Fifth Grade Studies, Researches the Immigrant Experience
Over the past couple of weeks in fifth grade humanities, students have been learning about immigration, specifically the immigration station, Angel Island. During the fifth graders’ most recent project, each student created their own questions and interviewed someone about their immigration experience.
Weather Report: It’s Cloudy and Breezy in Pre-Kindergarten
Over the past two weeks, our pre-kindergartners have been learning about wind and clouds. We began by reading books about wind to learn what wind can do and how it changes. In the classroom, we used fans to experiment with different objects to determine what makes something easy for the wind to move.
Kindergarten: 100 Days Smarter!
All year long, students in both kindergarten cohorts have been tracking how many days we have been in school using ten frames and numerals. This past Tuesday, kindergarten celebrated an exciting achievement–their 100th day of school! On that day, students and teachers who were interested in doing so came to school dressed up as if they were 100 years old or centenarians, as we learned that they are called!
Fifth Grade Takes This Science Lesson To Heart
Fifth graders are continuing their studies of the circulatory system as part of their year-long exploration of the human body and its systems. Students have learned the names and functions of the different parts of the human heart and diagrammed how blood flows through the heart, lungs, and body.
Third Graders Are As Happy As Clams About Similes
Recently in third grade, students dove into an exploration of similes. We read My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven to illustrate how similes can be used as powerful description tools.
Congratulations to Brendan Largay, Belmont Day’s head of school, for his recent election to serve as secretary of the board of the Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE). Brendan has served on the AISNE board since 2018 and as secretary will join the board’s executive committee. Also in his service
Seventh Grade Math Digs Into Proportions & Percents
In unit 4 of their math class recently, seventh grade students have been studying proportional relationships and percents. After revisiting proportional relationships, the bulk of the unit dives into percent increase and decrease and real-world applications of these topics.
Seventh Grade French Students Educate on Climate Change
Following a short unit on weather vocabulary, seventh grade French students learned about various initiatives that can positively impact the effects and course of climate change. They explored some infographics and watched an informational video on the subject. In groups, they used the platform Canva to prepare their own posters …
Seventh Graders Research Human Traits
In seventh grade science, we are learning what factors give rise to human traits. To investigate this, students identified a trait of interest. There were a range of traits that students were interested to learn more about, from hair color to skin color to height. Next, they did research to identify factors, both genetic and environmental …
Plenty of French Fun & Games for First
In first grade, we play games, sing songs and use French Sign Language (FSL) to learn and remember vocabulary. We have a well-established classroom routine: first we sing our greeting song to our partner, then we play a charade game using FSL and the corresponding word.
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