Time’s Arrow: 9th Graders Tackle the Complicated History of Progress
“Pesticides, planes and how to artificially grow things so you can do it out of season.” “The medical industry and technology, also heating and cooling.” …
Curriculum Connections
Love and Literature: The 5th Grade Spring Book Project
“I’m doing this book three of the Warriors series. I’ve read all of them except this one because it hadn’t been in the library until …
Tangle With Angles: 1st Grade Mathematicians Study Shapes, Sides, and Symmetry
“This one is very complicated. It has three corners and sides. On the bottom it’s small. After you draw the bottom, then the left corner …
Posters and Personal Histories: Expanding Vocabularies in 9th Grade Mandarin
“This is the day my stepmom and dad got married. This one is the day of my little brother’s birthday…” 9th Grade Mandarin 1 speakers …
Literature in Miniature: 7th Graders Turn Books Into Art
“Can I put like a little piece of his leg over here?” 7th Grade readers and writers this week created a diorama scene about their …
From Record to Revolution: Studying the Civil Rights Movement Through Song in 2nd Grade
“I think it means, I’m not gonna stop the work that I started.” 2nd Grade readers, writers, and social scientists this week continued their study …
From CAD To Cut: Crafting Furniture In 9th Grade Design
“I mean, I did woodwork in lower school. But this is different. It’s not too hard, though, and it’s really enjoyable.” 9th Grade Designers have …
Ready Player Fun: 5th Graders Tackle Coding And Game Design
“Okay, disclaimer! This game takes a long time to explain how it works.” 5th Grade designers and engineers hosted their Maker Arcade this week, inviting …
Tap It Out, Tap It In: Syllables and Sounds in Kindergarten Literacy
“Oh my dog is so sad, look at it has tears!” Kindergarten writers and readers this week played word games and wrote and illustrated single …
The Artist is Present: Art, Memory, and History in 9th Grade English
“I don’t really want to draw younger me, very specifically. Maybe I can be like a shadow figure.” 9th Grade writers, readers, and thinkers began …