“What makes something satisfying?” Fifth and Sixth grade students were recently asked this question. While it could be assumed that the answers would be unique to the individual, teachers and students nodded their heads in agreement when one student responded: “Something is satisfying when it is predictable; when exactly what you predicted happens.” In a […]
Brooklyn illustrator/author Sophie Blackall visited with the Preschool 4s, Lower School 2nd and 3rd grade students, and all Middle School and Upper School students on October 1. She shared her inspiration to become an artist, where she gathers her ideas for her work, and her growth as both a children’s picture book author/illustrator, as well as […]
4A & 4B began their research work this week using EasyBib in their first integrated library and technology classes. Both classroom teachers (Razi & Elif and Bea & John), literacy specialist (Sarah), Lower School librarians (Kathy & Christina), and technology teacher (Tracy) were on hand to help students look at the books about their research […]
The 4th grade ended the 2014 year with our unit on augmented reality and an integrated Library and Technology class project. First, we thought about the meaning of the words “augmented” and “reality”. As a class, we determined that “augmented reality” means adding extra information to what we see in the real world. Then, we […]
