Rose Kindergarten

Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot, we will weather the weather whether we like it or not. The Rose children have been outside daily of course, enjoying the weather! During circle time we are asking King Winter to please step aside. We are the little brown bulbs in the ground jumping out of bed and we notice that all the birds have come back again.  Story time is a nature story about the first signs of Spring. The brown song sparrows tell the gnomes to wake the seed babies and root children, and to make a big pot of broth for all! 

Sunflower Kindergarten

The Sunflower children are getting ready for spring. This week they began making little yellow chicks. During the next two weeks they will be working on making their spring baskets, planting wheat seeds, painting eggs, and making wool butterflies. At circle time they become a brown bulb that doesn't move at all when King Winter roars. But when Lady Spring comes tiptoeing, they lift their heads and jump out of bed! Then they are hens, chickens, rabbits, spiders, fairies, and caterpillars that transform into butterflies. 

First Grade

In the last story of this Numbers block, we practiced our 2, 5, and 10 times tables as we learned about the old woman who had to serve dumplings 2 by 2 to the hungry goblins, using 10 grains of rice to make the flour for the dumplings, and piles of 5 fish thrown to the goblins when the dumplings ran out. Numbers are delicious! 

 

Second Grade

Second Grade is learning cursive writing using the Vimala alphabet, hearing Jakata tales, and looking forward to completing our auction project this month!  

Third Grade

Last week we found ourselves immersed in the wonders of Grammarland, while in story we learned of David's heroism and calm. We also finished our critter-feeding "gingerbread" house, which we carefully carried over and then ceremoniously presented to the Kindergartens and placed in their garden on Friday.

Fourth Grade

The Fourth Grade wrapped up their Human and Animal block with a visit from some very cute spring chicks! We are now embarking on a quest to read, create, and explore the world of map-making in our second Local Geography block.

Fifth Grade

As the Fifth Graders learn about Ancient Greece and Mythology, as well as the latest addition to the parts of speech (direct and indirect objects), they are also learning the lines of their class play, Helen of Troy, to be performed on April 10th at 6:30 PM (that's if we can have one day of class when all the students are present!). Backdrops, mask making, and setting the stage are only a few of the tasks they are engaged in for their performance.   

Sixth Grade

In March the Sixth Grade had Roman Army Day. We learned about the life of a Roman soldier during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 CE).  Our guide was Lucius V. Elerius, a time-traveling Ancient Roman, who stopped by to teach the class how to write Latin script on wax tablets, how to conduct a ceremony honoring the Roman gods, and how to play a large board game called Legio 172 AD, which the class is still playing. It is based on a true encounter between the Legions of Marcus Aurelius and a Barbarian army set north of the Alps in modern-day Germany. Will the Sixth Grade outcome match the true events of history? Next time we will provide the results! The class also went on a scavenger hunt in Dura-Europos, the Roman city excavated by Yale University and displayed in the University Art Gallery in New Haven. We studied and sketched Roman sculpture and even found the name of an Assyrian King written in cuneiform!  

Seventh Grade