Student Work
2nd Grade Math
Students used circle maps to describe themselves using only numbers. After a keen observation by a couple of students who noted that numbers are just symbols, everyone's thinking and representations expanded!Students then used that information to share with partners.
3rd Grade Mathapalooza Practice
Team Problem-Solving Practice.This team discussed a strategy to tackle the challenging problems before they began solving. All students reflected on what worked and what did not at the end of practice.
5th Grade Math Olympiad Practice
A major focus of Math Olympiad contests is to make sense of difficult problems and persevere in solving them. Students were learning about the 4-step method and different strategies to solve a multitude of problems.
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3rd Grade Literacy
Students across the grade level worked on reading a complex text about the myth/legend of "the Green Man". Students discussed vocabulary and the nuances that differentiate words and their meanings. For example, arrogant, vain, and selfish can appear to be synonyms in general terms, but these students distinguished between each of them to better understand why an author would use all three in one sentence. Other complex tasks were explored as noted in the above image.
4th Grade Symbolism
Students read and interpreted the novel, City of Ember. Students performed a character analysis and demonstrated understanding through the creation of a symbol (or symbols) to represent a main character.