SAMANTHA HASTINGS
NATALIE AVILEZ
MELANIE MASTER
LEAH PETERS
NATASHA RIVERA
ERICA STEVENSON
LiLaC (Literacy, Language, and Culture) Lab with Senora Hastings
LiLaC Lab Concept Matrix that show connections to the Units of Inquiry
A learner identifies her language portrait to embrace being multilingual.
A learner finishes her language portrait by designing a self-portrait.
3rd grade learner making connections to the class Unit of Inquiry in Spanish with a booklet.
A pair of students play a game to use Spanish to identify living things.
The Loft (Library) with Ms. Natalie
Ms. Natalie shares a book with a group of 3rd graders.
Learners check out books they want to dive into with Ms. Natalie.
The Book Fairy (aka Ms. Natalie) shares a book with our young learners.
Our learners find a space to enjoy a book in the Loft.
Learners check out books and learn more about how it is organized in the Loft.
Sustainability Lab with Ms. Master
Learners contribute to the compost system.
A learner shares a model that show how to create a more sustainable world.
3rd graders are using their senses to understand different types of compost.
1st grade learners learn more about food waste as an introduction to compost systems.
The 3rd grade learners are diving into our worm farm to learn more about composting.
Expressions Lab with Ms. Peters
Using the Zones of Regulation, learners design a self portrait to connect with the Who We Are unit of inquiry in Kindergarten.
Learning about illusion, 3rd grade learners use shading to define perspective.
2nd graders are using paper mache to develop a model of the Earth.
Kindergarteners design their hand in a pop art design.
1st graders use the related concept of order to develop a clay tray designed with imprints.
Imagineering Lab with Ms. Rivera
3rd grade programmers are learning about values to program motions in Scratch to develop their computer science skills.
Learners use play to explore Force and Motion with Keva Planks.
2nd graders are engaged in the engineering design cycle in a challenge using recyclable materials.
5th grade programmers are coding LEDs to light up on the MicroBit using software and hardware.
3rd graders design their own animation with Scratch and visual programming language.
Communications Lab with Ms. Stevenson
4th graders take a tour of the Control Room in the News Studio to get to know different tools and equipment in their new roles as broadcast journalists.
4th graders brainstorm what news is and what makes newsworthy information as an introduction to Broadcast Journalism.
Learners collaborate in News Crew to develop their own newscast for our school community.