MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 1:58 WK5 | Universe of Obligation

  Students discussed and analyzed texts centered around identity and belonging. Our discussions helped us transition into formulating and creating working definitions for the phrase "universe of obligation". Our studies in Social Studies will aim to help students make further connections with their novel study on "Refugee".

  Uploaded Sep 30, 2021 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:60 Our Bucket Filler Promises!
  Uploaded Sep 25, 2021 by Nina Placido
• 00:15 Wordless Picture Books

  Working hard with our illustrations and craftsmanship!

  Uploaded Sep 25, 2021 by Nina Placido
• 2:42 Engineering in Makerspace

  It's been a thrilling week in Makerspace! Students in K-2 finalized their first Makerspace challenge: 'Index Card Towers'. Students in 5th grade held a talking circle about how to work in groups. Students in 3rd-8th also began working in groups to engineer a bucket tower to hold as much weight as they could. Some students' buckets held up to 100 grams of weight! Wow!

  Uploaded Sep 24, 2021
• 00:38 Week 4: Sept. 20-24, 2021

  In Science class this week, students in grades 6-8 began their SEPUP inquiry units by becoming familiar with their textbook structure and text features of informational Science textbooks. Each grade level then began the first lessons of their prospective units: Weather and Climate for grade 6; From Cells to Organisms for grade 7; and Reproduction for grade 8.
  The slide show depicts a few scenes of students working in small cooperative groups, our class pet Bearded Dragon lizards, and a pic of what one 7th grade microbiologists group observed under their light microscope, an amoeba shaped as a house cat :)
  
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  Uploaded Sep 24, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:10 3rd Grade Soccer Practice

  We are starting our soccer unit in PE, and our first skill we are working on in dribbling. The thirds graders practiced dribbling down and back, weaving in-between the cones and ended the day with a a relay race!
  

  Uploaded Sep 24, 2021
• 00:36 WK4 | Social Identity Jigsaw

  8th graders worked in small groups to analyze social identity narratives to reflect on the stories we want to tell about who we are and why identity matters.

  Uploaded Sep 24, 2021 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:11 6th grade students drum together in our new music room!

  5th and 6th grade students have been drumming and learning the history behind some of the instruments in the music room. Here you can see them playing tubano drums, a djembe, a gonkogui, and shekeres. Ask your child to tell you about these instruments at home. What are they made of? Where are they from? What are they used for in the cultures that they come from?

  Uploaded Sep 18, 2021 by Cate Schmittle
• 1:20 Week 3 of 2021/22

  This post slide show shows: pictures of the amazing turnout at the Decatur Family Picnic last weekend with students and families meeting my son's service dog and our family pet, Dosido; up close looks at how the students were introduced to our various inquiry units' Driving Questions Board; how each class came up with their own working definition of Science; and how students learned about Science Lab Safety Guidelines. 
  
  
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  Uploaded Sep 17, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:56 Week 3 | Mask-Making Preparation & Brainstorming

  This week, 6th graders reflected on various resources to discuss why we wear masks and what would happen if we decided to show the world what was behind our masks. As a continuation of our Identity & Community unit, students began brainstorming and drafting ideas for a mask that they will be constructing in some of our upcoming classes.

  Uploaded Sep 17, 2021 by Marianne Sharping