The 1-2 class LOVES when reading rolls around in our daily schedule! Not only do our readers love listening to read aloud stories, they also love having their own independent reading time, cozying up with lots of books in their…
We had an amazing day this past Friday meeting up with the CIA students at the Home of FDR and harvesting vegetables together, coming back to CDS and cooking together! The students prepared several herbs to cook with, made…
This week in social studies the 3/4s we discussed the meaning of the words ingenuity and inventiveness as they relate to human evolution. We learned that chimpanzees, Neanderthals and homo sapiens all had/have this attribute in their use of tools. …
There are few schools that make time to reflect on what we do – teach. We are very happy to be at a school where we intentionally make time for this.
An example of this was last Wednesday’s lower school…
This week we have been discussing the life cycles of trees, reading and sounding out cvc words, experimenting with rough and smooth objects in math and having lots of fun socializing, playing and exploring nature during outdoor time.
Science: Through…
It has been a wonder-filled 3rd and 4th grade week. We have been collecting woolly bear caterpillars from the playground, and we will be keeping them as a class pet in the upcoming week. We built a stadium for them…
The 5/6 wrote this post themselves. They had a great week! Please scroll through the photo gallery below.
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We wrote to another adult that we feel comfortable going to. It also doubled as a way to help us practice…
This past week was chock full of of letter/phonics activities, learning about describing how objects and people can be different in math, exploring new materials during choice time, having lively discussions of signs of fall, signing and talking about our…
Greetings, PDS Families! Weeks 2 and 3 are in the books, and we’re happy to report, it’s been filled with lots of laughter, joy, play and learning.
With our new school year underway, we’ve been working on establishing important daily…
We had another great week together. We are starting to establish a wonderful classroom community, and your students are enthusiastic learners.
During choice time this week, we observed experimentation with magnets. At recess, there was excitement over “blind man’s bluff”…
