Posts by Alex Ung
Program Updates – Drama & PE/Health – November 2024
8th Grade Drama: Recently, 8th graders have been making exciting progress on their 10-minute play projects. They’ve been drafting the first few pages of their scripts, using feedback from peers and reflections on their work to refine their ideas. Students will be getting weekly feedback as they write to help them build their confidence…
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Math: 6th grade: We have just completed our second “unit” in Math so students have been really immersed in areas and surface areas of all sorts of typical and atypical 2-D and 3-D shapes. A test will be coming home this week so that you can see the end result of the unit. Students will…
Read MoreProgram Updates – Art and Music – November 2024
Art: The art room is buzzing with creative energy. The 6th grade have completed their Elements of Art book and made covers using a faux rice paper watercolor technique. Last week we started a unit on Egypt. We watched videos of ancient art and architecture then started planning our patterns and designs for a…
Read MoreProgram Spotlight – Social Studies & Latin – October 2024
Social Studies 6th Grade In sixth grade, social studies, we just wrapped up our unit on history, stories, and identity. In this unit, students were introduced to the idea that history is full of stories (or historical accounts) that may be told from just one, two, or a variety of perspectives. The understanding that stories and…
Read MoreProgram Updates: Language Arts – October 2024
Language Arts 6th Grade 6th graders put the finishing touches on their Textual Lineage Posters last week. Back in September they listed books they remembered fondly, then narrowed that list down to the ten texts that were especially significant, memorable or important to them. Their reflections about the books they loved are so fun to…
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