This week the 2/3 class started our project on landforms, natural features of Earth’s surface, and how they changed over time. We kicked off the project by… Read more “Kicking off our Project on Changing Landforms”
Month: November 2016
Lemonade Sale
Lemonade Sale This week in math the green team prepared for a lemonade sale to practice the exchange of money. The team made a plan and had… Read more “Lemonade Sale”
CLIC week!!
Functional Art What a fantastic CLIC week we had last week. I know all of the kids worked very hard on their projects. Here are a handful… Read more “CLIC week!!”
Global Studies
My Rights
We have launched our second Vermont unit in global studies this week. The theme of this unit is government with a focus on rights, responsibilities and leadership. One part of project based learning units is an entry event. This can be in many different forms and is the “hook” for the unit. Many times the entry will be learning about a problem that needs solving and our entry event was just that. We received a letter from our Head of School, Sage Bagnato, who asked us to solidify the rights of Vermont Day School students. As the class eagerly accepted the challenge, our first steps were: learning our driving question, critically thinking about what we needed to know to accomplish this task and also brainstorming questions we wanted answered during this unit.
Our flow for this unit will look something like this:
Leadership (what characteristics make a strong leader), VT state constitution focusing on rights and the branches of government (history of our state government), learning the difference between laws, rights and responsibilities and finally creating and documenting the rights of VTD School students.
A copy of our letter:
November 8, 2016
Dear ⅔ Class,
At Vermont Day School students have many rights as community members. Up to this point it has been up to the faculty and staff to ensure these rights are reserved. Being a new school we are adding new pieces all the time. I am not sure where to begin with this problem of protecting students rights but, I do believe it should be done by students. Could you help me? I think we need a document that explains student rights at VDS. Would you be willing to work on this for me as you learn about the rights of Vermont state citizens during global studies this unit?
I would like a proposal of rights for VDS students made by students (you). This will help me jumpstart future plans I have for our student body. Thank you in advance and I can not wait to read this well thought out document. Best of luck on your learning journey!
Sincerely,
Sage Bagnato
Day of the Dead and More!
Hola Familias! We are in the throes of learning about El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) and are constructing ofrendas (shrines to honor… Read more “Day of the Dead and More!”
Celebrating our Lake Champlain Project
This week in STEM, the 2/3 class finished their project on water pollution in the Lake Champlain Basin. The class decided on two ways to educate the community… Read more “Celebrating our Lake Champlain Project”