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// Curriculum Update: Week of Feb. 18 //
On Friday we went on a field trip to an aquarium and we saw a sea lion show! We saw the sea lion do tricks and we saw other types of fish! There was a tunnel that we could go in to see the sea life up close, and there were sharks in it! This week Ms. Hannah gave us a lesson on supporting the “Main Idea.” Mr. Brendan gave us a lesson on the different types of energy and we split into groups and acted out the different types of energy (without using our voices, which was very tricky, but we did it!) On Thursday some of us started reading our Writers’ Workshop books to the entire class!
Avi Dhadwal (Sky Room Historian)
// Week of February 11 ❤️ //
This week...
This week Ms. Hannah gave a lesson on non-fiction and fiction text features because we are working on weather projects! There are different groups working on different types of weather, such as blizzards, tornadoes , hurricanes, thunderstorms, and ice storms!
Jack Syers (Sky Room Historian)
// Week of Feb 4 //
// Curriculum Update: Week of Jan 28 //
This week Ms. Hannah gave a lesson on non-fiction and fiction text features because we are working on weather projects! There are different groups working on different types of weather, such as blizzards, tornadoes , hurricanes, thunderstorms, and ice storms!
~Jack Syers (Sky Room Historian)
// Week of January 28 //
// Week of Martin Luther King Day //
// Curriculum Update: Week of Jan. 14 //
This week we had Jackson’s Birthday and 2nd levels had a lesson on “Constructive Triangles.” As Ms. Hannah continues to read “The Phantom Tollbooth,” the community increases its learning paths and interest in our community. Ms. Erica gave us a lesson on fact and opinion and we learned about the parts of a fish as a whole group lesson. I think we had a good week!!!
London Woo (Sky Room Historian)
// Enjoy Photos from the week of Jan. 14 //
// Curriculum Update: Week of Jan 7 //
This week we learned about parts of of a plant during a whole group lesson with Mr. Brendan, and we also learned about he water cycle. We also started talking about the differences between fiction and non-fiction books, and the first levels learned all about the U.S. Quarter. The most exciting part of this week was our field trip! We saw a play based on the book Ms. Hannah has been reading to us, “The Phantom Tollbooth”!
- Jackson Lin (Sky Room Historian)
// Week of January 7 //
// HAPPY NEW YEAR! //
Digital Dictionary-- words of the future!
This fall in DEL, third level students focused on the theme Information by creating a Digital Dictionary! Click the image below to check out our gallery page illustrating the entire project, and click here to download our book, viewable on iPad, iPhone and Mac!
words of the future!
we created a digital dictionary using spreadsheets, widgets, audio recording and more.
// Hibernation Week: Curriculum Update //
The past few days has been a “Week of Giving” in Sky Room. Friday, with the help of Sky Room friends and family, especially Jane and Claudia, London( 2nd level) and Harper’s (3rd level) mom, we wrapped many toys for 5 families who created a wish list in the Jersey City/Hoboken area. Some Sky Room friends chose to “adopt” a child by buying a gift and writing a personalized card to them! On Tuesday, we had special guests come in to Sky Room, Cicely and Alex , Jacob’s (3rd level) grandmother and his cousin from Grenada! His grandmother cooked us delicious food for us to try! On Wednesday, Ms. Erica’s dad, Robert, a Jersey City Firefighter, came into Sky Room to talk about children in Dominican Rupublic who are in need of school supplies! So we all packed backpacks filled with different school supplies, and wrote a note to put into each bag. With the holidays around the corner, we started thinking about our community and those who are less fortunate then we are, we are so happy to be able to give to our community and other places in the world!
// Hibernation Week //
// Curriculum Update: First Week in December //
This week 3rd levels went to the 5th floor and spent the morning work cycle with upper elementary friends! We also had a whole group cultural lesson the rock cycle. There are 3 different types of rocks, metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks, and igneous rocks! Ms. Hannah introduced adverbs to the second levels. She also talked about when to use the articles “a,” or “an,” you use “an” where there is a vowel in the beginning of the word and use “a” when there is a consonant in the beginning of the word. For example, “a ball”, and “an egg.” Mr. Brendan taught the second levels how to compare fractions. It’s like where you have two fractions, like 1/8 and 3/5, you see which one is bigger or if they’re equal.
Saamya Khanna (Sky Room Historian)
// Photos: First week of December! //
// Week of Nov. 26: Curriculum Update //
This week Ms. Hannah gave the 2nd levels an Apostrophe lesson. Mr. Brendan gave a lesson on the different Biomes in Europe. On Tuesday, the whole morning, we had the 2nd Great Lesson! We also created posters about the timeline of life! We had a fun lesson on Similies and the Key Experience Capitalization lesson #8, capitalize the first letter of a holiday, was introduced to first levels.
Alexander Geary (Sky Room Historian)
// Photos from the last week in November //
