by Susan LOPEZ | Dec 4, 2025 | ECC, Grade 1, The Grades
It has been busy and exciting for our Grade 1 learners! 🌍 First, in our How the World Works unit, the children became little geographers and created their own mini landforms 😊. Using sand, dough, rocks, and small toys, they built mountains, valleys, islands, deserts,...
by Susan LOPEZ | Nov 17, 2025 | ECC, Grade 1
This week in Grade 1, we moved into the finding out stage of our “How the World Works” unit by exploring what Earth is made of. Through hands on sorting activities, students identified and classified land, air, and water, and shared where they notice each of these in...
by Susan LOPEZ | Nov 12, 2025 | ECC, Grade 1, The Grades
In our Unit of Inquiry, children explore sensory bins with leaves, rocks, flowers, and sand. They look closely, touch gently, and sometimes smell the items, then describe what they notice using simple words like rough, smooth, soft, hard, light, heavy, and fragrant....
by Susan LOPEZ | Nov 3, 2025 | ECC, Grade 1
This week we launched our new unit, How the World Works, and took our learning outdoors to notice landforms, rocks, soil, and how water shapes the land, connecting to our central idea that the Earth has many resources and goes through constant change.In literacy,...
by Susan LOPEZ | Oct 21, 2025 | ECC, Grade 1, The Grades
This week in Grade 1, we practiced using kind words and role-played respectful talk with friends. We also took action on making healthy lifestyle choices: thinking about balanced snacks, movement, and daily routines. In math, we worked on numbers that come before,...
