Lower School Blog

Grades 3-4: Week of 3/18/24

In Reading, students have been practicing identifying the author’s purpose of a passage. The acronym PIE (Persuade - Inform - Entertain) helped them remember the different reasons an author would write a story or text. I encourage you to practice this skill at home with your child.

This w…

Grades 1-2: Week of 3/18/24

This week in Art, the students continued to work on their Sonia Delauney inspired paintings.

This week in Music, we learned about the history of Italian music! We also got a piano performance from Lylah, and our Mimi Award winners were Tamar and Elijah!

 

Grades 3-4: Week of 3/11/24

In Social Studies, third grade has been learning about the geography of the United States and how it affects where people settle. The fourth graders have been focusing on New York.  

3rd Grade explored forms of matter – solid, liquid, and gas, and then created a mixture that was neither…

Grades 1-2: Week of 3/11/24

This week in Art, in honor of Women’s History Month, the students learned about the artist Sonia Delaunay and her love of concentric circles. They began a painting based on her art using circles and warm and cool colors.

 

Grades 3-4: Week of 3/4/24

Students have been working very hard all of February on their Black History Month project where each had to research an African-American. They were also exposed to how to find a reliable source on the internet and make a bibliography.

This week in Art, the students learned about mosaics and…