Levia Friedman
On Homework
Homework is one of those words we teachers at Opal School continue to create shared meaning around. We love this post http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2011/10/home-work.html that explains how…
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Camp Collins 2013
What happens when a group of 9, 10 and 11 years olds who have been together as a learning community for over a year spend…
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The First Day of School
Anticipating the arrival of students Playing Human Bingo Using clay to recall an encounter from the summer and sharing encounter stories with classmates Running in…
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Synthesis Thinking, Materials Work, and the penultimate week of school!
This was a four day week, but so much is happening in Opal 4, I had to share. Practicing our songs for graduation with Carrington…
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Friday Update – May 17, 2013
Sometimes “Highlights” and “Ask Me About” just can’t capture the week. We need pictures! Historically Accurate Play in Opal 4 has moved – geographically and…
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What does social-emotional learning look like in fifth grade?
Social-emotional learning plays a central role in our work at Opal School – even in fifth grade. We understand that when people find themselves in…
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What happens when students are invited to think of PE games as one of the hundred languages?
On Friday, March 22, the students in Opal 4 were invited to reenact Bacon’s Rebellion. We started the morning by breaking the students up into…
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Gift Ceremony and Authors’ Tea
This blog post is written by Opal 4 students WK, RS and RC about the morning of Friday, March 15, 2013. Today we went to…
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Creating Shared Meaning around the Idea of Colonization
On February 21, 2012, Daily Page prompt that greeted the students was, "What do you know about the word colonize? You may write and/or draw…
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How did Explorers’ Workshop get started in Opal 4?
How do teacher intentions frame a year of project work? Before the school year started, Matt and I looked over the State of Oregon’s social…
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