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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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Love Grows
"Love Grows, One by one, Two by two, and Four by four Love Grows Round like a circle and comes back knocking at your front…
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Something is Happening
We have been taking care of our "Thunder Egg" since it appeared into our classroom. We built it a nice, cozy and safe nest, but…
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What is a story?
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~Albert Einstein At Opal School we hope to nurture citizens who are…
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A Mysterious Delivery
In our previous post (Learning to Nurture), we expressed that we are paying attention to the caring and nurturing ways we observe within this new…
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Looking for helpers
My fifteen year-old daughter found me reading an article about what happened in Connecticut. I knew her school had chosen to talk about it. But…
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Continued explorations and discoveries in writing
Last week, the students celebrated and completed the writing that emerged from the year's first genre study (previously discussed here and here and related to the…
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Finding mystery and surprise in familiar places
While exploring the art of letterboxing over the past couple of weeks, we began to think more deeply about riddles, clues and puzzles. Earlier this…
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Opening Doors
We've been thinking deeply about the role of digital technology in learning at Opal School lately. How, we wonder, can we embrace new media in…
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Something Beautiful
As we have continued to unpack the word “beautiful” in Opal 2, we have watched as children carefully and thoughtfully engage with the language of…
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