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Observing Leaves – Drawing What We See
"Look with all your eyes, look." -Jules Verne We are noticing the beautiful leaves that have recently fallen and landed at our feet…
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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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Listening for What’s Next, a math exploration
There are hundreds of different images of the child. Each one of you has inside yourself an image of hte child that directs you as…
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Exploring Cardboard, Part 2
The Global Cardboard Challenge was just five days away. On Monday, October 1st, Opal 3 students set off on the arduous task of not only…
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Intentions Update
Here is an update now that we are two months (rather than 3 weeks) into our work with intentions. Since Kerry and I have introduced…
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The Wonder of a Seed
In the last few weeks, children in Preschool have discovered, encountered and collected many different types of seeds: within beans pods brought from a child's…
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Opal School Online
This week, we're busy putting the final touches on the fifth module of Opal School Online. Each week in October, we've released a wealth of…
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Establishing a Learning Community
Each September, as we enter a new school year, we come together and wonder how we can transform a classroom of children into a learning…
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How Can Materials Help You Tell How a Story Changed You?
by Levia Friedman, Opal School Teacher Researcher The day after these 5th grade students re-enacted the historic Snake River Crossing on the Oregon Trail, we…
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The Power of Intelligent Materials
by Kimie Fukuda, Opal School Teacher Researcher This story is from Kylee, who was quiet, shy, and new to Opal. Until the point where this…
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