Opal School Blog
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge
Opal 4 has had the amazing opportunity to get to know the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge this spring with Marci Krass, an educator from Willamette…
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The Magic Crystal
Penguin and Eagle are our puppet friends that come to visit us at various times throughout the year. Each time they come they bring us…
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Native American Olympics
Since our return from Spring Break, Amy (our PE teacher) has been teaching us different games based on real games played by different Native American…
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Outside Stories and Inside Stories
All year long the children in Opal 1 have been enthralled with the idea of a magic crystal. It has been an idea that has…
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Opal School Children on Play and Learning
Here is the video that wowed the Association of Children's Museums conference this morning. John Seely Brown made the personal request that we release…
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Combatting the Single Story
This week, I was introduced to a powerful TED talk by Novelist Chimamanda Adichie: At Opal School, we take the opportunity and responsibility we…
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What’s happening at the Creek?
May 3, 2012 We went back to the creek today, our creek, that we have visited often and developed a relationship with this year. Click…
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What happens when 4th and 5th graders are invited to read critically?
April 19, 2012 We finished our read aloud book, A Perfect Place. This is how the book ended: At sunset tonight, Pa was standing on…
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Materials and Dialogue
Post written by Carole Burton, Visual Arts Specialist: At Opal School the use of art materials is at the heart of our pedagogy. Working with…
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Creating Characters
“Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.” ~Diane Ackerman In response to what we were seeing with the garden work, we wanted to give…
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