Opal School Blog
Reconnecting
What does it look like to come back to school after a two week break and reconnect with peers? A room full of energy and…
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Welcome Back Friends!
"Welcome Back Friends!" These were the words waiting to greet the children on the white board at morning meeting today. Starting today, the…
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Literature Circles in Opal 4 – Part 2
Every book club finished reading their books this week. When this happens, we teachers offer a challenge to the groups that will require them to…
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Out with “Agreements”, in with “Guiding Pillars”
Opal 3's work to compose and adopt agreements for our community has continued these past weeks. After brainstorming and refining, the children came to agreement…
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Reflecting on and celebrating the work of becoming a caring learning community
As 2011 is coming to a close, it seems like a perfect time to reflect on our year together thus far and celebrate the incredible…
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Building Community
As we end our school day for the last time in 2011, I watch the children get their coats and backpacks and line up to…
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See a need, Fill a need
Opal 4 has been working for almost three weeks on taking our lists of needs each of us has, as learners, community members, friends, and…
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What can you learn from loving the trees?
In Opal 2 we LOVE our trees. Watching the trees through young eyes renewed my own sense of wonder and majesty. Intrigued by the power of the…
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The Little Moments
As teachers in the Early Kindergarten classroom, we spend most of our days observing, noticing and paying attention to the little moments that occur in…
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