What is the view through a window into Opal 4 this week?
Some images, captions, and quotes from a little over a week in the Opal 4 classroom. What languages and materials are supporting our work as…
Tag: literacy
The Social and Emotional
Re-reading this article tonight, after a particularly creative third grade Literacy Studio today, I was thrown against the cold reality of the mindset of those…
Wide Awake in the World
There is an exciting rite of passage that takes place for students in third grade at Opal School. The children receive, and learn to use,…
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…
Leaning into Literacy Studio
Sparks connect together like a vine but the big pink flower is the idea that goes through the picture. The flowers grew together in my…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Meet Mr. Imagine
Your attention, please! I daresay I have found Mr. Imagine himself. Truthfully, though… I think the point … that the following video makes abundantly clear……