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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Your attention, please! I daresay I have found Mr. Imagine himself. Truthfully, though… I think the point … that the following video makes abundantly clear……