Growing and Celebrating Writers
A writing life is a life with all the windows and doors open * * * * * * * -Julia Alvarez Ideas are all…
Tag: Opal 3
Sharing Strawberries
In the spring, because our third graders had become so engaged with statistics of our global population, we decided to share some of the Material World…
Interdependencies
As children journey through Opal 1 and Opal 2, they spend a lot of time considering with their teachers and their peers the ways in…
Transaction
In recent years, much has been said about creative thinking, teamwork and research as positive resources that will support the advancement of human culture. I…
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,…
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…
Authentic Inquiry and real life challenges
“What kind of blocks does each classroom need?” “What is the space like where they will store their blocks?” “How are the pre-schoolers using the…