Exciting News! For their STEM project, a group of 6/7 students learned about the materials that go into making shoes, what happens when they are thrown away, and how we can be more responsible consumers. For their final product, they chose to host a school-wide shoe drive to encourage swapping and donating shoes. Below please see their email. They are… Read more Student Organized VDS Shoe Drive!
Greetings! Following tradition, the 2/3 class will be hosting the Vermont Day School Post Office for Valentine‘s Day. The class is looking forward to sorting and delivering mail for the entire school. The Post Office will be open February 4-14 (morning). It is suggested that each student give a card to all students in his/her class at VDS. A… Read more VDS Valentines!
Over the past several weeks students in the 3/4 class have enjoyed sharing a bit about themselves during Thursday afternoon Share Time. Students are welcome to share skits, stories, jokes, hobbies, and so on. So far students’ shares have covered family vacations, pets, hobbies, songs, skits, and even magic tricks! It’s a great opportunity to… Read more Share Time in the 3/4 Class
This week in STEM, the 3/4 class finished their sections for the book, which they chose to call “The Magical World of Light, Color and Photography”. The book includes the sections that each group wrote, such as “what is light?” and “How is color related to light?” The book also includes photos that each group… Read more Finishing Project 2 and Taking on a Design Challenge!
On Friday the 3/4 class enjoyed a guided tour of the Fleming Museum’s ancient civilizations exhibit. We were treated to an exploration of artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. We even saw a real 4,000 year old mummy. Wow! The students put their knowledge of ancient civilizations to good use, asking excellent questions and… Read more Fantastic Field Trip to the Fleming Museum!
This week in STEM, the 3/4 class focused on photography. We took a field trip to RL Photo Studio to learn about photography from professional photographer and VDS parent, Rick Levinson. Rick taught the students about how changing the aperture and the shutter speed on a camera affects the resulting photo. The students were able… Read more Visiting RL Photo Studio
Through our current global studies project, students in the 3/4 class have been learning specific strategies for identifying pro’s and con’s in informational text. Today students learned the “top hat” strategy, which asks them to read an article, highlight key details, re-read the article, and record pro’s and con’s on a “top hat” note catcher. … Read more Global Studies Update: Focused Research on Ancient Greece
On Thursday students in the 3/4 and 4/5 classrooms enjoyed their first trip to the Shelburne Field House! Students loved the opportunity to run and play on the wide open astroturf fields. After discussing group agreements for sportsmanship and fair play, everyone participating in an exciting game of Capture the Flag. It was wonderful for… Read more Field House Fun!
Letter to Friends & Fellow Learners –Why We Learn of World Holidays Before the winter break, our Spanish class explored Las Posadas as celebrated in Mexico and the United States. We learned about the history and song most associated with this 9 day celebration leading up to La Noche Buena[Christmas Eve]. Here are a few… Read more WORLD WINTER CELEBRATIONS!
This week in STEM, the 3/4s practiced research and paraphrasing skills as they started gathering information to put into the class book about the physics of light and color. Each group chose a topic related to light, color, and photography, and will be writing paragraphs and taking pictures to teach about that topic. The 3/4s… Read more Researching and Paraphrasing: Working on our book on light and color!