EB: Imaginary Worlds

In our Imaginary Worlds EB recently, we've partnered to create elaborate stories about images of fantastic cities, drawn pictures and comics based on readings of original fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, and revisited the dystopian future envisioned by John Wyndham in his short story The Wheel. 

 

Kaeli and Christopher populate a city in the stars with robots with the downloaded personalities of human refugees. 

Elliot and Adi share a bizarre world that really defies simple description here. 

Sydney seems to feel that I've been overdoing it with class photos lately...

Art Class

In Art, we've been working on glazing our coil pots, working on drawing selections from a still life, and developing line drawings in preparation for a block printing workshop by a guest artist next week. Art is always a busy, buzzing, and productive hour of the day! 

A quick peek into Math class

A quick glimpse into the Math room. This morning, they were working on percentages. When I popped my head in, they were discussing how to calculate sales tax and sale prices. 

County Farm Park projects with City of Ann Arbor Naturalists

We spent this afternoon tromping through Britton Woods in County Farm Park with two guest speakers from the City of Ann Arbor. 

The kids explained their various projects to our guest speakers, then set off to data collection and discussion with our experts. Questions were asked and advice was sought. Some students were able to refine their studies a bit, setting the stage for a full afternoon in the park this Friday afternoon. 

Malletts Creek

Music with Josh

Harp and laptops: Music Class at Summers-Knoll

Planning time is absolutely crucial to a teacher, especially in an environment as responsive and organic as Summers-Knoll. Much of my planning time happens while the kids are at Music, which is unfortunate, as anytime I happen to poke my head into Josh's room, I'm drawn in by what the kids are doing. It's invariably engaging, compelling, and FUN. 

Ask your child about their work in Music! Josh is doing wonderful things in class! 

County Farm Park project research

We spent part of the afternoon in County Farm Park again, planning our projects. Today's focus was on trying out some of our data collection ideas, and preparing questions for our naturalist guest experts on Monday afternoon.

World Percussion Music clinic

The whole school is gathered in the atrium for a world percussion clinic and performance, organized by Josh. 


Here's a quick video snippet: