by mckenzie | Mar 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you’ve heard your Roots student say “Fox told me…” or “In my letter from Bear…” it is because they have recently had the chance to correspond with a forest friend of their choice! Students in all classes wrote and received...
by mckenzie | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the spirit of the current Winter Olympics, Roots students participated in their own Winter Games this week! The week kicked off with our music teacher Miss Katie leading us in ‘Music Olympics’ to review some of the musical concepts we’ve learned...
by mckenzie | Dec 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Roots students spend much of their day sorting and comparing. They sort blocks in the building site, found objects in the forest, and parts of their trail mix at snack. They are comparing when they choose a metal shovel over a plastic shovel and when they count how...
by mckenzie | Dec 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
As part of our place-based mission our students learn not only about our local environment, but also our local community. This week our Aspen class took a field trip to the McCall Rehab and Care Center to interact with a population in our community that is often...
by mckenzie | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our Ponderosa Pine and Aspen classes have adopted a local 3rd grade class as their ‘big kid’ buddies. Our buddies came to visit us in Ponderosa State Park when they kicked off a science and literacy unit on non-fiction text, human and animal interactions,...
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