A Strong Start to 2024
Greetings, Philomath community! Depending on where you’re located, you may have had to endure some rough weather over the first month of 2024. (We certainly have had our share of snow and ice in Kansas!) In the Philomath classroom, by contrast, things are really starting to heat up!
In ELA our Lower School students are learning about the features of poetic form, such as rhyme and alliteration. We’re also discussing the traditional Japanese art of kamishibai, and our students will be sharing their own illustrated stories to teach their classmates a moral about the importance of being nice. Independent Study scholars are focusing on some organizational forms for nonfiction texts, and are currently working on showing order and sequence using transition words and phrases.
Meanwhile, in Math lower school students are partitioning shapes and naming, comparing, and adding fractions. Independent Study is wrapping up their unit on decimals before continuing the fraction investigation, focusing on multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers.
Finally, our Social Studies class is digging in to how different world cultures express themselves and see the world. We’ve shared some facts about our own cultures and others we know about, and in the coming weeks we’ll be exploring early U.S. history through a variety of cultural lenses.
A few important calendar notes to keep in mind: on Friday, February 2nd, there will be no school—that includes Lower School classes and Independent Study meetings. Also, our school’s Spring Break will be in about a month and a half, from March 18th through 22nd.
As always, let either of us know if you have any questions or concerns about anything at all. Thanks for all you do, hope your 2024 is happy and safe!
