On Fridays, UE typically focuses our morning writing on gratitude. Last Friday, we turned that into a rainbow. What are we grateful for?...

Last week we welcomed Ms. Paula to our classroom for a special lesson. We learned about climates and food harvesting. In our discussion...

On most Thursdays, Upper Elementary writes thank you letters to friends and family. Today, they were given the assignment of writing...

Protest (verb) - to make a formal declaration of opinion and usually of objection or complaint Upper Elementary has come into contact...

Maria Montessori wrote the above titled book. A key aspect that came from her observations of children is that children seek growth...

This past Friday, we visited the Whitewater Center. Our experience included ropes courses, zip-lines and an engineering class. Before...

One of my favorite places to observe our DGS students is in the woods. Once we pass the cottage, everyone seems lighter. A deeper sense...

One of the wonderful things about the Montessori materials for math is that the students are able to revisit a materials in new ways. ...

Tiny and mighty - this week AND Upper El! We had such a fun and productive three days to start the school year. The kids were...

These last two weeks in Upper El have been a lot of fun working on our final engineering project and getting ready for the end of our...

Starting last week, UE began their final Science & Engineering project: Light it Up! This year has been all about energy and how...

Last week, upper elementary headed to the hills. When they arrived, they were greeted with wet, cold weather. And this weather hung...

Since last week, UE has been building their bottle rockets. Last week also included extra drama practice leading up to the Spring...

Let's make some Bottle Rockets! This is one of my favorite builds with UE. The building part is actually pretty simple, but the science...

What if someone told you that you were enough, just the way you are in this very moment? Last week we spent a little time each day...

*I did a little picture editing on the first image to help see it. It was much clearer in class! This week was all about getting ready...

** Catching up on blog posts, part II. Let me take you back in time to one week ago... This week, Upper El practiced giving feedback on...

** Catching up with blog posts. Let me take you back in time to two weeks ago... This week, we continued our exploration of chemistry by...

Spies in action during the revolutionary war… was the fascinating topic we explored last week at the Charlotte Museum of History. We...

Upper El students have been studying and writing poetry. They have learned about many elements of poetry including alliteration, simile...