The Section 5 Project is a CORE Literacy
Aesthetics is a set of principles that inform the outcome of a work of art. It taps into that part of our being that connects with beauty. At the heart of this concept is imagination, and imagination is where ideas…
Getting to the HEART of Literacy
What is meant by Core & Application? Our English Language Arts program is built around a simple structure of Core and Application materials. When it comes to literacy, integrating the act of reading and the art of writing gets…
Around the Campfire: Get Published
We are proud to announce our first annual call for entries to Reveal, a published journal of student work—sentences, paragraphs, poems, essays, and research accomplished utilizing our ELA curriculum. Artwork inspired by famous artists plus writing inspired by composers during…
Around the Campfire: Inspired by Vivaldi
Encouragement for Friday: “Writing about music ties the languages together through translation.” …
Around the Campfire: The Superhero Suit
Tip Number 11. Encourage your student to BE the superhero! Back in 2010, in the throws of educating my four alongside at least two dozen other children, I constantly doubted the path I was forging. Doubting, that is, until being…
Around the Campfire: The Arts are NOT Extracurricular
Tip Number 10. Make Good Art! You might ask: How is a language arts connected to music and visual art? Visual art via the craft of graphic design exists in the world everywhere we go. Music, too, is often in…
Around the Campfire: We Are Here for You
Tip Number 9. Stay Connected! Sometimes being a teacher is a lonely job, whether we are in the classroom, the hybrid setting, or homeschooling around the kitchen table. From lesson planning to assessing growth, juggling daily lessons and independent work,…
Around the Campfire: Negentropy
If my now adult children are talking about their homeschool experience, they will always say something like, “We homeschooled ourselves.” I used to get offended and prickly. I’m older now, and have done some thinking about this analysis. The truth…
Around the Campfire: How to Purchase Well
Tip Number 7. Purchase Well! Can you believe it’s that time of year when we teachers begin planning forward? There are two ways to purchase your complete English Language Arts materials for the coming 2024/25 school year: One. Our Grade…
Around the Campfire: Play!
Tip Number 6. Play! Last year, around the campfire, we shared ideas about adding playfulness into your kindergarten and 1st grade routine. This tip bears repeating! Kindergarten Once students understand that each of the 26 letters of the alphabet have…