November 10, 2023
Every day, our students are engaged in education. In different ways, City Schools staff serve the students of Baltimore, from playgroups for children three and younger to hands-on engagement in high school classrooms. Education is at the heart of every program, initiative, and activity in City Schools - so take a look at just some of the learning that happened this week!
This year, the GAL Department and the Virtual Learning Program teamed up to bring Honors coursework opportunities to students at smaller school sites, across the district. Midtown Academy, Hazelwood, City Springs, Sandtown-Winchester, and Charm City Virtual students are engaged and loving their ability to participate in this hybrid Honors sixth-grade ELA classroom!
Science class can have a lot of reading and writing, so mixing up the approach helps encourage learning! At Roland Park, Mrs. Cummins’ eighth-grade students read a different part of the article and then, in small groups of four, teach their peers about their part of the article. By the end, all four students understand the passage and even ask each other questions to test comprehension.
Mrs. Graham introduced the book “Rap A Tap Tap” to her kindergarten class at William Paca by doing a picture walk. A picture walk is a strategy where you “walk” students through a book to look at the pictures before reading it aloud. This strategy helps build reading comprehension and vocabulary. Afterward, students told Mrs. Graham what they noticed from the picture walk.
At Poly, Ms. Jackson’s AP Art students have been working on high-contrast drawings with charcoal.
Curtis Bay fourth-grade students ended their unit “It’s Electricity” by answering, "How can you turn a shed into a tiny home?” Students learned about the several types of circuits and how to create them. Students then were challenged to add a switch to their light source to control the flow of electricity.
Empowerment Academy hosted award-winning children’s author Renee Watson! Students asked the author questions and received a signed copy of Renee’s latest book!
Furley students participated in "Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) day by reading their favorite book for 30 minutes. Ms. Zito hosted this event to promote reading for enjoyment and highlighted the importance of reading.
Johnston Square celebrated students who met their goals in the ACALETICS Math October Scrimmages (a monthly assessment). Acaletics is a math program that lets students work on a variety of questions on a grade level standard.
For Social Studies, Mrs. Saint's first-grade class at Tunbridge has been learning more about the job of a school leader—specifically, our new principal, Ms. Wickes. The class worked in groups to produce six questions and scheduled an interview with her to discuss her job!
Holabird pre-K students participate in yoga with their teacher Mr. Schojans and are making progress learning the different poses!
Furman fourth- and fifth-grade students completed a textile art unit where they made paper collage quilts inspired by the Gee’s Bend quilts.
Green Street students learned about animal rescue from Days End Farm Horse Rescue. They also were able to earn service hours by volunteering to help on the farm.
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