Summer Reading Enrichment 5/6 -> 6/7 Summer is a time to throw out the schedule, hang up the backpack, and turn off the alarm. It’s a time for rest, recreation, and adventure. As we leave behind the day-to-days of the school year to enjoy time with family and friends, we encourage VTDay students to continue […]
Dear 5/6s
Dear 5/6s (Carleigh, Jojo, Maddi, Matias, Max, Quinn, Will, & Zaki), Thank you for contributing to such a spectacular school year. We could not be more proud of the community that has developed over the past nine months. You support each other, ‘shout out’ each other, laugh with one another, listen, check-in, and are developing […]
Fair Trade Project
The 5/6s have been busy drafting, revising, editing, and revising again their opinion editorials (op-eds) on buying foods that are fair trade certified. Before taking on this persuasive piece of writing, students studied articles, editorials, and op-eds to identify the features that make a written piece persuasive. Features of a persuasive text include: A claim […]
Finishing the Lake Champlain Basin Website
This week in STEM, the 5/6 class finished working on their webiste on the Lake Champlain Basin and related issues. They practiced navigating features of Google Slides to create their own page on the class site, including managing formatting, inserting text and images, and researching information for the educational site. They did a wonderful job […]
Hosmer Point Trip 2018
Nature walks, archery, mountain biking, paddle boarding, swimming, group games, songs and stories around the campfire – these are just a few of the activities the 5/6s took on this year at Hosmer Point! The Hosmer Point staff welcomed the 5/6s for two nights and three jam packed days of fun. The stellar weather matched […]
Starting Websites on Local Watershed Issues
With Cabaret and Hosmer Point, the 5/6s have missed some time in STEM but are still on track to finish their websites on local watershed issues. Using Google Sites, they practiced the tools necessary on that platform to make a website by making a multi-page website about themselves. The 5/6s enjoyed learning how to make […]
Cabaret 5/6 Highlights!
Congratulations to the 5/6s and all of Vermont Day School for putting on another fantastic cabaret! The 5/6s were seen singing, dancing, playing instruments, and helping out as stage crew during both performances. Some of our class’s highlights were: Maddi singing “From Now On,” from The Greatest Showman with back-up singing from the 5/6s JoJo […]
Math News: 5/25
This week was incredibly exciting as we got to watch our Build a Business concepts come to life! Over the 2-day sales period, students were incredibly flexible, as weather changed our sales venues and they adapted to the needs of the customers. Students put a great deal of work into all phases of the project, […]
Field Trip to Local Stores that Promote Fairtrade Goods!
As part of our Finding Out phase, the 5/6s had the opportunity to visit some local stores whose mission it is to promote and sell only fairtrade certified products! We toured The Peace & Justice Center on the Burlington Waterfront, and then headed up to Ten Thousand Villages on Church Street. Both stores were more […]
Math News: 5/18
The 5/6 students have been very busy this week putting the finishing touches on their business plans, advertisements and banners. They finalized start up costs, compiled their grocery lists and to-do lists to make the businesses run smoothly next Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Their organization and planning has been incredibly impressive along the way. We can’t wait […]