In the 500 wing Health classes, students recently completed a two-week unit on emotions. Emotions are the way we feel. No one can know what I think or how I feel unless I tell or show him or her. My thoughts and feelings are important. Other people have feelings too. … Instructional Highlights – 500 WING HEALTH
In ART we have been studying the visual impact of objects in our everyday lives. Students are learning to respond to works of modern and contemporary art by comparing our created art to the works that inspired them. One of our first works of art we created was inspired by … Instructional Highlights – ART
Room 504 has been busy with their scientific explorations this semester. The class is working on a unit on living systems. Thus far, we conducted lessons to identify living vs. non-living things. We watched power points and various online resources to this topic. The class learned that living things move, … Instructional Highlights – Room 504
Animals that are awake in the night can be spooky at Halloween time. So recently in science, room 506 studied nocturnal animals to coincide with our holiday activities. Bats were a favorite lesson subject. We began with an introduction to vocabulary. The words mammals, pups, caves and upside down were … Instructional Highlights – Room 506
In room 510 we are learning about being kind to others. We listened to the book “Kindness Makes Me Stronger” by Elizabeth Cole. After reading the book, we came up with ways that we could be kind to others. Ideas included complimenting each other, helping each other within the classroom … Instructional Highlights – Room 510
Room 512 Welcomes Readtopia! In Room 512, the students have been using the newest Language Arts Literacy program called Readtopia. “Readtopia is designed to support literacy and math instruction for students …with complex learning needs…Lessons are structured to provide both whole and small group instruction.” The students are enjoying the … Instructional Highlights – Room 512
Being a super senior is a big step for a student at Midland School. It means they have moved into the next phase of our program, focusing on transition skills from school to the community. Mrs. Tauscher’s super seniors have begun working on assignments demonstrating and encouraging good first impressions … Instructional Highlights – Super Seniors
We’re off to a great start in program center. The students have been visiting the library to select books to take out on a weekly basis. We have many books on our shelves from which to choose, but our favorites, so far this year, have been the Pete the Cat … Instructional Highlights – Program Center
Students in Room 508 are learning about living systems in science. Our lesson began with a discussion defining the meaning of the word ‘alive.’ With some brainstorming, the students shared that the word ‘alive’ means things that are living, things that breathe, things that grow and things that need food. … Instructional Highlights – Room 508
