Thinking A Move Ahead
Chess is a fun game. It involves strategizing, planning, and focus. Here are a few executive functions that chess helps you improve in! First, chess helps one juggle time against quality. In chess, one has a clock and a limited amount of time to work with. One either loses by [...]
Everyday I’m Functioning
Develop executive function out of anything Executive function permeates our daily activities. From the workplace to the classroom, it is something we use everywhere. Thus, teaching it starts with identifying what situations are suitable for developing this area of our mentality. School is a varied and exciting place where students [...]
Executive function
The base skills for dealing with life’s problems Executive what? It’s frustrating when kids don’t pay attention, isn’t it? Or, when they forget something you have literally just told them. Or, when they just can’t see the importance of what you’re saying. We, for some reason just can’t pin down [...]
Level 6A May Newsletter 2018
Dear parents, We’re getting close to the end of the semester! We had our third Major Assessment at the end of May, and everyone worked hard on it. We’re nearly done with our textbooks, and we’re transitioning into our preparations for our final exams. In Spelling class, we studied still [...]
Level 5 May, 2018 Newsletter
Dear parents, We’re coming up on the last month of the semester! We spent the last month of Spelling class studying more consonant and vowel clusters. In Grammar class we talked more about gerunds and participles and when it’s appropriate to use them. We also started to review for the [...]
Level 5A May Newsletter 2018
Dear Parents, Students learned about helping verbs, contractions, and using descriptive exact verbs in grammar class. We have been working towards using these skills with accuracy in both writing and speaking. Our spelling units went over different VCCV patterns, double consonants, and “augh” vs. “ough” patterns. In phonics, students practiced [...]