Ms. Rossiter's 2nd grade class learned about the properties of solids by designing a hat out of everyday materials … [Read more...] about Properties of Matter
Gingerbread Wonderland
Grade 2 students had so much fun building gingerbread houses. … [Read more...] about Gingerbread Wonderland
Celebrating End of Unit Writing
The students in Mrs. Podolanczuk and Ms.Hetzels 3rd grade class celebrated the end of their first unit of writing. The students read each other’s personal narratives and enjoyed leaving one another compliments. … [Read more...] about Celebrating End of Unit Writing
Reader’s Theater
The students in Ms. Rossiter's 2nd grade class had fun practicing and performing the play, The Gingerbread Man. … [Read more...] about Reader’s Theater
Washington School Enters Partnership With Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Prior to the start of the 2017-2018 school year, the Rutherford Board of Education adopted the Writer’s Workshop Units of Study writing program in grades K-6. The program is part of the Teachers College, Columbia University Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP) founded and directed by Lucy Calkins. Ms. Calkins is the Robinson Professor of Children’s Literature at Teachers College. During the 2017-2018 school year, the staff at Washington School took an ambitious approach to integrating the program into the daily curriculum. The successful initial implementation of the program was a school … [Read more...] about Washington School Enters Partnership With Teacher’s College, Columbia University