Primary A:
For the past month and a half, Primary A has been studying Neighborhoods. This study was eventually led to a study of Community Workers. This study included visits from workers, and books about where they worked and why there jobs are important. Each student (working either separately or together) was to create an object or model that represented a Community Worker and/or a place in which Community Worker would go. Models consisted of Firetrucks, Doctor’s offices, Animal crates and shelters and many more.
One girl, decided to devote her time to studying nurses. “I made a sink......Because nurses wash their hands a lot.” Mia stated. She’d been working on her sink in the beginning of March. Humane Society Workers were another focus of children. I, a seventh grader, had not known what a Humane Society Worker until the interview, but I discovered that it’s a worker that is associated with animals. These people would work in Zoos, Shelters, Aquariums and Pet Stores. These students have worked hard on their projects and should be very proud of their work.

Primary B:
In Primary Unit B the first and second graders are learning about neighborhoods and what is in it. They are also doing a project based on neighborhoods. They are learning how to construct their very own and put transportation in it that the kids have seen in the area around the TPS school. In order to create their neighborhood the first and second graders have visited the neighborhood around the school. To make their neighborhoods accurate the kids have walked to Fitler Square to map it. Then, they have put it into their maps. The kids are enjoying their classes and have been very intrigued.

Primary C:
In Primary Unit C the kids have been working more on handwriting and reading skills. They have also been working on writing stories about where they come from and their lives. Also, they have been looking at autobiographies and biographies. The kids have been mostly focusing on themselves and who they are. They are also looking at murals and learning about them.  

Primary D:
This week, Primary D is in full force with its neighborhood project, where they are learning all about how neighborhoods function, and what neighborhoods are in Philadelphia. PR-D made a map of the Fitler Square Neighborhood in center city, and located important points on the map with drawings. Some drawings include The Philadelphia School, students houses, parks, and the correct order of the roads and streets. On another map, students used stickers to show where they lived; there was a wide variety, houses were located all the way across the city, any place the teachers named, a person surely was living there. This project provided a realistic look at the city and its neighborhoods, and I could surely tell that the students were learning a lot.



Preschool:
Preschoolers have been learning about The Wizard of Oz. They showed us the Munchkin Dance (see video), that they made up. They also made a hot air balloon. The preschoolers are also learning about how hearts and brains work. One of the preschoolers said “when you exercise it makes your heart go faster!”

I went to Lisa’s and Marybeth’s preschool class to interview the preschoolers about their coffee shop. I asked them how it got started and they said “One day Marybeth and Lisa told us they had a surprise for us, so all of us decided not to sleep that night so we could find out what the surprise is.” In the Coffee shop they had lots of yummy things like Crossiants, hot chocolate with marshmallows, and coffee of course! I then asked the kids what their favorite thing in the coffee shop was and why. One boy said “I like how that coffee thing over there is very shiny.” Another kid said “Hot chocolate because its very yummy!” So guys the next time you go to preschool make sure you get your coffee!!!!