Tag: 5th grade

November 12, 2024
5th Grade Study Trip to Marin Headlands
5th graders just spent a beautiful three days immersed in environmental science programming at the Marin Headlands! In our annual partnership with @naturebridge, students enjoy instructional days on the trail engaged in hands-on learning. They study tide pool creatures, explore 200…
October 30, 2024
Nothing Beats the Joy of Buddy Time!
Nothing beats seeing our younger students step onto the middle school campus for the first time or witnessing our older students return to their elementary school days! Hugs, joy, and laughter fills our school. This cherished tradition at Prospect Sierra…
October 22, 2024
5th Graders Participate in a Story Slam
“All bodies have strengths and needs that must be met. We are powerful not despite the complexities of our bodies, but because of them.” The 5th grade Story Slam, themed “My Complexities” was inspired by this quote from Skin, Tooth,…
March 6, 2024
Bay Area Latin Restaurants: Student Favorites
Spanish teacher Tanya loves using food to give her bilingual students a window into the incredible diversity of Latin cultures! To showcase the culinary richness found across Latin America, including Afro-Latin and Peruvian Nikkei, Bilingual 5th and 6th graders made a website…
March 4, 2024
Sharing Knowledge at the Abolitionist Mixer
After learning about the role of enslavement in U.S. history, 5th Grade Humanities students studied the abolitionist movement. Each student was assigned a real abolitionist from history (Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, David Ruggles, etc.) and spent time…
December 4, 2023
What’s Social, Creative, and Collaborative? Math, Of Course!
At Prospect Sierra, we know that math is a social and creative endeavor; it’s in the multiple pathways where math gets interesting. Our students learn from themselves and each other that they can make sense of problems through a variety…
January 27, 2023
5th Grade Overnight to Marin Headlands!
The outdoor classroom at NatureBridge in the Marin Headlands allowed our 5th grade students to bond through cooperative games and learn about the effects of climate change during their two-night trip last week. Some groups tested the pH levels of…
October 19, 2022
5th Graders + Moth Storytelling
5th graders celebrated storytelling through a story slam in humanities! Modeled after The Moth (@mothstories), writers were asked to craft a narrative about a small moment that taught them something about themselves. Students practiced reading with a partner first to…