4th Graders participated in a graffiti wall discussion about The Westing Game.  Students walked around the room answering questions and each other about the novel.

Yearbook Club is having a contest for Decatur Classical School student artists to design original student artwork to be used as the cover for this year's school yearbook.  If your student is interested, see this flyer for details.  Entries are due by Friday, March 25th and only one design will be selected for use.

4th grader shows analysis of a character's personality, physical characteristics and feelings in a visual representation.  What can you learn about Grace Wexler from The Westing Game from this illustration? 

4th graders work on adding new information to their Westing Game detective case files!

4th Graders get excited about our new mystery novel, The Westing Game, by creating their own detective case file folder!

4th graders worked with partners on a text feature scavenger hunt in our novel, What Was the Age of Exploration?

5th graders led their own small group discussion about our novel, Amal Unbound.  Students wrote their own questions of varying complexity.  

5th graders participated in a nonfiction article jigsaw task.  Each student read a different article and created an infographic to teach their group members about what they read. 

5th Graders reviewed important elements of our novel, Freak the Mighty, by working together to solve the escape room!

5th Graders create cause and effect comics for our novel, Freak the Mighty!