Some of my favorite Edgewood alums stopped by for a long overdue visit after volunteering at field day! 💙💛🦅

5/6 students are knocking it out of the park with annotating their thinking and using Notice and Note nonfiction reading strategies. #visiblethinking #noticeandnote

Welcome Edgewood Medical School Class of 2022!

Students modeled the digestive system process from crackers to chyme! *Mechanical digestion occurs when teeth break food into smaller pieces.

Students modeled the digestive process from crackers to chyme! *Chemical digestion occurs when acids and enzymes in your stomach turn tiny pieces of food into a liquid paste called chyme.

5/6 students learned about different types of government with a STEM challenge that required them to accomplish a task with specific roles related to their type of government.

This past week, our 3rd/4th grade medical students learned how different body systems function and dysfunction from 3 experts in the medical field. ⁦We are so grateful for our volunteer guest speakers! Edgewood School⁩

Today, 3rd/4th grade students had fun playing dreidel after learning about winter holidays celebrated around the world.

2nd graders sorting and classifying like scientists!

3/4 Family Heritage Museum Exhibit

Tic-Tac-Toe Sums has become one of our favorite math fluency games to play! ⁦Youcubed⁩ ⁦⁦Michelle Schade, NBCT⁩

These “organisms” found the other members of their food webs.

I loved seeing these Edgewood alums at Family Fun Night! 🦅 ❤️

2nd graders are evaluating, ranking, and explaining their choices for the most important items needed to build a dog house, paint a picture, and bake a cake.

These 3 were great babysitters over spring break. They completely revitalized their group’s terrariums!

Today, we started class with some fun, collaborative puzzle building!

Started Thanksgiving week on the best note possible. Students and their families joined me in volunteering at Feed My Starving Children in Schaumburg. We helped pack over 31,000 meals!

3/4 DEB spent the day exploring and learning The Art Institute of Chicago!

Students (and teachers) were the MOST excited to see The Miniature Thorne Rooms in person! 🤩 The Art Institute of Chicago

So proud of my 5/6 DEB students, Student Council, and all the ⁦Edgewood School⁩ Eagles who supported our fundraiser for ⁦Water for South Sudan⁩. Together, we raised over $500 and celebrated with a fun school wide ⁦Kahoot!⁩ game during our Eagle’s Nests today!