Grade 1-2

• Daily morning gathering includes community building through movement and games.

• Hands on activities that build on early math concepts: number sense, measurement, logic, estimating, graphing and problem solving.

• Develop math fluency through questioning, observing and applying understanding in an atmosphere of curiosity and play. Focus is on individual perspectives and approaches to solving problems.

• Class includes a half hour of Open Play after the class to support social emotional development.

Cost: $975/semester

• Exploring the world around us and expanding on the interests of the classroom through science, building, art and mathematics with hands-on investigations. 

• Investigating the world through experiments: predicating, collecting, testing, and analyzing. 

• Class includes a half hour of Open Play before the class to support social emotional development.

Cost: $975/semester

• Budding chefs will learn kitchen skills: preparing, cooking and trying new foods and learning about dishes of other cultures. 

• Learn life skills while actively participating in the farm to fork process: seasonal planting, farming, harvesting, preparing, and selling at RCS Farmers’ Market.

• Open Exploration: games, movements, and building in Workshop.

• Class includes one hour of Open Play before the class to support social and emotional development.

Cost: $1,215/semester

• Daily morning gathering includes community building through movement and games.

• Word study to explore common spelling patterns and decode for meaning.

• Read and write poetry to discover language patterns while developing fluency and inflection. 

• Introduce convention of English grammar and usage.

• Small-group, teacher-led, mini-lessons support vocabulary development and spelling strategies.

• Word play games that actively engage students in practicing high-frequency words and spelling patterns.

• Class includes a half hour of Open Play after the class to support social and emotional development.

Cost: $975/semester

• Creative writing, illustrating, and publishing books by exploring the topics that interest them.

• Use writing and reading for a purpose with a blend of student-choice and teacher directed activities including narrative and descriptive writing, poetry.

• Edit, revise, and practice spelling conventions and grammar through one on one teacher conferences tailored to student's needs.

• Develop comprehension strategies by examining point of view, investigating characters, setting and tone through literature response journals and discussions.

• Class includes a half hour of Open Play before the class to support social and emotional development.

Cost: $975/semester

• Explore the world of colors, shapes, and self-expression in a range of art mediums and materials. 

• Hands on and process art approach to develop and enhance fine motor skills. 

• Through team building activities, students work on communication and collaboration to increase a team’s cohesiveness, productivity, and efficiency.

• Class includes one hour of Open Play before the class to support social emotional development: perspective taking, problem solving, and working together.

Cost: $1,215/semester