During this interactive lesson, students discovered the mechanism by which their muscles control their bones to move their bodies. They then completed the Robot Finger activity, where they constructed a model of a human finger and observed how pulling on a string (a model for tendons) causes it to bend at the joints.
JADE students honored the dead for Día de los Muertos.
JADE students had so much fun decorating pumpkins for Halloween 🎃
306 homeroom went all out with decorating their spooky Halloween door 🕸🕷👻
Room 305 at JADE Halloween Door Decorating Contest
May not have won but this classroom's students enjoy scary movies!
JAMP’s 106 had a blast reviewing our Medieval times vocabulary with a game of Heads Up!
JAMP created a Jen Stark inspired wall which inspired Ms. Mostek’s matching nails! 💅🏻
Thank you and congratulations Ms. Latourette for running our front office for 12 years.
Welcome to the Joseph Academy pumpkin patch. These papier-mâché pumpkins were inspired by contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, who is famous for using vibrating colors and polka dots.
Congratulations Mr. Sanchez on your one year anniversary with Joseph Academy!
Congratulations to Mr. Lopez on 4 years with Joseph Academy!
Any time the word “game” is incorporated in class; the students eyes pop open wider. This last week we introduced Jenga task cards! After take a turn picking a Jenga block, students answered a grammar question task card that aligned with the color block they chose. They had so much fun during this center that they didn’t even realize how hard their brains are working.
Ms. Pham’s class took full advantage of the start of October with a special art project! Check out our spooky shadow boxes!
This week Ms. Pham and Ms. Hidalgo’s classes focused on castles and the system of government during medieval Europe.
Students participated in a role play activity to act out Feudalism and gather a further understanding of how land is exchanged for loyalty and service.
Today, students also participated in a STEM challenge to plan and build a castle!
JAMP first floor had a great time exploring nature at Chicago’s Garfield Park Conservatory. Our favorite part was participating in a scavenger hunt, where we used scientific skills to hunt for specific plants, make observations, and compare and contrast different plants.
Mr. Avant has been with Joseph Academy for 13 years. We thank him for his dedication.
In today’s, peer teaching activity, each group gathered information on types of castles and castle parts. They then taught the other group about their topics.
Peer teaching promotes active learning; as well as, reinforces students with learning by allowing them to take what they have learned and instruct others.
Ms. Pham and Ms. Hidalgo’s classes are kicking off their Medieval Times lesson with replicating stained glass windows 🌌
Congratulations to our Golden Apple winner, Ms. Pham, for her dedicated 11 years with Joseph Academy.
In order to demonstrate their knowledge of the lunar phases, Ms. Pham & Ms. H’s classes recreated these diagrams and labeled the eight moon phases.
