Students work in small groups to rehearse and perform mystery plays, analyzing their specific plot structures and reflecting on social-emotional themes.

Students learn the fundamental components of a play script and use a model play to identify setting, characters, and plot structure.

A comprehensive poetry analysis lesson focusing on the TP-CASTT method and figurative language, featuring a gamified 'Quiz Bee' and deep analysis of 'The Road Not Taken'.

The foundational daily routine for 7th-grade woodwind students, covering the essential technical pillars of long tones, chromatic movements, and scale patterns.

Students practice and perform five unique fractured fairy tale scripts, each featuring exactly five characters to support collaborative group work.

An energetic introduction to syncopation and rhythmic complexity where students learn to identify, count, and compose 'off-beat' patterns. Students explore how shifted accents create groove in modern and historical music styles.

Students explore the power of hands as tools for emotional storytelling in art history, then create their own expressive 3D plaster hands that communicate a specific narrative or emotion through form and surface drawing.

A hands-on introduction to Gelli plate printing, covering basic monoprinting, texture building with plates, botanical resists, and advanced image transfer techniques.

A hands-on file folder game and introductory lesson focusing on four core elements of art: line, shape, color, and texture. Students learn to identify these elements through visual examples and interactive matching.

A guided exploration of the Harlem Renaissance exhibition at the Met Museum, designed for students with emerging reading skills to engage with art history through literal and inferential questions.

A creative exploration of colors through a word search activity, designed for young artists or those needing large print accessibility.

A foundational dive into music theory basics, covering rhythm, pitch, scales, and harmony for beginners.

A week-long challenge where students act as directors to solve the spatial constraints of Matilda Jr. across multiple stage configurations, culminating in a professional pitch.

Exploring Hermes and Aphrodite, ending the week with a final reading sheet and a wrap-up discussion on Olympian legacies.

The stories of Apollo and Artemis, focusing on the moon, the sun, and the constellation Orion. Students will create popsicle stick constellation looms.

A focus on Athena and Ares, contrasting wisdom and war. Students will complete an Olympian Shield painting project.