This week 4th and 5th Graders continued building their simple machine models using Vex Kids. They started our sessions by reviewing the...

3rd Grade ELA Students in Ms. Karides's class have been engaged in sustained inquiry during their Literary Entrepreneurs PBL unit. ...

On Wednesday we began by asking students if they had any ideas or predictions about what their new project might be based on their...

On Tuesday 4th and 5th Graders from Team Enterprise launched their latest PBL unit with a Sphero Challenge. Collaborative groups were...

On Monday 46 students from across the district attended the annual Young Authors Conference, "Art of Writing", at the Milwaukee Art...

This week Chess Clubs started at Franklin. We are holding two Chess Club sessions per week this year. Students could choose to attend...

Team Pursuit's The Mouse and the Motorcycle Book Club started our session by reading Chapter 4, "Keith". We are continuing to follow...

Literary Entrepreneurs Today students in Ms. Karides's class had the chance to share their character business plan with a partner. We...

On Monday 5th Graders participating in the Literary Entrepreneurs Project Based Learning Unit moved on to their next step. For this...

Wednesday Team Enterprise continued the set blueprints for their "Page to Stage" PBL Unit. Last week they took measurement of the stage...

Thursday in Ms. Geiss's class students began creating their official business plans for the Literary Entrepreneurs PBL unit. We watched...

This week students in Ms. Geiss's revisited their 50 Things brainstorm posters for ideas. This is part of their Literary Entrepreneurs...

Team Enterprise 4th and 5th Graders, part of Team Enterprise, worked in their scene design teams to obtain stage measurements on...

Ms. Geiss's class continues work on their Literary Entrepreneur PBL Unit. They have been reading their independent books and recording...

On Wednesday I was able to join Mr. Thompson as he and Ms. Olson's class tested out the strength of their brick, stick, and straw home...

Last week we started the classic novel, The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. This small group will be partaking in a PBL unit...

After months of hard work, students went public with their project products today. This project was centered around the Driving...

On Tuesday, student in Team Pursuit practiced their presentations with peers. We had a whole group discussion and went over the...

5th Graders in Ms. Deschane and Ms. Patnode's classes who have mastered the grade level skills for their current unit have moved on to...

On 10/22 5th Grade classes participated in the Launch Event for their new PBL Unit. We will be reading Tuck Everlasting by Natalie...