Second+Grade+Academic+Field+Day

Prospect Park is a terrific resource, but it is under-used by the Lower School because it is too far to get to in a short period of time. As a way of integrating the park into different subjects, as well as bringing different subjects together, Second Grade homeroom and special teachers took the Second Grade to the park in the fall for a full day of studying different subjects from the prospective of the park. Students rotated between five "classes" as well as taking lunch and "yard" time. The five classes were:

Social Studies (with Julia Lurs and Adam Schnieder) Language Arts (with Maura Finn) Science (with Becky Blumenthal) Music (with Carolyn Sloan and or Don Miletello) Art (with Phaedra Mastracola)

Other teachers chaperoning were Heather McKay and Sharon Godley.

Yard time was also connected to the curriculum with a game of "Land Form Freeze Tag."

A good time was had by all, and students really enjoyed this new way of doing their traditional subjects.

Fourth Grade was also going to have an academic field day in the spring, but it was rained out and rescheduling was not possible. Hopefully next year this is something several grades will participate it; if it becomes a yearly outing for students, it will provide them with an expanded understanding of Prospect Park.