Upper Elementary Program
Snacks and LunchEach student will need to bring a little snack to enjoy during the morning work period. Ms. Kirsi will not have a parent rotating snack list this year. Students are asked to bring their lunch to school; parents may purchase catered lunches available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Contact the ILMS Office for more information. For details about snacks and lunch, see the Food at School page. CurriculumUpper Elementary is the continuum to everything a child has experienced since his Primary level years. The foundation has been laid in years from three to nine. Now, new knowledge is built on prior information and new direction is taking place with further detail and more advanced studies. The connection across topic areas and years is seen in the Upper Elementary level. In Primary, a child manipulates the Binomial and Trinomial Cubes as Sensorial materials. During the Elementary years, a child sees the same material as part of Math material and calculates the algebraic formulas (a+b)3 and (a+b+c)3. The geometry nomenclature appears with calculating the area of plane figures. The names of the plants that have been introduced before might appear when studying the Kingdom of Vegetalia or doing an intense research work about certain plants. In Elementary all familiar knowledge inspires a child for further research and learning. As before, a concept is introduced isolated with or without material and a child practices it according to his timetable, repeats, understands, and arrives to abstract. As in Lower Elementary years, a child is in the second plane of development and has the great intellectual curiosity of the whole universe and the laws behind everything. We continue the cosmic education and give a child the truths of the universe and how everything is connected with each other to form one whole unity. During the Upper Elementary years, the interest in learning more and deeper expands and grows. A child wants answers for more questions and tries to find them according to the framework that has been given before. A child is passionate, wants to work with his peers and groups, and uses his power of imagination and reasoning mind. A child is more responsible for his own progress and makes his schedule. The weekly meetings with the teacher give a child the needed feedback. A child sees if he has set his goals right and the requirements for a certain level have been met. The child has to be familiar with the outside world requirements and the Georgia Professional Standards. During the Upper Elementary years a child learns to make choices and plans for himself. How am I able to get to a certain goal or what should I do to be able to accomplish a needed requirement? After the Elementary years a child carries with him the motivation and interest in learning. He knows what learning is all about. A child hopefully is confident, intellectually challenged and later finds his place in society according to his personal talents and strengths. He optimizes the knowledge he has been introduced to and uses his given individual gifts.
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