WW & 1st Year Humanities Foundations 2025-2026

What’s up for next year?
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To print a list of all your VOCABULARY to date, go to the 1st Year Vocabulary page OR play to study your words on Quizlet!

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             Willow
           by Elly Toebe
             (5th grade)

The old willow tree had always
drooped. Fresh rain and happiness
fill dewy air. Flexible
limbs pull me up like a hot
air balloon...
I climb the tall
branches and slouch
at the top.

  Aveer
       by Aveer Sood
    (4th grade)

Dark brown hair spikes
to the clouds. A boy who does
many sports and get so tired,
he can't walk. He runs
as fast as a tiger. Makes
people laugh so hard,
they can't talk right.
Sparkling eyes see
the whole world like it's
an inch away.

   Quiet
           by Peter Toebe
             (3rd grade)

Over soft forest floors,
scarlet, burgundy, lemon, and apricot
hover like sprinkles
on a cupcake.
It's time to let go.
People watch lazily
out small windows slumped
at the bottom of a hill
as leaves
fall
     down
              down
                         down.

Sundaes
by Aveer Sood
(4th grade)

At Sweet Peaks, I order
a sundae in a cup.
I pick as my flavor mint
chocolate chip with normal
chocolate. The
mint feels refreshing and
the chocolate makes it a little
sweet. It feels like a dream.
Missoula is lucky to have
Sweet Peaks.

                      Unpoetic
        by Danielle Gurbacki
                 (4th grade)

Seen by blue eyes, a winding
path takes me through life.
Strands of blonde hair flow
like a calm river, hiding my
logical brain.
I am not a poet.
I solve problems at school,
sleep in every
morning: playing,
sleeping, dreaming.
My parents think I don't,
but I ignore
my brothers.

Please have your students read books from the 4th-6th Grade Reading List during the year.

Remember that these lists are not an indication of reading level, but are created to give students a background for their upcoming years of study at the NFS. Please do NOT have children read books from lists that are in their reading level, but above their NFS class level.

Fibonacci Links to explore:

Numbers in Nature reveals the secrets of the Fibonacci sequence in an exhibit from the Annenberg/CPB video.

Dr. Ron Knott's website on Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section in Nature is a great place to explore the Fibonacci sequence. His site allows you to see many of the ideas we discuss in WW and continue to explore in the 1st Year Program.

See pieces written by WW students (2nd-6th graders) from 2000-2023 HERE.

See pieces written by 1st Year classes (6th & 7th graders) from 2001-2020 HERE.

“Teaching is mostly listening, and learning is mostly telling.”

                                                            -- Deborah Meier, 1995

Cinquain
by Mary Parker (2006)

North Fork:
World History —
Continuously writing poems.
We learn without realizing:
Achievements.

Pieces now in play:
(updated 5/30/26)

Danielle

Green poetry: Haiku

Elly

Green poetry: Tanka; Tercets; Quatrains; Cinquain; Limericks

Aveer

Green poetry: Haiku

Peter

Green poetry: Tanka; Tercets; Quatrains; Cinquain; Limericks

Nikita

Pink poetry: Pictures with words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words

Finn

Pink poetry: Pictures with words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words