WW & 1st Year Humanities Foundations 2025-2026

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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Tournament
 by Nikita Davydov
(3rd grade)

            I'm going to my hockey tournament in Moscow tomorrow! I feel cheerful, jolly, joyful, overjoyed, and happy!!! We pack up and get ready to go. It takes hours to arrive: good thing I have a TV in my car. We watch DVD movies.
            When I arrive, I don't go to the rink right away. First, I go to my mom's brother's home and unpack there. Then I put my equipment on, except my helmet, gloves, and skates. Finally, I go to the ice rink. There I put my skates on, my helmet on, and my gloves on. Last, I wait with my team until it's time to get on the ice rink and skate!

Exhausted
             by Peter Toebe
               (3rd grade)

As the lake begins to freeze,
frost grows all around.
It is finally time.
Coming home after a long journey
through deep snow: covered
in small crystals.

Heavy snow-covered boots fly
across the room.
An unzipped coat falls
to the floor. Fluffy snow
sprinkles off gloves
like little moths
fluttering around.
There is steam coming
from the kitchen. A warm
cup of hot chocolate
waits to be drunk.

Inspirational
 by Aveer Sood
(4th grade)

            Soccer is my favorite sport, because you get exercise and let out your annoyance. The sport makes me feel fantastic and jovial. Whenever you kick a great shot, most likely it goes in, and it feels good.
            My favorite thing about soccer is shooting and corner kicks. Whenever you score a goal, it makes a swish. But when you hit the crossbar, it goes doink or boing.

         Peter
by Danielle Gurbacki
(4th grade)

            Peter Toebe loves sports, but he mostly likes Four Square and soccer. As a nine-year-old boy in McCall, he surprisingly likes orange chicken: "It has a sweet, sour, savory, and delicious taste," he says. Peter lived in Connecticut before he moved to Idaho. He was born in his own house and he likes to play a game he made up called Room Catch. "It is fun," he says, "but my sister changes the rules as we play." Peter is interested in books like Dog Man and Captain Underpants. His friends are Laken, Logan, Luke, and Atlas, but when he plays Room Catch with Elly, "I feel mad and revengeful," Peter says. "I storm out of the room and tell my mom what happened. My mom talks to my sister, and then we all get over it."

Warmth
by Elly Toebe
(5th grade)

Crisp Fall air brushes against red
rosy cheeks, like snowflakes
on a fence post.
My grandpa touches
my shoulder:
warmth, happiness, and joy.

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 11/18/25)

Danielle
Poem of Feeling: Moving
Fibonacci: Bees; Triples Trick

Pink poetry: General to Specific; The Right Words

Elly
Interview: Nikita

Pink poetry: General to Specific; The Right Words

Aveer
Interview: Danielle
poem: Sundaes

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

Peter
Interview: Elly

Pink poetry: General to Specific; The Right Words

Nikita
Interview: Aveer
Fibonacci: Bees; Triples Trick

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