WW, Humanities Foundations, Math Workshop 2026-2027

No Homework in this class — we complete everything during our workshop times!
See lists at right to see what students are working on during the year

An Answer
by Ullr Vineyard, 2nd grade

            My knee has been hurting for eight weeks, and I am going to get a blood test. I don't know why. I am so scared and nervous: this is my first blood test.
            I hope they find out what's wrong so I can kick a soccer ball, and I can run as fast as I can. I really hope they make me better so I can do everything in school.

         Lucky
              by Nikita Davydov, 4th grade

Legos are fun:
they make me smile
and feel calm.
They're like a rainbow
with more colors.
My dad and I find all the little Lego humans,
and put them back together to make
better little Lego humans.

New York
by Finn McCall, 4th grade

            New York is cool because the traffic is so bad that people must go on the subway. Subways are crowded and take a while to arrive. Once you finally step on, most of the time there are no seats anyway. They smell like rats.
            That's why walking is important. Walking around the city is good for you, and you find a lot of stuff along the way. There are a lot of people in New York, so you might make a friend while you walk to work, or wherever you're going.
            When I went to New York this summer, I went on the subway. We got off and walked to the 9/11 Memorial. There was a tree that had survived the terrorist attack. There was also a park with a really big fountain: the water was disappearing into a big hole. Next, we walked around some more and bought food. We walked over to 18th Street, where the bull was. Then we went home to my grandma's house on Long Island. I had a good sleep that night.

Hearts
by Reya Sood, 3rd grade

            I draw hearts a lot, because they are easy to draw. All you do is make a hump and then another next to it. After that, make two lines which connect at the bottom.
            Also, I like to draw hearts because they go with everything. I normally make them in pink or red. You can paint them, color them, or even draw them. Some other ways are making them with construction paper or cutting or shading. That is why I love hearts.

History Buff
by Atlas Vineyard, 4th grade

            I love to read about history. I'm mostly into World War II and the American Revolution. Did you know that John Adams, America's second president, wrote a letter under the name "Humphrey Ploughjogger"? The letter was to The Boston Evening Post. "He used incorrect spellings so people might think he was an uneducated country farmer." He complained about how people put stuff in the news, and were complaining about each other, and don't have a point.

            In World War II, this guy named Leo Green was trying to take New York back from the Germans, when all of a sudden, his friend was shot and he started going crazy. He ran around the city throwing grenades everywhere and went crazy with his machine gun. He blew up a board meeting. The leader of the German army thought they were being attacked by a whole army, and evacuated New York.

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 11/1/26)

Finn

Interview: Reya’s Violin

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

Atlas
Interview: Sybil’s Figure Skate

Pink poetry: Similes/metaphors; onomatopoeia, Pictures with words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words

Reya

Interview: Finn’s

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

Sam

Interview: Wren’s

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

Ullr
Interview: Nikita’s Amethyst

Pink poetry: Similes/metaphors; onomatopoeia, Pictures with words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words

Nikita
Interview: Ullr (himself)

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

Sybil

Interview: Atlas’s Soccer Medal

1st Person Narrative: Skating Programs

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

Wren
Interview: Sam’s

1st Person Narrative: Soccer

Pink poetry: similes & metaphors; onomatopoeia, Pictures with words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words