Spirit Assembly this Afternoon!

Our littlest students are getting ready for the spirit assembly this afternoon!  Here they are practicing in the Multipurpose Room before school.

Fun in Music

Mrs. Wise's first grade class is having a ball dancing to the music in Mrs. Friedrich's class.  They chose to dance to the Freeze song and at the end, they sang a beautiful goodbye song to the teacher. 

The Dome at Night!

Dome Theater

All our students experienced theater in the round today when they watched their various events in the Dome Theater.  Dinosaurs, the Titanic and the Wild Earth were some of the shows seen today.
This presentation was made possible by the card sales last November.  Thanks to all who purchased one!

Math Curriculum Night

Math Curriculum Night was held in the school cafeteria last night.  Students were greeted with the opportunity to estimate the number of candy corn candies that were in a jar.  The one with the closest estimate would win the jar of candies to take home!

Next Mrs. Steffes welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming.  She described our commitment to having every student receiving 60 minutes of core instruction daily in math.  She then asked parents to describe their own experiences in math class.  Parents shared their stories and those who liked math had one thing in common:  each had a great math teacher!

Mrs. Mathes played a fraction game and a Wheel of Fractions game with us.  The winning word combination was California Pintos!

 

After the games, each grade level representative shared with the parents and students the highlights of each grade in math.  Teachers answered questions about their curriculum.  Mrs. Higgins shows how the second grade uses anchor charts to help students remember what words mean "add."

The winner of our candy corn contest was Savannah Smith, a first grader!  She estimated that there were 188 candies in the jar.  The actual number was 216.  Great estimation skills, Savannah!

Marble Party!

Mrs. Rowles class earned a party today by collecting marbles in a jar.  Each marble represents something good the class has done.  That's a lot of kind things!  The class started the year by reading the book How Full is Your Bucket (for Kids) and talking about how mean things empty your bucket and kind things fill your bucket.

Mrs. Rowles' class

The class generated these ideas and placed them on an anchor chart that hangs in the room.  It helps remind them to fill each others' buckets all through the day!

Family Literacy Event-Celebrating Grandparents!

Our Family Literacy Event featured Grandparents!  We read books about grandparents.  Mrs. Steffes, Mrs. Dicus and Mrs. Brauner all read books about grandparents. 

After a snack of cookies and milk, grandparents and their grandchildren worked on a poem about grandparents.  One of the students shared their poem with the group.

Lunch in the Sunshine

Mrs. Billings second grade class had lunch in the courtyard today "just because."   It was a great day to sit in the sunshine and enjoy our toasted ham and cheese sandwiches!

Reading in Second Grade

Here are some scenes from Mrs. Dusenberg's second grade class as they are reading.  Lots of opportunities for each student to learn the way they learn best!

Grandparents Day 2011

Today we celebrated Grandparents at our annual Grandparents Day! We had a great turnout!

Our assistant principal, Mrs. Ramsdell

Our lovely third grade teachers!

Our Grandparents Day annual celebration was started by Mrs. Honeywell about 20 years ago.  We are so glad she had this wonderful idea!

Picture Day!

Today was Picture Day!  I love this day so much, all the students are dressed up and on their best behavior!   If you missed paying for pictures today, you can go to www.inter-state.com and put in the code 963867 BEFORE MIDNIGHT to order.  If you order AFTER MIDNIGHT use code 963967.

Mojo

We are so fortunate that Mrs. Ramsdell is willing to share her darling dog, Mojo, with us as a mini school mascot.  Mojo has been willing to help all kinds of kids with different problems and is making his way around the school reading stories about dogs to all the students.  Mojo is pictured here with his mom, Mrs. Ramsdell, reading to Ms. Doll's classroom.