Preschool

This week in Preschool, students worked on a gardening study, the Life Cycle of a plant, and weather systems.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten practiced their sequencing skills by teaching our student teacher Ms. Graham how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

First Grade

In Ms. Austin’s room on Monday, students were surprised to find that the pumpkin they have been watching decay since last fall finally changed! A pumpkin seedling sprouted! Then, students planted new seeds (peas, marigolds, lima beans, and sunflowers), and we will keep them inside until the threat for frost passes. Then we will move those plants to the outdoor garden space.

Mrs. Plant’s first grade class works very hard during work time, but looks forward to a brain break in between activities. This is the reset the students really need to get focused and back to work. The students really enjoy the different activities of getting to jump, twist, dance, and freeze. 

Second Grade

Second grade students used critical thinking, the design process and measurements to create a flower that met specific requirements. Students persevered through the process and created really creative flowers! 

Third Grade

This week, our TedEd students shared their talks with the entire school. We are so proud of Ryleigh for representing our class and for talking about “Lucky Nature”—a speech about protecting and enjoying nature.

Fourth Grade

Fourth grade students were observed working collaboratively in small groups. Students were tasked with reading passages from a text and creating a short skit to represent their assigned section. 

In math, students are learning about decimals, with a focus on understanding place value to the right of the decimal point, specifically tenths and hundredths. 

Fifth Grade

5th graders wrote statistical questions,  gathered data, created frequency tables to analyze the data, and then created either line plots or bar graphs to display their data! Such a fun way to learn about data and statistics!

STEM

This week in STEM

5th graders created a mechanical test. Some groups actually created machines for their test. One group created a test to test the elasticity of sponges. Many manufacturers use similar mechanical tests to test products.

2nd graders have been learning about water. This week they used model dirt to investigate and figure out how water can make canyons.

STEM Student of the Week:  Indiana Noble

Indy works hard at every STEM project he takes on. He loves anything he can do that involves STEM. He can always be found asking questions, finding solutions, and building. Building things is his specialty. Congratulations Indy!

Ms. Forest

Reading intervention game: Word War. kids are busy practicing sight words and having fun at the same time!