To really spice up the family gathering, take your family on the BLOG SCAVENGER HUNT. This month we are sharing silly stories about silly things we have done in our lives. Everyone is a winner in this contest. Students will be entered in the Reading Counts drawing just for participating. Other prizes will be offered [...]
Watch this video to see all the fun we had at our Halloween party. Thank you so much to Rebecca Hamby for organizing the party. Thank you to all the parents who brought food and goodies for the party and for all those who attended and helped. The students had a fabulous [...]
On Thursday of this week, we hosted the very talented Crevier Family from South Dakota. Bruce, Diane and their nine children spun basketballs on their fingers, road unicycles, trained our staff to do ball catching tricks, and fed applesauce to four very brave student! They entertained us for over an hour (two presentations [...]
We were just informed by our Technology Department that the software responsible for our report card data base has crashed. The system will be down this weekend and likely into next week.
As teachers, we want the most up to date marks on the report cards, and therefore, we planned use this weekend to finalize scores [...]
Thanks to Jared York and his mom for finding an awesome website. You can practice locating and naming the 50 states, capitals, and even physical features of the United States. I will add this link to the weblinks on the right side of this blog-Or click on this link right here. Map Puzzle
Do you have a mental image of the topography of our country? Where are the mountains? Where is it flat? Our class developed this image by studying US geography this past two weeks. The students demonstrated their understanding by using dough to create their own physical map of the United States. [...]
These students have been working so hard and are doing such a great job. Last week we completed the reading portion of the test. Tuesday, October 20, we are taking the math test. Then on Thursday, we will finish up with the writing portion. We get started right away at 9:00 a.m. and are usually [...]
On Monday your child wrote ten spelling words in their agenda. The students were given a pretest last week. Each word not spelled correctly on the pretest (cloze test on the back page of the Word Study packet) is put on this list. If your child missed less than ten, then words from subject areas [...]
On Thursday, October 22, we will be making a relief map of the United States. I would appreciate it if some parents would send in a five pound bag of flour. Even two to three cups of flour would be very helpful. Students will need to bring a medium size mixing bowl and a spoon. [...]
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