Kindergarten
Kindergarten is beginning the Daily 5 component of Read to Self. The students have learned three ways to read a book: Look at the pictures, read the words, and retell the story.
First Grade
First Grade is putting their Letterland phonics skills to the test! The students are learning about the -ap word family. Some words in this word family group are, lap, tap, sap, and map. They are also learning that all words with the consonant, vowel, consonant spelling pattern have a short vowel.
Second Grade
Second Grade is working on building reading stamina through the reading workshop model. Reader's Workshop is an extended block of time devoted to reading and comprehension strategies. Within this block, students are given time to practice these strategies independently and with their teacher's guidance and support
Third Grade
Third Grade is implementing technology and art integration to practice their estimating and rounding skills along with their addition and subtracting abilities! They are collaborating on iPads to win a "baseball game" and demonstrating team work to solve a mystery photo on a graph. Nothing makes math more engaging than games and mystery art!
Fourth Grade
Fourth Grade students are collaborating in order to light a light bulb and start a motor through creating electrical circuits. This lesson taught students the concept of electricity and electrical circuits, specifically focusing on their ability to describe and identify open circuits and closed circuits.
French
Students in first grade had a fluffy friend visit to assist them when practicing their greetings in French class. Practicing "Bonjour mon nom est ..." has never been as fun as making introductions to this cute little fellow!
German
Broughton High School's German students delivered 75 Schultuten to our kindergartners on their first day of school!
Schultute, or school cone, is a German tradition where children going into their first year of school are given a giant colorful cone filled with school supplies and treats. We are extremely grateful for our partnership with Broughton High School!
Global P.E.
Students had to collaborate and communicate in order to be successful in catching their neighbor's noodle before it hit the ground. Students enjoy the rotation through all language and elective classes the first few weeks of school before settling into their quarterly self selected classes.