West Elementary News
November, 2025
EMMETSBURG DISTRICT MISSION
The Emmetsburg CSD believes we will create an environment of promoting growth and serving others.
First Grade
As part of our PBIS celebration for November each classroom had a buddy class that they read with. First grade was paired with fouth grade. It was so fun to see students reading with older students in our building!
4 Year Old Preschool
Book Buddies with some of Mrs. Goodchild's class. This was a fun opportunity to make a classroom connection with an older group of students that also goes to West Elementary. We are planning another fun activity together soon!
Miss Kaitlin came and shared everything she knows about turkeys! It was a fun visit and we learned a lot! We can’t wait to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends.
Kindergarten Readiness
2nd Grade
2nd grade has had a busy month! They had potato olympics to wrap up a knowledge unit. Ask a second grader what there favorite part was! Miss Kaitlin for the nature center also came and spoke with second graders! We learn so much from her when she bring all her materials in to share with us! In math we are working on labeling number lines.
Kindergarten
Kinder students have been busy learning about the parts of a plant with their knowledge unit. It has been fun to see all the things that they are creating as they learn about each part!
3 year old preschool
The students in 3-year-old preschool have been working on comparing and measuring. We spent a few days following a recipe to make our own play-doh. We compared the sizes of the measuring cups we needed, sizes of bowls we would need and the amount of each ingredient we had to add to our bowl. We had to use our strong arm muscles to mix all of the ingredients together. Then we used our hands to knead the dough so it was well mixed and ready for play! The students are now enjoying the completed play-doh to make creations of their own!
4th Grade
4th graders are working on reading dialogue with poem ”Little Miss Riding Hood." One student reads the part of Little Miss Red Riding Hood and the other read the part of the wolf.