West Elementary News

Our first graders had a wonderful time celebrating Valentine’s Day together! The classroom was filled with smiles, laughter, and friendship as students enjoyed cookies, apples, strawberries, and plenty of sweet treats. One of the favorite activities was a fun dice-rolling game paired with Valentine conversation hearts. Students also spent time sitting and chatting with their classmates, strengthening friendships and practicing positive social skills that are so important in our classroom community.

Along with celebrating, first grade students have been working hard in their science learning. Over the last few weeks, we have been studying the history of the Earth. Students explored rocks and minerals through hands-on investigation and discussion about how Earth has changed over time.

Our science learning also continues to focus on the Sun and Moon. This learning led students to investigate shadows. Our investigation began with a big thinking question: “Why do shadows move if statues don’t move?” Students explored how light sources, the position of the Sun, and object placement affect how shadows appear and change throughout the day.

We are proud of the curiosity, teamwork, and excitement for learning our first graders continue to show every day. Thank you for supporting our classroom and helping make celebrations and learning experiences so meaningful for our students!

Preschool has been busy this month! We had our Friendship Day Preschool classroom swap day! In Mrs. Rodemeyer's classroom they had a yummy snack. Miss Kaitlin also visited this month and talked about spring sightings vs winter. The preschoolers also got to hang out with their 3rd grade buddies for a PBIS reward! We loved coloring and reading with our buddies!

It’s been a super busy, fun-filled February in Readiness. We enjoyed our friendship party with preschool doing a Room Swap. We welcomed the Naturalist in for a visit to learn about signs of Spring. We played a fun listening game with Mrs. Stein. Our school met our Golden Ticket Goal so we colored with our 3rd grade buddies. We also had a great night at our Early Childhood Family Night! Plus we are busy learning all we can!

2nd graders have been learning about 2D shapes in math. During science time they worked with cornmeal to create landforms to test how canyons form an dhow to prevent water erosion to land.

Kindergarteners recently celebrated the 100th day of school dressed as 100 year old! This was so much fun to see!! They also recnetly wrapped up a reading unit on Kings and Queens with a special tea party! So fun to see such facncy outfits come to school!

3d graders in math have been working on learning to measure to inches and meaured some items around the room. Third graders also really enjoyed Valentine's Day by bringing in their own creation for boxes! So fun to see what they created!