Congrats to the following students for being chosen by their peers as exemplifying the SOAR behaviors.

Show Respect- Maddie
Observe Safety- Angel
Accept Responsibility- Hailey
Resolve Conflict- Mayleen

Congratulations to Mayleen for being chosen the overall Talon winner.
 

Attendance Awards

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Quality Attendance
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Perfect Attendance

Honor Roll Awards

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A/B Honor Roll
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A Honor Roll
 
Congrats to the following students for being chosen by their peers as exemplifying the SOAR behaviors.

Show Respect- Omari
Observe Safety- Sam
Accept Responsibility- Anna & Britney
Resolve Conflict- Douglas

Congratulations to Britney for being chosen the overall Talon winner.
 
Our school was blessed to have a surprise visit from the Kansas City Chiefs!  Each student was given a Christmas gift from their wish list.  We feel so lucky and thankful for people showing they care about our community!  Thank you KC Chiefs!
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YAY!
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KC Wolf enjoyed our reading corner.
 
Attendance Awards
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Perfect Attendance Award
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Quality Attendance Award
Honor Roll Awards
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A Honor Roll
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A/B Honor Roll
 
Congrats to the following students for being chosen by their peers as exemplifying the SOAR behaviors.

Show Respect- Kelly
Observe Safety- Raelene
Accept Responsibility- Chase
Resolve Conflict- Truth

Congratulations to Kelly for being chosen the overall Talon winner.
 
Congrats to the following students for being chosen by their peers as exemplifying the SOAR behaviors.

Show Respect- Jake
Observe Safety- Hailey
Accept Responsibility- Levi
Resolve Conflict- Angel & LauraLei

Congratulations to Hailey for being chosen the overall Talon winner.
 
Congrats to the following students for being chosen by their peers as exemplifying the SOAR behaviors.

Show Respect- Ashley
Observe Safety- Maddie
Accept Responsibility- Mayleen & Stanley
Resolve Conflict- Gage

Congratulations to Gage for being chosen the overall Talon winner.
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Every September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  My crew and I celebrated by reading pirate books, writing a tale of an encounter with pirates, eating whales and drinking Pacific Punch.  Enjoy pictures of our celebration!
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The crew
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Our ship
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Our door signs
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Our grub & grog
 
We have been hard at work in our classroom!  Here is a rundown of some of the things we have worked on learning over the past three weeks.

Social Studies-
  • State Reports: Students studied states from the southeast region.  They developed a poster and presented to their classmates information about their state.
  • America Before Christopher Columbus:  Students discussed what they definitely knew, thought they knew, and wanted to know about America Before Christopher Columbus.  We then began exploring some of the indigenous tribes of North America.  The first tribe we discussed were the Inuits.  Students learned that Inuits lived in Igluviaks.  Students wrote from the perspective of an Inuit.
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State Reports
Math-
We have been working on Topic 1 in enVision Math.  This topic covers place value in whole numbers and decimals.  It also teaches moving between decimals and fractions.  We will be testing this coming week over Topic 1.

Science-
  • Scientific Method- Students learned about the steps in the scientific method and performed their first experiment for the year, Growing Gummy Bears.  Students asked the question, "What would happen if a gummy bear was left in water over night?".  They stated their hypothesis, conducted the experiment, gathered data, and drew conclusions.  FYI The gummy bear grew in the water through a process called osmosis.
  • Jobs in Science- Students have begun research careers in the various fields of science.  They will be creating paper scientists that tell about the jobs available.
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Growing Gummy Bears
Reading & Writing
  • Students who qualify for the Read 180 program have begun their instruction with Mrs. Lampo.
  • Students who stay in the classroom for reading & writing instruction have been continuing the adventure of the Daily 5.  We have been continuing to read to ourselves to become better readers.  We have also started working on writing.  Students right now, are working on a narrative piece.
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Read to Self
School-wide activities that we have participated in during the past few weeks include the Birds of Prey show and Grandparents' Day.  We have enjoyed learning about birds and sharing books with our grandparents.
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Birds of Prey Show
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Grandparents' Day