A STEM Designated School
March Madness and Buddy Meet Fun
Let the madness begin in first grade! Students worked on ELA and Math skills in a March Madness style challenge. We also got a chance to meet up with our older buddies for a fun Booklet presentation and a "Doodlebug" activity. We would say this day was full of madness, fun, friendship and learning!
Happy St. Patrick's Day
1st graders wrote sequential writings to plan an attempt at trying to catch a leprechaun. After all their hard work, they built the traps and set them on the eve of St. Patrick's Day. We even tried to lure them to the end of the rainbow at our doorway but, unfortunately we didn't trap any leprechauns this season. They did leave us a note, some gold coins, and some special golden chocolates. In the end, it turns out we did get a little luck of our own!
Read Across America
First Grade celebrated Read Across America and Dr. Suess's birthday. We got cozy and read just to learn the joy of reading a great book. Then, we read "Ten Apples Up On Top" and students took on a STEM challenge to design a device to carry apples on their head from one side of the room to the other. At first students thought it would be easy but turns out we also had to use patience and perseverance. So many valuable lessons all wrapped up into one great day.
Learning about the skeletal system
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Kelly Hardwick met with the 1st and 3rd graders to share her STEM career as an x-ray tech with us. The students were able to expand their knowledge of the skeletal system that they learned about in their ELA classes.