Future Career Choices

When a student walks up to you and asks if she can organize adults to come in and share about their jobs, what is your answer? YES, YES, YES! Is there a better way for students to start thinking about the future and get ideas for what they might enjoy doing? Sure, students do not need to know exactly what kind of job they would like to have when they grow up, but this was an excellent way to be exposed to different possibilities. It also offered the students the chance to converse with adults and ask questions.

Thank you to these two (so far) adults who have taken time out of their busy schedules to come in and share. 

Typical School Day

Devotion

Spanish

Language Arts - taught on grade level

Seat Work - independent work (spelling, vocabulary, handwriting, etc.)

Math - taught on grade level

Seat Work - independent work (spelling, vocabulary, handwriting, etc.)

Lunch and Recess

History

Writing

Reading

Science

Extra - (gym, guitar, art, drama)

February and March Activities

Director: Global Treehouse. Lights, Camera, Action!

Soliloquies on Taxi Cab Driver

Science isn't boring when we try to figure out what it takes to make the bouncing ball.

And what other school offers the opportunity to study the planets and space 

and wrap it all up with astronaut ice cream?! YUM, Neapolitan.

  

Really? Snow in March? Well creativity comes in many forms: 

 "Peter Snowtail" our snow bunny

                                   "Yes, Miss Alex.  We DO remember the order of the planets...
                                       will there be more astronaut ice cream upon our return?"

                                  Classrooms and listening skills are never on the back burner.
                                  Instructions and the dissection of a shark at Science Central is
                                                       something we will never forget!

                                                        Taking and registering its weight,

                                                                    Opening its belly.

                                                          Everyone taking an active role....

                                             including Mr. Shark who poses for the camera!

Merry Christmas

Counting money that was raised to send radios to Asia to help spread the Gospel.

 School Election Speech

 School Election Speech

Voting Registration

Making Election Posters

Writing a Report 

Counting Back Change

Apple Orchard

The first field trip this year was to the apple orchard... 

 

Best way to find out if an apple is ripe? Take a bite!

 

2012/2013 School Year

A YEAR IN REVIEW

Science Central offers a program called “Afternoon of Science” for school aged children each month.  In October students had an opportunity to dissect a frog. 

Afternoon of Science- Physics

Learning About the Mayans from people who have been there.
Thanks again for the indiginous gifts, too!

Playing games and laughing with each other.

Students prepared and hosted a fall party.

After studying and writing poetry in language arts, students had a “Mic Night” to share their work. 

 

Spent time learning about Abe Lincoln at the Allen County Public Library. 

Guitar class- it is harder than it looks!

Hopper- Class Pet

Had we only known we would need crickets every week!

What better way to learn about a Monarchy than by having a tea party? 

Board work keeps them from becoming bored!

Prepared for a drama: "Alien"

Paintball Dart Art

Growing and measuring radishes with hands-on science.

This Writing activity assignment was to build a fort and write about their own dream fort.  

Learning to Use a Compass

Desk Work

Community Service- 

Serving ice cream and having a good time with residents at Saint Anne's. 

Learning From One Another

Making Pretzels for National Pretzel Day

Frequent Window Visitor- Fredrick

Learning about Lenses

Recess

Presentations

Students cheer one another on when getting 100% on a paper or test 

and get to perform the Macarena dance!!! 

Learning Leadership Skills

Independent Work

Field Trip to the Erie Canal

I've got a mule, her name is Sal, fifteen miles on the Erie Canal....catchy little song!