Healthy Eating
Here we are at it again with the Healthy eating challenge. This time the fifth grade presented a Healthy Eating Fair to the whole school. Middle school, High School and staff members were all invited to take a taste test and vote. We wanted to find out two things. What was the winning recipe and how many students would be willing to taste fruits and vegetables if presented in a different way. Our winning recipe was from Zephaniah Vaughn who brought in a vegetable platter of raw vegetables with vegetable dip. Another piece of information we found out was that there were over 350 tastes taken with the majority by High School students.
Mrs. Emestica
Harvest Fun Fair
This year’s Elementary School’s Harvest Fun Fair was a blast! Students dressed up as Pilgrims, Indians, and Turkeys – talk about cute!!!!!!!! The children also had an opportunity to play several games, such as Tic Tac Toe Ring Toss, Turkey in the Straw and Roll The Gourd. Our Elementary School students were able to work on Pilgrim and Indian crafts, as well as getting their face painted by our talented National Honor Society students. The day ended with each student receiving a bag full of candy. A perfect ending to a perfect day!
Please check out “Galleries” for some cute pictures!
World Hunger
5E cares about world hunger. The students were presented with a challenge to think of a solution to end world hunger. There were many ideas like raising money through bake sales to creating organizations that help raise money to by food. One student wrote about the need to consume less food and not throw anything away, another student said that they would build a garden that could continually give food out to the people in need. This encouraged the children to not waist food at home and also encouraged them to think about others that are less fortunate then they are.
Mrs. Emestica
Jan Brett
2B has been borrowing books on a weekly basis. We do quiet reading for a short while and after that we have a short story time as a class.
We have read Jan Brett books. Her language and illustrations are so unique that our students have really enjoyed them. We have read “Honey, Honey, Lion,” and “ The Umbrella.” The Umbrella is especially good because of the rich pictures and different language. It talks about jungle animals that are found in the jungles of Costa Rica. We have enjoyed this great time together.
Mrs. Ruiz
Families
1C has been continuing to enjoy the opportunity to borrow books from the library. We have also been reading as a class. We read “Fluffy Bunny,” A wonderful story about a little bunny that is looking for a family to fit into until he finally finds his own family of bunnies. It is a touching story that teaches our children to be thankful for their family. It also shows how all families are unique and God has put us all in the perfect family, which fits us properly.
Mrs. Ruiz
Library Fun
Kindergarten is enjoying time at the library. They are creating their own Jan Brett books. We have been working on coloring and putting together a mini “The Mitten,” book wonderfully colored by our own Kindergarteners. Of course we have also read the books, “The Mitten,” “The Hat,” and “Gingerbread Friends.”
Mrs. Ruiz
Dollars and Sense
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we just completed our first unit, entitled Dollars and Sense. We learned about building a community, trading & swapping, smart saving, money; it’s value and how kids can have a business. One of the stories we enjoyed most was when we read how money is made in the U.S. Mint.
Mrs. Jimenez
Reading Intervention
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we just completed our first unit on Exploration. We learned about our neighborhoods, outer shape, out in the woods, sand and who we ask when we want to know something. When we read about Out in the Woods, we enjoyed snacking on our own trail mix, which we made at the end of that week’s session. Besides learning about exploration we have also discovered that we can read if we look at the vowels and blend our sounds.
Mrs. Jimenez
Reading Intervention
In our Sidewalks Intensive Reading Intervention class we are completing our first unit- Animals Tame and wild. We are thrilled that we can read one or two sentences without assistance. Last week we were so excited when playing a board game we realized that we have already learned over 15 high frequency words and we discovered that we are able to write and spell most of them.
Mrs. Jimenez
Writing in Shaving Cream
In our Early Reading Intervention class we have learned and reviewed seven letters and sounds. We are so proud of ourselves because we can identify most of the letters, sound and even write them. It was a lot of fun writing them using shaving cream.
We are also proud of ourselves because we can write our names without looking at our nameplate.
Mrs. Jimenez