Thank you South families for joining us at Donuts with Grownups yesterday! We were so glad to see so many smiling faces!
Thank you Ithaca PTO for sponsoring the 2nd grade field trip to Hooked on Home! We are so grateful to Kaylyn Hooks, the owner of Hooked on Home, for her patience and expertise. Our students had a fantastic time and had the opportunity to paint a keepsake to take home to their family.
Please join us next Tuesday, February 11, for Donuts with Grownups at South Elementary! Doors will open at 7:30.
We are proud to announce our January students of the month. This month, students were nominated for demonstrating the character strength of optimism. Congratulations, Junior Jackets!
Students in our Developmental Kindergarten classroom read "The True Story of Popsicles" this week. They learned all about how the first popsicle was created, which was actually by accident. They also learned a lot of science facts about what happens to liquid when it freezes. To top off the lesson students made their own popsicles to eat!😋
Photos of some of our students that were able to complete the Yeti Escape Room!
Thank you to all the families that were able to join us on Wednesday for Family Night! It was nice to see families working together to complete the Yeti Escape, solving puzzles and challenges, and having fun together playing games.
Our South staff found a fun way to beat the winter blues--we had a 'twins day'! Ask your child if they noticed people who were dressed alike today.
Reminder: Our Family Fun Night is tomorrow--Wednesday, January 29 from 6:00-7:00 at South.
5th grade students from North Elementary traveled to South today to teach a STEAM lesson to first graders. Students worked collaboratively to demonstrate how light creates shadows using different objects provided.
Second graders expanded on their water cycle work by creating "movable" models in STEAM lab. Each model had a water drop on a string in the middle that could journey through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation!
Online yearbook orders are due January 20. See flyer attached to this message for more details.
Kindergartners kicked off their forces and motion unit by experimenting with our chain reaction kits. They were challenged to make pieces roll, spin, slide, etc., and had great fun while doing it!
Today was our third day of "DI" centers! "DI" means differentiated instruction. This is a strategy used as part of our new "Bookworms" reading curriculum. Students are grouped by the reading skills they are working on at this time. Students move through three centers utilizing tools, words, and more that will help them master those particular skills. We will assess in a couple of weeks to see what we need to work on next.
We are fortunate to have Mrs. Casey Longanbach teaching one of our centers. I teach one of the groups, and another group works on independent skills.
These little students are "rocking" at all three centers!
Way to go kindergarten kiddos!
Look at these cute little hedgehogs 🦔
More photos from our celebrations this week!
We have had a wonderful week of celebrations! Our Kindergarten, First, and Second graders were able to travel to the Crystal Movie theater at the beginning of the week. We ended our week with classroom parties, a visit with Santa, and a trip to the Polar Express. We wish all of our families a wonderful break. We will see you on January 6th!
Congratulations to our South Elementary students of the month. This month we recognized students that displayed the character strength of 'kindness.'
First and second graders used Cubetto robots to retell holiday stories in STEAM lab. Collaboration was key in order to create the correct robot code!
Is there anything more precious than these wonderful kindergarten kiddos enjoying good books & poems! There are three ways to read to yourself in kindergarten:
1. Read the illustrations.
2. Read the words (We know a bunch of words on this 69th day of school!)
3. Retell the story using illustrations!
I am so proud of these readers!
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