Friday, October 30, 2015

This Week in Our Schools 10/26- 10/30

Scroll down to view pictures of students and staff engaged in learning this past week throughout our district! We have a lot of exciting learning opportunities happening district-wide!


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JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Reichert's Title One room are working on uppercase letter recognition and alphabetical order. 


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Mrs. Strouf's 1st grade students are working hard during Daily 5 Reading!  These students are demonstrating "Word Work" activities and "Read to Self"!! Look how engaged they are!!

Mrs. Strouf's class celebrating Crazy Hair Day as part of Red Ribbon Week.
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GRANT ELEMENTARY


The Boy Scouts delivered a meal to all the Grant teachers on Parent/Teacher Conference night.  It was appreciated and delicious!

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Grant students participated in a growing trend where they "lead" their own conference with their parents. They share their strengths as well as talk about the areas that they need to work on.
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MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY


Ms. Pedersen's 2nd graders are "Reading to Self" as part of their Daily 5 lesson. 


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Mr. Schroeder's and Mrs. Williams' 5th grade students are hard at work! The pictures below show students: 1) practicing multiplication with a two-digit multiplier with area models in math, 2) kicked back and reading during language arts, 3) sharing opinions about school lunch through a writing assignment on a MacBook Air laptop, and 4) in Mrs. Williams' class learning about living systems. The unit allowed students to observe the lifecycle of a painted lady butterfly.




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McKinley had their Fall Festival on Friday, October 30th. Students in Mrs. Youngbauer's and Mr. Othmer's 4th grade classes participated in some friendly competition during P.E. Below shows them in a tug-o-war battle. The theme this year was "Under the Sea." In this short video: https://youtu.be/F9oY1-_BV8Q  the first class to get all of the "fish" off of the parachute first wins! Their P.E. teacher is Mr. Randleman.

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MCKINLEY - WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP


WMS students have been coming to McKinley every morning before the school day to help McKinley first graders work on reading fluency and sight words.
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MULBERRY ELEMENTARY


Third graders in Mrs. Meyer's Music class worked on rhythm with words and movement. Ask them how to do "double-double-ice-ice-cream-cream."
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CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Monsanto volunteers Don Hanft, Heidi Anderson, and Kevin Christensen provided CPR Training for MCSD 7th graders during their PE Classes. (Pictured are Central Middle School students.) 

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WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL


West students took part in a building-wide PBIS Celebration for significantly reducing tardies to class. PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and is West's building-wide program for climate and culture. 
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Mrs. Ralston's 8th grade math students are designing their own zip lines with the help of technology and the Pythagorean Theorem! 

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MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL


Students solved blood spatter angle shapes in Mrs. Kramer's PLTW Biotech Engineering class. (Return to Table of Contents)
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Mrs. Reade's German Exchange program students (Germans and Americans) toured the John Deere Pavilion in Rock Island.
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DISTRICT-WIDE


Elementary principals and their Instructional Coaches (ICs) met for the day to take a look at their use of Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction in their buildings. Elementary Curriculum and Professional Development Leaders (CPDLs) learned from and supported their discussions.


Model Teachers participated in training on special populations.


Model teachers were also trained by CPDLs and ICs on Jim Knight strategies (Thinking Prompts, Using Stories , Student Voice & Choice).



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