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!
Table of Contents:
- Colorado - Mrs. Mohror's 3rd grade class.
- Colorado - Mr. Welter-Frost's 4th grade class.
- Colorado - Student Council.
- Colorado - 5th grade.
- Franklin - Miss Harder's Kindergarten class.
- Franklin - Mrs. Reed's 1st grade class.
- Franklin - Ms. DeVrieze's 3rd grade class.
- Franklin - Mrs. Calderon's 3rd grade ELL class.
- Madison - Mrs. Zitzow's Kindergarten class.
- McKinley - Mrs. Penzkofer's 1st grade class.
- McKinley - Mrs. Luna's 1st grade class.
- McKinley - Ms. Pedersen's 1st grade class.
- Mulberry - Mrs. Evans' and Mrs. Green's Kindergarteners.
- Mulberry - Mrs. Green's Kindergarten class.
- Mulberry - Lego League Teams.
- Washington - Ms. Jacob's 3rd grade class.
- Washington - Ms. Sulzberger's 5th grade class.
- Middle School (both) - Annual Gifted/Talented Science Bowl.
- CMS - Mrs. Larson-Walgren and Ms. Knepper's 6th grade ELA students.
- WMS - Mr. Rivera's 5th period home room.
- WMS - Orchestra
- WMS - Mrs. Duffe's 6th grade math class.
- MHS - Mr. Crews' Horticulture students.
- MHS - Miss Brown's Journalism students.
- MHS - Mr. Mayer's Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Manufacturing students.
- MHS - Ms. Ruesch's Biology class.
- East Campus - Mr. Battern's Government class.
- McKinley Staff - Ugly Sweater Day.
- District-Wide Staff - WMS ELA and Math teachers.
- District-Wide Staff - Elementary principals, Instructional Coaches and Curriculum Professional Development Leaders discuss district initiatives.
- District-Wide Staff - K-2 Teachers LETRS Training.
COLORADO ELEMENTARY
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY
Miss Harder's kindergarten class made gingerbread men, students grew antlers and became Rudolph, and students took home a paper Christmas tree to decorate with their family and bring back to display at school!
Ms. Devrieze's 3rd graders tried out the new ST math program that Franklin Elementary had just started to use. The online program enhances the students' learning of the standards using a game-based format. The students have to go through the program and solve puzzles without worded directions. The goal is to improve student engagement and independence as they continue using higher level thinking strategies.
Mrs. Calderon's 3rd grade English Language Learners read the skit "Light Up the World with Celebrations" (left picture) and wrote "If I Were Trapped in a Snow Globe!" (picture on the right).(Return to Table of Contents)
MADISON ELEMENTARY
Mrs. Zitzow's kindergarteners made slime using the informational text they read for their English/Language Arts post assessment and decorated gingerbread men (thankfully none ran away!)!
MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY
First Graders in Mrs. Penzkofer's class show off the letters that they wrote and had sent to their reading pals.
First graders in Mrs. Luna's class showcase their posters that they worked on during English/Language Arts standards of problem and solution.
Ms. Pedersen's 1st graders sewed their own stockings to hang on their class tree. Chippy, the class Elf, brought candy canes for their stockings!
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First Graders in Mrs. Penzkofer's class show off the letters that they wrote and had sent to their reading pals.
First graders in Mrs. Luna's class showcase their posters that they worked on during English/Language Arts standards of problem and solution.
Ms. Pedersen's 1st graders sewed their own stockings to hang on their class tree. Chippy, the class Elf, brought candy canes for their stockings!
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Ms. Pedersen's 1st graders sewed their own stockings to hang on their class tree. Chippy, the class Elf, brought candy canes for their stockings!
MULBERRY ELEMENTARY
Kindergarteners in Mrs. Green's class have been learning about 3D solid shapes in math. To end the unit, they made 3D Christmas scenes. They used ice cream cones for cones, sweet tart chewys for spheres, sugar cubes for cubes, and Mike and Ike's for cylinders.
Lego League competed at the Putnam Museum last weekend. There were a total of 62 teams between the two days and three teams from Mulberry! The team in green is Eagles-Eagles-Eagles Boom and comprised of 4th grade students. They were awarded the Team Spirit award for their energy and team work. The team in blue is Mulberry Master Builders and is comprised of 4th and 5th grade students. They were awarded a Judges Recognition award for their project. The team holding certificates and wearing medals is the Mulberry Eagles. They are an alumni team who competed in their 4th Lego League competition. They are one of three Muscatine teams competing in the state competition on January 16, 2016.
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WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
1st grade students in Mrs. Roelfs' class pose next to their classroom elf, Ella!
MIDDLE SCHOOL (both CMS and WMS)
CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
West held their orchestra concert this week. Pictured below are three orchestra students before their concert and the 7th grade orchestra rehearsing prior to the concert.
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Mrs. Duffe's 6th grade math class learned about scale factors. Students used a scale factor to create a scale drawing of a ginger bread house. They also got to use their scale drawings to build their actual gingerbread house!
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MUSCATINE HIGH SCHOOL
Mr. Crews' Horticulture students created holiday center pieces from evergreens, poinsettias, candles, and other decorative items.(Return to Table of Contents)
Miss Brown's Journalism II class assembles the MHS Today newsletter that is distributed monthly at the high school.
Recently Mr. Mayer took a group of Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Manufacturing students to tour William Penn University’s Industrial Technology Department in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The tour consisted of visiting the Manufacturing/Welding Lab, Wood Technology Lab, and the Electronics/ Alternate Energy Lab on campus. Following the tour and lunch at William Penn, the students then got a tour of Musco’s Specialty Production line. This line is where the company builds and designs prototype lights and specialty lighting fixtures.
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Students in Ms. Ruesch's Biology class created a Stop Motion video over the cell cycle.
and here is their stop motion video!
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EAST CAMPUS
School Board member John DaBeet visited Mr. Battern's government class. He spoke to the group about his role on the school board and as an elected official. Students engaged in discussion with Mr. DaBeet regarding current issues facing MCSD and future plans for the district.(Return to Table of Contents)
MCKINLEY STAFF
McKinley staff got into the holiday spirit by donning their ugly sweaters!DISTRICT-WIDE STAFF
WMS English/Language Arts and Math teachers used morning professional development time to look at student data through data teams working toward greater student success.(Return to Table of Contents)
Elementary administrators, instructional coaches, and curriculum professional development leaders started talking through district initiatives trying to gauge each building's current reality. Lots of great discussion and clarifications arose.
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K-2 teachers received training in LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling). Training was led by Mary Beilke from the AEA. The training was excellent, and Ms. Beilke modeled to teachers how the brain works and the parts utilized to read.
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May be cheesy to say so, but this newletter made me really proud of the innovative and fun ways our kids get to interact with the curriculum and the focused, skills-based training the district is providing to teachers to help them help our kids. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteBecca Mueller (parent and community Pediatrician.
Thanks, Becca! We are glad you enjoy seeing our students in action! I'll pass on your comments to our staff. They will appreciate the positive feedback!
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