From struggling with one sentence at the beginning of the school year to now confidently crafting and editing an entire paragraph—our first graders have truly become amazing writers! 🌟✏️ Witnessing their growth is nothing short of incredible. Each paragraph now includes an opening sentence, at least two event sentences, and a powerful closing sentence. 📝💡 What a journey it has been, and we're so proud of the progress they've made!

In our class we have celebrated Dr. Suess day along with Presidents day and Stuffy day! So many celebrations to be had after working hard! -Mrs. Paynes Class

In third grade, students finished up a project called, "Zombie in Love." This was a writing project for Valentine's Day. Students got to create a newspaper article for a zombie that was looking for love. They had to think of things that a zombie might like, dislike, and activities zombies like doing. They then wrote it like a newspaper article and designed themselves as a zombie in their art! They worked so hard on them and they turned out so cute!

Last week we learned more about President’s Day. We also filled out a packet about what laws they would make as president and why someone should vote for them. It was fun to hear their ideas and how excited they were to share them.

This month our speech therapists have been doing group lessons in the kindergarten classes! Each week they focus on a different sound by teaching the students how to say the sound in isolation and how to listen for that sound in all positions of words! 

This week the focus has been on the /SH/ sound. Every class practiced the sound as a whole group and each student had a chance to come up and fish for a word that had an SH sound! 

So much fun! 

The process of compiling the yearbook starts long before the end of the school year. Each year, the yearbook cover is designed by a talented student. Students who want to participate submit artwork inspired by our theme for the year to our Yearbook Cover Contest. 

This year's entries were voted on by staff and our student council. We received dozens of entries from students who put great effort into their work. It was fun to see how each one visually interpreted our theme "Elevate" in unique and colorful ways. 

Now that all of our kindergarteners have been screened for speech sound errors and we have collaborated with their teachers, we have begun kinder "group lessons!" In these lessons that we lead in each of our kindergarten classes, we review a commonly missed sound from the screenings and teach each student how to articulate it. Each student gets to participate in a game where they practice saying a word with the target sound as well. This week, we taught the "singing sound" or L. Our kindergarteners are so bright and picked this up quickly! Way to go, kinder!!

Miss Alexis Christensen has been selected as Meadow Brook Elementary's Teacher of the Year for 2024. This award is a testament to her outstanding dedication, passion, and impact within the school community. Through her continuous commitment to enhancing her teaching methods and skills, she exemplifies a lifelong learner, always striving to provide the best education for her students.