Reading Holiday Stories in Speech

Submitted by megan.oropeza on

We love the Christmas season! This month we have been reading LOTS of Christmas books and stories during our speech and language groups. For the activity this week, we have been using the story "If you Take a Mouse to the Movies" while targeting various WH- questions! After we read the book, each student gets to take a turn tossing the beanbag onto the type of WH- question they'd like to answer! The students have really enjoyed incorporating learning with fun Christmas-centered activities! 

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Taylor Cena

Glass making in Fifth Grade

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In 5th grade, we learned about how settlers in Jamestown had a glassmaking industry. They used the area's natural resources like wood and sand to create glass products including bottles and windows. After that, the 5th graders used tissue paper and construction paper to make their own art project inspired by stained glass! 

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Alice Owen

Santa’s Elves

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This month, third graders have been working on convincing Santa to hire them as an elf. They have worked hard to figure out the reasons why they would be a good elf and tell those to Santa by using their best handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and convincing words. They did such an amazing job! We will have to see if they were able to convince Santa!

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Sarah Christley

Brag Notes

Submitted by megan.oropeza on

Our students are not the only ones who earn brag notes. Teachers can now earn brag notes too. Here in the office we keep a stack of Teacher Brag Notes available for students who want to brag about the awesome faculty and staff here at Meadow Brook. Students can fill out a brag note and drop it into our Meadow Brook mailbox in the office. 

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Ashley Porter

Music in Literacy

Submitted by megan.oropeza on

2nd grade had a guest speaker, Mrs. Harding. She is a composer and music specialist. She worked with the students to play instruments and listen to their sounds. We read Violet’s Music and the students played along every time there was an onomatopoeia in the story. It was a great way to make the book come alive and to bring a musical aspect into our lesson. The students hard a blast!

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Carrie Mortimer

Giving Tree

Submitted by heather.balli on

If you would like to help a student, or family, for Christmas, we have a few more ornaments left on our Giving Tree. Thanks!

Cultures and Traditions

Submitted by megan.oropeza on

This  week Kindergarten has been learning about different cultures and traditions. A couple parents came to the school to share about their families cultures or traditions. The kids loved getting to know each other some more and learning about new cultures and  traditions!

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Emma Farmer

Kinder Screening

Submitted by megan.oropeza on

It's that time of year again...kinder screenings! Every December, your Meadow Brook SLPs screen every single kindergartener to make sure that their speech and language skills are where they should be. We wait until December so that our new little friends have some time to adjust to what school life is like. Now that they have their feet under them, we want to make sure none of our friends are missed in receiving some specialized intervention if needed. We love our kindergarteners. Happy kinder screenings! :) 

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Savanah Calton