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.

4th Graders have been practicing parts of speech by playing a fun new twist on the game Spoons! They pass around cards trying to find a match of words that either sound the same but are spelled differently, or are spelled the same and have multiple meanings. Combining learning and fun has been a big hit in all of the classes!

2nd grade has been working on using our vocabulary words! To help with this students created their own vocabulary chart that highlights the word so they can use it during lessons! They are doing so well with taking ownership of their learning! 

Student council went through all of the 5th grade classes and shared their TED-talks to share what the learned from their leadership conference. They shared the key to leadership - SCI - Smile, Compliment, Invite. Their messages are creating a culture of kindness and leadership.

Kindergarten celebrated 100 days!
Ever thought about what you will be doing when YOU are 100? Well, these kids sure have. In kinder, before we have learned all the phonetic rules, we work on writing the sounds we hear. Which makes for the most FANTASTIC writing pieces. 

Our parent helpers at Meadow Brook make all the difference! Countless parents come in and diligently help to work through assembling homework packets, make copies, read to students, and help in any way they can. We love our parent helpers!