Meadow Brook Elementary

This month in speech, we’re using holiday classic stories to boost communication and language skills in a fun, meaningful way! We have been focusing on answering WH- questions. We talk about who the characters are, where the story takes place, why a problem happened and how it was solved. We also work on retelling the important parts of the story using our story grammar elements! Students have been learning to organize their thoughts, stay on topic, and become strong story tellers!

Merry Christmas from the speech team! 🎄🎅

Creating Like the Romans!

To wrap up our Ancient Rome unit, our third graders made their own mosaic art! We talked about how the Romans used mosaics, and then the kids came up with their own ideas and designs. They had such a fun time putting the tiles together, and their finished pieces turned out so cute. It was a great way to end the unit!

Transparent or opaque!?!
In 3rd grade we started our Adventures in Light & Sound unit in CKLA.
We’ve been practicing listening and reading to find the main idea and supporting details about the properties of light.
Today was full of riddles and experiments to test our knowledge about light. How illuminating! 😉💡

❄️ The holidays can bring lots of big feelings. Excitement, nervousness, joy, worry—it’s all normal. At school, we’re helping students slow down, breathe, and focus on what matters: kindness, connection, being ready to learn, and taking care of ourselves and each other. ☃️🎄

In Kindergarten we are Thankful for each other!

Mustangs we have made it to Thanksgiving Break! We hope you enjoy the break spending time with your family, eating good food and relaxing! We will see you back at Meadow Brook on December 1st!

Meadow Brook Elementary and Nebo School District participate in the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTSArts). District BTS Arts Integration Coach, Cherisa Jones, has been visiting us here at Meadow Brook for the last four weeks. She has been working with teachers and students, together finding ways to integrate creative movement into the core subjects of math, literacy, science, and social studies.



One such example is first grade! They have been learning about the three major world religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. With Ms. Jones’ guidance, students used movement to form different shapes and parts of a mosque.



To learn more about the BTSArts program, watch this 3 minute video.

https://youtu.be/IZPtF0Wthgw?si=OnYaxR502dOfc_if

✨Hands-on math in action!✨
Mrs. Robison's third graders explored the concept of area today by covering classroom objects with sticky notes to see how many squares it takes to fill a space. Building understanding one square at a time! 📝📐

Nothing says fall like pumpkin pie—especially the crafty kind! 🥧🍂 Our preschoolers had so much fun making their own "pies" today using construction paper, triangle paper plates, cotton balls and glue. This hands-on activity was the perfect way to celebrate the season! We even enjoyed a slice of the real thing!! Sweet, creative, and yummy!

We have so many events coming up in the next few days so please swipe through the photos to ensure you have all the information!

Our preschoolers are learning all about turkeys this week as we prepare for Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁

We are deeply saddened by the loss of our sweet Ms. Craner. Her influence will be felt for many years to come. We are beyond grateful for the many years of love and dedication she has given to our Mustang family. Mrs. Graves, our secretary and her daughter, wanted to ensure that our community had access to the obituary honoring her. 💜

https://bergmortuary.com/obituaries/karla-craner?utm_source=search&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=standard&cta=fh-website

Kindergarten has been learning all about farms! We’ve been lucky to learn about cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep! Thanks to Ms Jones, we have also added movement to all of our animals! Dancing makes learning so much fun! 🐷🐔🐮🐑🧑🏽‍🌾

In 4th grade we have been diving into poetic devices and using them to create our own original poems! We are so proud of our creative poets!!

On Halloween in Ms. Farnsworth class, the students worked hard on a stem challenge researched by our amazing Mrs. Halls. Each group of 3-4 students had 6 boxes of gummy dots and as many toothpicks as they wanted. Their goal was to build the tallest tower that could stand on its own. I gave them 20 minutes to work as a team to design and build this tower. When the time was up, we measured it!! You will have to ask the students who won... We will never tell! 🤫

Energy is all around us—and the 4th graders in Mrs. Albrecht's class are proving it! ⚡️ Through hands-on experiments, students learned that food gives our bodies energy just like fuel powers a car. They built Twist-O-Matic rides that spin when rubber bands release stored energy, then designed marble roller coasters to see how height and motion work together. 🎢 These scientists are discovering that learning about energy can be energizing! 💥

We know that many families may be facing unique challenges right now, and we want to remind you that you can apply for meal benefits at any time during the school year if your circumstances change.
🍎 Free or Reduced-Price Meals are available for students in the Nebo School District — because every child deserves access to healthy, nutritious meals.
If you’d like to support local families by making a donation, please visit our website: https://www.nebo.edu/page/child-nutrition
Together, we can make sure every student is nourished and ready to learn.

In kindergarten we’ve been learning all about our shapes! The kids have loved getting to see shapes all around us and getting to make shapes in many different ways!