M for "minute to win it" day at school. 3rd grade went fishing for pretzels with gummy worms.
The students have been hard at work this week and the greenhouse is almost ready for our plant sale this weekend and next week! We even had a tiny visitor stop in today and check things out!
"K" for kindness day at CAL.
A sweet 3rd grader brought homemade kindness stones to share with her classmates. Fun idea, and so thoughtful.
1st grade enjoying the weather and their PBIS reward of dodgeball!!
4th grade has been learning about geology in reading and science, including weathering and erosion. We talked about erosion and nitrate pollution and how farmers in Iowa and surrounding states take steps to help slow down and stop soil loss and nitrate pollution. The students were able to use our stream tables and various materials to model some of the conservation practices we learned about such as cover crops, buffer strips, no till, terracing, and riprap. They also found time to visit with our newly hatched chicks!
Kindergarten has been learning about how the shape of an object helps it do its job! They designed and built huts with legos and then needed to create a roof that would direct rain away from the hut. We enlisted the help of 6th grade to help test their roofs! It was also "I" day in our ABC countdown so after the testing was complete everyone enjoyed an ice cream treat together and enjoyed the beautiful weather!
5th grade spent some time this week cleaning up garden beds and making final preparations for our upcoming plant sale!
3rd grade is learning about symmetry. Students were trying to make symmetrical copies of their partner's design.
Iowa School Mental Health is offering a Parent webinar for understanding child/adolescent mental health.
1st grade enjoyed sharing their favorite books during F day of the ABC countdown!
Kindergartens exercised this morning for E day of the ABC countdown!
2nd grade students participated in Chalk the Walk today and enjoyed some extra sunshine.
A little lego relief after many days of state learning assessments.
1st grade enjoyed chalk the walk! We drew things that make us happy, positive thoughts and kind things!
1st grade enjoyed the nice weather and did their math work outside!
The 6th grade has earned three rewards this past week: candy, a glow party, and free time in the gym.
3rd grade enjoyed a new coding app today during innovation club!
2nd grade students have been busy learning how to measure in both inches and centimeters. Today, they compared answers when using both units to measure the same objects.
1st grade worked with the sphero indi robots last week to make a route from one thing in the cell to something else. This helped us learn about maps and routes in our social studies!
In social studies 1st grade has been learning to use maps and why it is important to follow them. They had a scavenger hunt using maps to figure out where to go around the school to find their prize! They had to make sure and look if the route was straight or turned and if there was any geographical features to help them locate where their next clue/ map would be!
