2nd grade students partner reading their Amplify readers and playing Word Block to practice different spellings of vowel sounds in Reading Skills.
1st grade enjoyed making brownies yesterday for social studies! We have been talking about trade and things that are produced in Iowa. We learned that in order to make brownies we need cocoa powder and most of the cocoa beans are produced in Africa so we have to trade in order to have chocolate!
More pictures from 3rd grade's "Museum Tour" of ancient Rome.
3rd grade took a "Museum Tour" of ancient Rome today. They viewed images of ruins and artifacts and wrote down their own thoughts before having a chance to read about them.
A couple of our 5th grade students completed their fish hide for our aquaponics system! Students had to glue some rocks on to keep the hide from floating. Students started this project by drawing a sketch with measurements and then designed their print using Tinkercad.
1st grade began exploring sound! Students explored how to make different sounds, what makes sounds, and what happens to items when sounds are made. We came to the conclusion that things vibrate when sounds are made!
4th graders have been exploring a designing app called Canva. Today they did a ‘Gallery Walk’ to share their creative creations!
4th graders are working on metric measurement. They got to practice measuring volume with a walk around the room activity.
We have been busy preparing for our 2nd Annual CAL Thanksgiving Day Parade! 2nd grade spent time exploring what materials would work to build a structure on the Bee Bots to carry a balloon. After analyzing our data, they identified the best materials and built their official structures. Look for these structures in our parade which will be airing early next week!
Join us tomorrow for Cookies and Conversation!
Fractions are parts of a WHOLE!! 3rd graders worked at their fraction stations in order to break their "wholes" into equal fraction parts. (We had a whole cup of rice, a whole yard of string, a whole container of playdough, etc...)
Join us this Wednesday 16th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm at CAL's cafeteria for cookies and Conversation!
Fun!! Schoolwide PBIS celebration stations today @ CAL.
More schoolwide PBIS celebration stations today @ CAL.
Schoolwide PBIS celebration stations today @ CAL.
More 3rd grade diagram posters of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.
Sharing what we know is exciting at CAL elementary. 3rd graders had a chance to share their diagrams of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems with Kindergarten and first grade.
2nd grade students enjoying their PBIS blanket day reward while reading independently.
1st grade exploring more with light. Today we used a flashlight and mirror to figure out how to redirect the light beam. They then got a book and tried to get the reflection of the light onto the book from the mirror!
4th grade has been working hard on reading and math assessments! They earned a mini PBIS reward of Cosmic Kids Yoga to relax and recharge after a long week! Who’s That Pokémon?!
