⚾**5th Grade- Women's History Month!** PART 2 ⚾
Mrs. Keplar's class learned about Women's History through acting out the play When Girls Ruled Baseball. The play, which takes place in the 1940's, focuses on the historic All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Here are pictures of the cast and crew:
**5th Grade- Women's History Month!**
Ms. Munger's class spent time reading a play about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. They learned the history of the league which led to discussions about systemic gender stereotyping. At the end of the unit, the students completed a comprehensive assessment, which required them to be able analyze videos and their play to write an essay.
As an extension activity, students analyzed food, drink and household advertising through the decades to identify gender stereotyping and how it changed through the decades.
**Women's History/Music in Our Schools Month**
Since it is Women's History Month and Music in Our Schools Month and Monday was International Women's Day - Ms. Martin had a very special composer she wanted to share with her classes. Her name is Kaki King. Classes were able to watch and hear this composer/guitarist and "her immersive multi-media production." All of the classes appreciated her music. Big Thanks to Student Teacher Ms. Reyner for introducing and presenting this music to many of the classes. If you want to see and hear this fantastic artist, use the youtube links:
https://youtu.be/Os6-0_uYAq8
https://youtu.be/ziPD16xCBBg
Dr. Seuss Week is over and 1st Grade Rainforests may be coming to an end but we wanted to share some of the IMPRESSIVE work from Mrs. Holloway's and Mrs. Layer's classes. #Enjoy
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We wanted share out more of the decorations our teachers and staff have displayed for our Dr. Seuss week celebrations! #Enjoy
Yesterday, Ms. Farris's 2nd Grade class had a Wacky Wednesday dress up day to celebrate Dr. Seuss this week. Here is some of the wackiness.
#Enjoy
Mrs. Thurman's Class celebrated Dr. Seuss week by reading Dr. Seuss books.... but with a twist. Students used their Chromebooks to scan a QR code. After scanning, a Dr. Seuss read-aloud book would load on to their Chromebooks. The students LOVED this! Check out the pictures!
Yesterday, Mrs. Minard's class wore green for Green Eggs and Ham day. They even played a green eggs and ham sight word practice game! #Enjoy
FCES has been celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday this week. Here are some of the many highlights from the week so far! (*Be on the look out for many more pictures!*)
📎1,000 Paperclips! 📎
Ms. Farris's class practiced counting to 1,000 today by creating a chain of 1,000 paperclips! As you can see from the picture, they used the chain to add a little character to the classroom!
Students in Mrs. Hoffmann's class celebrated Black History Month today by reading the book, Unspoken. Miss Martinez (student teacher) lead the way as the class learned about the underground railroad.
Mrs. Riccioni's class learned about Ruby Bridges during Black History Month. We enjoyed reading stories of Ruby's bravery, The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles and Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges. We are inspired to be kind to others and appreciate what Ruby did for all of us!
🐸*1st Grade Red-Eyed Tree Frogs!*🐸
This week Mrs. Minard's class read about a Red-Eyed Tree Frog and learned about the Rainforest. They made their own red-eyed tree frogs and colored the 4 layers of the rainforest to decorate the classroom.
In celebration of Black History Month, 2nd graders in Mrs. Stockham's class read the Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor Book Duke Ellington.
Check out this book read aloud which includes music from this famous band leader and composer!
https://youtu.be/eBrNVOicWZo
"Rocking" it Part 2
Here are some additional pictures from 4th grades rock projects! Our students did an awesome job with these and our teachers were very proud of their work! #Enjoy
Ms. Munger's class dug deeper into Black History by investigating the following interactive slide sets. #BlackHistoryMonth
4th graders continued their rock research projects this week!
Students investigated different types of rocks and presented their findings to the class. Here are some highlights Mrs. Jordan's, Mrs. Pohl's, & Mrs. Morse's classes
In Mrs. Fauser's class, each student researched an influential African-American historical figure and wrote a report to share with the rest of the class. Enjoy the pictures from this project!
