On Friday, October 9th the kindergarten class went on their field trip to Roca Berry Farm! The weather was beautiful and the students had a wonderful time playing. They also enjoyed going on a hayrack ride to the pumpkin patch and finding the perfect pumpkin to bring home. Hope you enjoy these pictures from our fun day!
Again, our school district has partnered up with ESU 5 for science. Each year the Dave Henning, our ESU 5 science teacher, creates different experiments for students to try. Most of our science experiments from the ESU are done through the Internet by using a computer program where the students are able to hear and see Mr. Henning, and he is able to hear and see the students. Mr. Henning does come to the school about once a quarter for some of the big and fun experiments.
So far this year, Mr. Henning has had the students make and launch paper rockets, make a cantilever with only tape and straws, and the last experiment was building a bridge with thirty-five popsicle sticks and two long pieces of tape. Their challenge
was to construct a bridge strong enough to hold eight rolls of pennies. The “winning” group’s bridge was able to hold seven rolls before collapsing under the weight.
If you would like to see pictures and want more information about our experiments so far this year you can follow Mr. Evans on Twitter @EvansClassroom and/or ESU 5 science @ESU5scienceguys.
Children’s author, Jerry Pallotta visited Fairbury Public Schools on Wednesday, October 7th. Students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade enjoyed listening to his presentation. Jerry shared his ideas in creating and writing several of his nonfiction alphabet and math titles. He has traveled to over 3500 schools and has spoken to over two million children. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife Linda, and continues his quest to write a ZILLION BOOKS!!!
On Friday, October 2nd, the FHS Cheerleaders held a cheer clinic for younger students at Central and Jefferson. They had 54 future FHS Cheerleaders participate. The girls spent the afternoon learning cheers, playing games and eating snacks! To end the clinic, the girls put on a performance for friends and family, where they did a wonderful job. For the girls that wanted to participate, they were able to go to the Varsity Football game vs. Lincoln Lutheran and perform with the HS Cheerleaders until halftime. All girls involved did a fantastic job!! As a sponsor, I am very proud of the hard work they put into this!!
Geometry students discover yoga poses aid in their understanding. While studying congruent triangles the class was saying “Side Angle Side”. These spatial relationships can be studied while experiencing a yoga pose such as triangle or side angle.
Taking this adventure outside, students were grounded and balanced as they tried something new. After big smiles and a few giggles, the triangle pose was attempted.
Rielee asked, “Can we do this more often?” The mental and physical benefits of yoga will become more frequent in geometry class.
Get your flu vaccine, once a year every year. Flu season is almost here, Public Health Solutions District Health Department will be offering flu vaccine clinics for students at your school. Prior to the start of clinics, students will be bringing home consent forms and fact sheets – this will explain the importance of getting the flu vaccine this year. Parents and/or guardians are encouraged to read all the information carefully, complete and sign the consent form. Send forms back to school with your student. Public Health Solutions District Health Department will be at your school on Wednesday, October 7th. This program is brought to the community by support from United Health Community Plan and Public Health Solutions. For more information, contact your school health office, or Public Health Solutions at 888-310-0565
Our students at Jefferson were among many in our nation that took part in a national sing-a-long event to remember those that were lost in the attacks on 9/11. At 12:00 (C.T.) students stopped what they were doing and sang The Star Spangled Banner all together.
Mrs. Bigley and Mrs. Erikson took time in music class to teach our students how to sing The Star Spangled Banner. They also taught the students the history behind why it was written and the meaning of much of the vocabulary in the lyrics.
Many parents read to their children at home with the goal of helping their child appreciate literature and become good readers. However, don’t miss an opportunity to integrate math skills into reading.
Skills needed to bring meaning to reading can also help bring meaning to math tasks as well. Both require decoding symbols – reading requires using sound-symbol relationships while math symbols indicate numerical processes. Both require a knowledge of vocabulary to gain contextual meaning. By discussing mathematics within a story, the child is more actively engaged in the story and is analyzing it, rather than just passively listening. The use of story books moves the child away from the calculation side of mathematics and towards the real-life applications of math.
Here are some books you may want to read with your child:
Fraction Fun House: D.A. Adler,(1996)
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar: M. Anno and M. Ammo (1983)
The M&M’s Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book: B.B> McGrath (1994)
12 Ways to Get to 11: E. Merriam (1993)
Divide and Ride: S.M. Murphy (1997)
One Hundred Hungry Ants: E.J. Pinczes (1993)
The Right Number of Elephants: J. Sheppard (1990)
From One to One Hundred: T. Sloat (1991)
The Doorbell Rang. P. Hutchins (1986)
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. E. Christelow (1989)
Eighth graders in Mrs. Engle-Evan’s class learned about the 13 colonies using technology instead of just a paper pencil report. Students chose a colony and conducted Web research using the research tool in Google slides. They also used a Google App. called Movenote to record their voice and turn their presentation into a movie. You can view an example of their finished product here: Example 1 Example 2
