Reading Buddies

We LOVE reading with our 1st grade buddies from Mrs. Pennington's class!
We read together every Friday morning. The kids (and the teachers!) look forward to our time together. We like to share our favorite books, write back and forth in our Buddy Journals, and author class books together. We are learning a lot from each other!

Simple Machines - Ramps!

The students worked in groups to create a ramp that would cause a marble to roll the furthest possible distance. They used objects around the room to create ramps and then they measured the distance the marble rolled as they made the ramp more steep. We had a ball!

We Pledge to be Drug-Free

Our school celebrated Drug-Free Week with several activities encouraging kids to choose a healthy lifestyle without drugs and alcohol. As part of this celebration, we made a commitment to keep our bodies drug-free. The students signed the school banner in the main hallway.


As a child, I remember signing a pledge to remain drug, alcohol and smoke free. We were the "Smoke-Free Class of 2000"! I have never forgotten that experience and I want my students to have the same memory and commitment to themselves.

Mystery Canister Experiment

What is inside each canister?

We learned about properties of matter through this mystery canister experiment. Each team received 10 canisters containing secret items. The students first predicted what was inside each canister, based on the observable properties of the object, such as sound and mass. After each canister had been weighed, shaken, and rolled, the students opened the canisters to reveal the hidden objects. They recorded the properties of each mystery object and compared them to their original predictions.

The Melting Race

How fast can you make an ice cube melt? Students undertook the challenge of melting an ice cube as fast as possible in a race against the clock and their peers. They tried many interesting ideas and learned about how friction and heat affect the state of matter of an ice cube.