Last Friday we had to escape Igor's Dance Dungeon using the Breakout Box! There were 7 puzzles that we needed to solve to unlock the box and we had only 45 minutes to solve them. If you've never done a Breakout Box, its a lot like an escape room...and the kids love it! Naturally this one was Halloween themed! This activity requires teamwork along with math, literacy and problem solving skills, and the 4/5 class was ready for action! They worked hard to solve most of the clues, and 20 minutes in they cashed in a "hint" card, which put them back in the race! They solved the clues, and "escaped" with only 9 minutes and 6 seconds to spare! Treats were inside the box to celebrate! Way to go 4th and 5th graders....You Broke Out!!! Now it was time for the 2/3 kids to give it a go and see if they could beat your time! Ready...Set...Go! There was lots of excitement and running around, but the kids worked well together as a team, and each person had a hand in solving the clues! Madison solved the last password, "escape" and Basil unlocked the last lock with 15 minutes and 22 seconds to spare! Way to go 2/3!!! You Broke Out!!! What a great team building activity! The kids were fired up and ready for their Halloween Party after this! Let's celebrate!!! Happy Halloween!!!!
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Last week I was on my way to work when I came across this cute little dog running down the Poudre Canyon Highway. He was running in the road and I was concerned he might get hit by a car, so I pulled over to see what he would do. He ran right up to my car, and when I opened the door to see if he was okay, he hopped right in. I took that as a sign that he didn't want to be loose on the highway anymore. I noticed he had a tag, so I figured I'd call the owner when I got to work. The owner didn't answer, so I called around to a few places, and it turns out the owner was staying at a resort in the canyon, so I left my info, and told them they could swing by the school to pick him up. Meanwhile, Maxxis joined us for storytime in the library as we read a spooky book, The Ghost-Eyed Tree by Bill Martin, Jr. When Maxxis' person showed up, he told us they were out hunting when Maxxis got spooked at the sound of the rifle, and he took off running. His person, Steve, was sooo happy that Maxxis was safe and okay! He told us how much Maxxis loves kids, so he probably had a great time hanging out with us at storytime instead of hunting! Steve wanted to give me some money for taking care of his dog, and I refused, telling him I just did what anyone would have done, so he asked if he could give me some money for the kids...to buy something nice for the kids. I accepted, and told him I would purchase books for our library with his generous donation of $100.00 to our school, courtesy of Maxxis. I shared the news with the kids and they were soooo excited! (sad to see Maxxis go, of course, but excited about more new books for the library).
So stay tuned for the Maxxis Collection that is on order and should be arriving in our school library soon! Thank you Maxxis! (and Steve) :) We worked on some Pumpkin Poetry and Pumpkin Art using Pixie this week in our technology class...and the kids got rather creative, so, if you're in the building, be sure to check out their wonderful work hanging in the halls!
In other news, we are thrilled to be welcoming Teresa Funke to our school for an author visit on Wednesday, November 1st. She will be speaking to the kids about her writing story, her WW II books, and the importance of learning history. Also, new to the Media/Tech website, I've added a symbaloo of websites for students to peruse and have access to from home, so please check it out. The link above, "websites for students" will get you there. I would like to remind parents, that it would be wonderful if your children could spend two nights a week in typing club to advance their skills in this area. Typing is required for testing, and if the child is using two fingers to type their answers, this will hinder their scores, by slowing them down as they work. Please encourage your child to type at least two nights a week from home in our typing club account. The children are graded on typing, and this will help them along. The link is listed on the symbaloo under the websites for students link, but I will include it here as well. Thank you! https://stoveprairie.typingclub.com/ Our mountain school teams trained hard last week during teacher collaboration day! We were introduced to our new math program, Dreambox, and then we had an awesome training with PSD Mathematics Facilitator, Kelly Shank! We were excited to introduce our kids to Dreambox this week, and the kids loved it! Thanks for a great collaboration day everyone...its working in the classrooms and the kids are digging it! Don't let Mr. Schachet fool you...he's only there for the baked potato bar! :) And here's a few photos of our kiddos trying out the new Dreambox App...and they are loving it! In other news, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Z have been working hard to get us an Otterbox grant, and we are one of the finalists to present for the grant! What is this grant for? To supply a new innovation station for our school. This grant would award us almost $10,000, to purchase new technology for our school...a 3D printer, ozobots, beebots and more! To make our presentation booth the coolest one there, the kids worked hard today to create these videos in technology class about what they would do with the money, and why we should get it! We created it on flipgrid and we'd love it if you checked it out! Here is the link https://flipgrid.com/atgx0gw. Meanwhile, things are looking awfully spooky in the library as of late! Who doesn't love a great mystery or ghost tale?!? Thats right, Halloween is just around the corner, so why not get yourself a scary book and keep yourself up reading all night!
And if scary books aren't your thing, we have a bunch of new books that were added to the "New to the Library" cart this week...so there's lots to choose from! A HUGE thanks goes out to our PTO again for donating $150.00 to our library for new books!!! The kids are delighted with all the new titles we have on our shelves! Have a wonderful weekend everyone! |
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