Teamwork is an important skill and today was all about teamwork. Students also learned about the Engineering Process as they worked through their task of the day at Greenbush.
Lots of learning and lots of fun was had with 2nd grade at Greenbush!
Lots of learning and lots of fun was had with 2nd grade at Greenbush!
Lots of learning and lots of fun was had with 2nd grade at Greenbush!
During October, Koleman and Lucus were "caught" being kind to others and their peers nominated them for Ms. Ryan's Kindness Challenge. October's challenge involved students nominating other students for their kind acts. The nominees were put into a drawing and these two awesome young men were selected and got to pick a happy meal for their lunch with Ms. Ryan
Lunch dates with the Counselor are some of Ms. Ryan's favorite days of the week.
During November, Mrs. Liska, Ms. LaRae, and Paityn were "caught" being kind to others. Students and staff nominated them for Ms. Ryan's Kindness Challenge. November's challenge involved students and staff recognizing others for their kind acts. More pictures to follow of our other winners.
During Ms. Ryan's counseling lesson recently, students had to work together to build a cup tower without touching the cups. This activity focuses on the importance of communication
Mr. Tierney challenged her class to surpass their monthly AR goal by reaching 30 points by winter break. These 7 reading rockstars have met the challenge! Their next goal is to reach 50 points! It won't take them long!
In science Mrs. Tierney's class is starting to learn about the earth's surface. Today they learned that rivers flow towards the ocean and that they begin where there are high places like mountains. They learned this through a hands on activity where they made their own model.
To end our graphing unit students made bar graphs using skittle colors. Then they wrote challenging questions for their classmates to answer.
Garfield school students took a field trip Friday to see all of the Stella Wells Christmas Trees to be auctioned. They were surprised to see all the different trees and learn about the auction. They picked their favorite tree. Garfield and Parsons Middle School were top favorites
Garfield students were wowed by the trees at the Stella Wells Christmas Tree Auction Friday. The Garfield and Parsons Middle School trees were among their favorites. Garfield Principal Barney Pontious had no doubt his favorite tree - Garfield's "Level Up" tree!
Mrs. Strode's students worked through tough challenges in this team building activity with Ms. Ryan during this week's counseling lesson. Such a fun activity
This girl is crushing goals and setting new ones! Here she holds the goodie bag she got for reaching 75 points Accelerated Reader points! She is now almost to 90 points and wants to hit 100 before Christmas! Garfield Vikings are definitely Leveling Up!
This girl really knows how to Level Up! She passed addition in Xtra Math AND met her end of year Accelerated Reader goal in the same week! I can't wait to see what goal she tackles next!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! These Vikings loved making elves to decorate downtown windows with!
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving we celebrated friendship by making pumpkin pie in a cup together. Each group of students followed the recipe carefully to make their own batch of this sweet dessert. They also made predictions and gathered data about who would like it. 9 of 12 did!
Teamwork makes the dream work, Mr. Medina's class work together in a team building activity during Ms. Ryan's counseling special class! Working together is so much fun!
Today in Ms. Ryan's counseling class the classes participated in a teamwork tower building activity
