Pairing, Sharing & Preparing….

At the beginning of the school year, Mr. Shinton’s 4th grade class from Cheston Elementary School and Mrs. Bozik’s 4th grade class from Forks Elementary School started writing letters to each other as a Pen Pal activity.  The children were paired with a “pal” and they wrote several times over the course of the school year sharing details about themselves and what they were doing in their classrooms.  On April 25th, the two classes met and shared in a day of activities.  The classes built a sharing web, they created Venn Diagrams and they worked on a group activity to assemble a jigsaw puzzle of the United States as well as listing the states and capitals.  The classes finished the day with a lunch in Cheston’s courtyard. Mr. Shinton and Mrs. Bozik hope that this activity will prepare the children for meeting new people when they move to the Middle School and they may see a familiar face in the hallways making the change of schools just a little bit easier.

Sharing Web

News from Team 8-1

In Mr. Childs’ class, students are starting a new unit on Medieval Times and the Middle Ages in Europe.  Students in Miss Gray’s classes are finishing their English research papers.  Students in Mrs. Ezzell’s classes presented their skits, songs, and demonstrations about Newton’s three laws of motion. 

Team 7-4 – Basement Bulldogs

Congratulations to the Shawnee Spring Reading Challenge Team, especially to those members from the Basement Bulldogs!  We took first place this year at the competition.

We have special guest speakers coming to Shawnee.  World War II Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge will be sharing their experiences with us this week.

In Mr. Hinks’ Social Studies classes, students brought in products of Latin America for "show & tell" to demonstrate the connection to the region.  They also had to describe the country of origin and explain the relevance of their item to their lives.  Miss Dinsmore’s Honors Pre-Algebra 7 classes are working on percent of change and interest. They have a "Scavenger Hunt" project due in a couple weeks that focuses on finding real examples of those items.  Her Academic Math classes are working on adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing fractions.  Miss Meashock’s Reading classes are continuing to read and respond to selections in their current unit.  Miss Parsons' students are continuing their "Change the World Campaign," as well as preparing for their essay final exam.  Mrs. Hurst’s Life Science classes are currently studying plant structure and function.  To reinforce the concepts learned, students have been working on root, stem, leaf, and flower labs the last two weeks. 

News from Team 7-6

This past week the 7th graders listened to speakers from the Veterans of  the Battle of the Bulge.  This was a culmination of the WWII unit in Reading class.  Mr. Parrish’s Social Studies classes will be completing the Great Newspaper Project based on ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.  Mrs. D is talking about photosynthesis in Science.  Mrs. Bowen has been working with her students on research papers, and is currently teaching prepositions.  Mr. Pinto is working with fractions and decimals in Math.