TGS preschoolers and their special person had a great night of painting!
These first graders from Mrs. Mellendorf’s class began a narrative writing project around Easter and recently completed the final step by reading their books to the class. They sure enjoyed spending some time becoming an author and an illustrator! If you know any of these students, ask them about their book titled “The Easter Bunny”.
5th grade reading classes hosted their own March Madness "Tournament of Books." They voted on a "Sweet Sixteen" to start. Then all students voted each round on a winner between two books. The 2024 book of the year for 5th grade was "Unstoppable" by Tim Green!
TGS preschoolers took a trip to the Effingham Public Library! Students toured the library, heard stories and songs, put together a craft, and enjoyed some play time.
Fifth grade students have been working HARD on their IAR tests all week!! Each student gets three tickets entered in a DAILY RAFFLE for prizes! These girls chose LUNCH with a teacher! Great Job FIFTH GRADERS!
Mrs. Willman‘s class took their phonics lesson outside and learned about the suffix -ful! We are thankFUL for this beautiFUL weather!
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Jansen’s class worked together on a STEM project. Students were asked to make a basket out of paper and tape. They were excited to see how many plastic eggs each of their baskets would hold.
TGS kindergarten classes had fun visiting Illinois State Representative Adam Niemerg's office.
Mrs. Wendt's kindergarten class did a great job reading and acting out The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle!
2024 Solar Eclipse Day! Mrs. Kreke’s kindergarten class spent the day doing projects and making their own Solar Eclipse snack! Our day was amazing and very exciting! This is definitely a day we will always remember.
The solar eclipse excitement was unreal and contagious! Students were able to learn about and see different effects the eclipse had on shadows, animals, the temperature, and colors. It was a day we will never forget!
Mrs. Kreke’s kindergarten class finished up their ocean unit with Ocean Jell-O and a side of sea turtles.
TGS 6th graders learned about the health of their environment at Ballard Nature Center. Thank you to Ballard Nature Center and the USDA office for great presentations, today!
TGS second grade classes were lucky enough to have meteorologist, Seth Bohnhoff, present about the upcoming solar eclipse!
Congratulations to Mrs. Tipton, our March Social Media Influencer. Thank you for sharing all the wonderful things happening in your classroom!
Sixth Graders had the wonderful opportunity to tour the water treatment plant right behind TGS to learn about how their water is treated before they drink it here at school! Thank you to Carl Pals for being so informative and kind in leading the tours!
TGS second graders had so much fun doing their egg toss! The winners were rewarded a chocolate bunny!🐰
The American Revolutionary War play was amazing! Fantastic job TGS 5th graders!
Mrs. Eckelberry's 4th-grade class has come full circle with a chicken embryology project they started in September! They hatched eggs with an incubator and now those chicks have produced their own eggs! What a fun project. Thank you to Lynn Wolff with Ag in the Class for helping!
Mrs. Tipton's Kindergarten class had two special visitors this week. Officer Ritz and Deputy Dale came to the classroom to teach the students how to interact with our school therapy dog. The students enjoyed getting to know Deputy Dale and learning a little more about him. Thank you Officer Ritz and Deputy Dale for the fun lesson!
