The 3rd grade students enjoyed making marble mazes for STEM in Mrs. Drees’ class. They learned what worked best and had fun trying out each marble.
Ms. Kreke's first graders finished their apple unit and had an apple tasting party. The students especially loved the apple candy!
The students in Mrs.Drees’ classroom have a student teacher from EIU this fall. Miss Koester held an election on Wednesday. The students sampled two kinds of cookies, and they voted on their favorite cookie. Oreo was the winner! We are excited to have Miss Koester at TGS.
Mrs. Wendt class did a little experiment to see if they needed their sense of taste and smell to help them learn.
Mrs. Kinkelaar's 1st graders have been learning all about APPLES! They took a special trip over to the Pruemer's house to learn about their apple trees. Each student got to pick their very own apple! A big thank you to the Pruemer family for allowing Mrs. Kinkelaar's class to visit and for the yummy apples!
Mrs. Wendt's class has discovered their love of reading!
Check out these cute little beginning writers and chefs! Students in Mrs. Mellendorf's first grade class worked on their first "How-To" writing project. They wrote down the steps to making applesauce and focused on using the transition words of first, next, then, and last. Students used the steps from their writings to make some yummy applesauce!
Mrs Ziegler invites her preschool students and their parents to “Popsicles on the Playground” each year. This gives parents an opportunity to see their child interact and play with their classmates.
Mrs. McClellan’s and Ms. Kreke’s first graders celebrated “Dot Day”. They learned to make their mark and be their own person!
Mrs. Wells' reading classes have been reading a story about Yosemite National Park. Today they got to experience the park themselves through VR goggles.
TGS kindergartners celebrate their very special grandparents!
September 15th is International Dot Day, and Mrs. Mellendorf read "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds to her 1st graders. This book taught them to have a growth mindset, to believe in themselves, and to always push themselves to work harder. After reading the book, students were then challenged to use their creative minds and use toothpicks and Dots candies to create many unique structures. They also each received a section of a dot to color/decorate, which would then be joined together with some classmates' dots to make an even larger dot. Happy Dot Day!
Mrs. Willman’s first grade class has been learning about Living and Non-Living things. They took a nature walk around the school. They had to find different items and mark if they were living or non-living!
Second grade students in 2Y and 2B kicked off their apple unit with some sensory fun! They made apple pie play dough and learned about sequential order to follow the play dough recipe.
In STEAM class, kindergartens explored push and pull forces in order to save Tiny Town from a boulder at the top of the mountain! They worked together to place pins that acted as poles to change the direction of the boulder and guide it safely into a dump truck below. It's exciting to solve problems!
Ms. Kreke's 1st grade class went on a living and nonliving scavenger hunt!
Mrs. Kreke’s kindergarten class had a busy first full week of school. They learned all about the sun and what it does for us and the earth! The students became scientist and conducted an experiment with crayons to see if the sun would melt them! It only took 2 hours for the the crayons to melt on Friday! Mrs. Kreke's class was also rewarded with popsicles for filling up their good behavior jar!
In Mrs. Wakefield's STEAM classes, the first groups of K-6th graders were introduced to the Engineering Design Process. K-1 followed the steps to build bridges, while 2nd-6th graders created back scratchers!
Sixth grade students had fun while practicing their speaking and listening skills! Putting puzzles together can be tricky when you are blindfolded!
Ms. Mette’s “monkeys” had a great first full day “hanging out” in 4th grade at TGS.
