Third Grade Field Trip
by Alison Winter
The 3rd graders enjoyed a field trip on Friday
May 9th to the Strategic Air and Space Museum and the Nebraska
Wildlife Safari Park in Ashland, Nebraska. At the Air and Space
Museum they learned about several different types of aircraft while
they completed a scavenger hunt. It was a great morning. They then
went to Mahoney State Park . . .
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6th Graders Take a Trip
Students lurk in the darkness. Shadows appear
on walls. Mirrors reflect images within images. Hair
stands on end. Objects appear to freeze in motion.
Though this sounds like scenes from a
horror movie, the statements . . .
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Rain Forest Reports
The third grade class has been busy writing reports for one of
their state writing assessments. Each student had to choose a rain
forest animal to do a report on. They spent time searching the
internet and using books from the library to . . .
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Hopsalot Visits the Second Grade
Second graders had a special
visitor. Mr. Majors brought his rabbit Hopsalot as part our study
of pets and how to care for them. Hopsalot is a Netherland Dwarf
about 10 weeks old. She is Broken Black in color and has a sibling
the same . . .
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Second Graders in the Great Mail Race
Our 2 nd Grade
Classes are participating in the Great Mail Race. The idea is to
write to a 2 nd grade class in each state so that you can
learn about other classes and their states. We developed a
questionnaire . . .
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Save the Earth, Plant a Tree
First Graders Receive Trees from the NRD
Earth Day and Arbor Day are always great reminders that we need
to take care of our earth. In first grade students had an
opportunity to learn about trees first hand from a representative
from the NRD.
Students read . . .
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What happens when you mix Mentos and Pop together?
This is the question the third and
fourth graders of Bennet Elementary found out about on Friday,
April 25th. They heard that if you mix mentos and soda pop
together it causes a big reaction. So, . . .
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Clown Troupe to be Revived
Busy schedules and lack of funding and workshops
brought a halt to the PARTY Clown Troupe activities several years
ago. On Friday night, however, a group of PARTY members gave their
time to learn from a master clown, Bill Royal . . .
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A Rainy Week in First Grade
First Graders Study the Water Cycle
The cloudy, rainy days of April worked well into the first
grade lessons on the water cycle . Books on rain and weather
were read and enjoyed by all! Many stories were told about
first graders personal experiences with . . .
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Third Grade Sign Language Update
Miss Winter’s
3 rd graders have been working hard on learning sign
language this year. They went over to the Little Panther Preschool
and did the Pledge of Allegiance, the alphabet, and the story Brown
Bear, . . .
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P is for Popcorn
During our study of letter P our Kindergarten class read the
Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer. Dexter the dragon accidently
discovers he can pop corn in the field with his hot breath.
We thought that sounded like a good snack for . . .
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Drying Rack for Art Room
Art Room receives Gift From Sixth Graders
If you have been by the art room
lately, you might think it seems a little bigger. This is due
to the absence of artwork strewn about the counters. No, the
art . . .
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