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If you walk past my resource room, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll wonder what exactly is happening in there.
You might see a kid stretched across a Twister mat. You might hear us singing. We might be dancing, jumping, clapping, or shouting out sounds. Occasionally, it probably looks like we’re just having a really good time.
And honestly? We are.
But we’re also learning.
One…
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In third grade, we have been diving into hands-on math activities. The students have been exploring using manipulatives like base ten blocks to build up to 4 digit numbers. By using these blocks to create the numbers, it is providing a visual model of the representational numbers. We started back with basics with understanding the place value of numbers. Students practiced this by rolling a 10-side…
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Over the course of an average five-day week of school, classes are spending about 37 hours together each week! Students and teachers are spending a majority of their day together approximately 170 days out of the year! At the beginning of the school year, first grade students talk about how our classroom is like a second family we spend a lot of time with. We clarify that we do not want to replace…
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For first-grade students, mastering high-frequency words is a fundamental step toward reading fluency and comprehension. These common words form the backbone of early reading materials! When students have immediate recognition of these words, it allows our young learners to shift their focus from decoding individual sounds to understanding the meaning of a text.
To ensure retention and…
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Grant Elementary School was filled with excitement, laughter, and the joy of reading as more than 250 students, family members, and volunteers gathered for our annual Grant Family Reading Night. This year’s event celebrated our Grant School One Book selection, A Boy Called BAT by Elana Arnold, and brought our forest-themed story to life in creative and meaningful ways.
From the moment families…
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Grant Elementary 2nd graders in Mrs. Lingenfelter's classroom read about ways to help out in the community. The classroom took this idea from their reading unit and carried it into doing something very special, possibly even for children their own age. Students were involved in filling 50 child care packages. These packages included: coloring books, crayons, a book to read, a fun cup, and a special…
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At Grant Elementary, we are proud to highlight Respect as our Character Trait for this month. During this season of giving and togetherness, our school community is focusing intentionally on what it means to value others, treat people with kindness, and demonstrate appreciation for the unique perspectives each person brings. Students will engage in classroom discussions, morning messages, and activities…
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Grant 4th graders have been hard at work in science class! Students collaborated during a “chalk talk” activity, where they shared their ideas and built on each other’s thinking about states of matter in energy. Students worked together in small groups as they explored new vocabulary and made connections to what they’ve been learning about energy and motion. The students demonstrated teamwork, curiosity,…
