Saturday, November 12, 2016

2016 Presidential Election

Our class learned all about four different book characters that were running for President.  We had a class election where voters filled out registration, cast their ballot, and engaged in live results. 



And the President was...

SPLAT THE CAT!

Mystery Reader

Our next Mystery Reader was from Braylen's family!



Ealy House

What a great field trip to the Ealy House to help us learn all about Long Ago in New Albany!










STEM CHALLENGE: Spider Webs

Our final STEM Challenge from October was creating a spider web that would hold the most cubes.
















Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Getting Batty

We have read about bats and then made our own!






Fall Party

Thank you to those that volunteered and donated to the fall party.  The class really enjoyed it!




Monday, October 24, 2016

Day of Pink

New Albany celebrated a Day of Pink to raise awareness about breast cancer.


The girls also had a Girls Only soccer day!



Top Secret Project

We began a Top Secret Project with Mr. Stankowski!



STEM CHALLENGE: Candy Tower





Final Football Player Visit

Our New Albany Football player made his final visit with a special story and presents to hold our books in!


Friday, October 14, 2016

Read-A-Thon Begins!

Be sure to read 10, then 20 books and color the star on you reading log!  Bring it to the library with a parent signature to earn prizes.


Our First Mystery Reader

Thank you to Brock's mother for being our first Mystery Reader!

STEM CHALLENGE: Pumpkin Catapult

What an awesome challenge!  Without any examples, students had amazing ideas to get started with.  They planned at their tables, practiced, then demonstrate for the class their catapult.


 








Monday, October 3, 2016

NA Football Player Reading

We had another senior football player come in and read to our class.  He even brought bookmarks and shared about how he loves to read.







Friday, September 30, 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Fire House

The New Albany Fire Fighters brought the Fire House to help teach Fire Safety to our school.




STEM Challenge #1

Our first STEM Challenge was to build a Pom Pom Sling Shot that would shoot the farthest.