We have been so lucky to have Mr. Shipley in the pre-K 3 classroom so much this year! He may be new to Showell (and so are we), but we have gotten to know him and enjoy having him visit pre-K 3 for hugs, songs, and naps 🩵
Dane Miller was nominated for the Ripley’s Believe It or Not award for October. He always works hard and is willing to help others. He is such a great student!
Showell Strummers learning to play the ukulele and extra help in math during Showell’s after school academy!
4th graders are learning about how their brain works. They participated in an activity called "Think Fast" to see how quickly their sensory nerves can send a message to their movement nerves.
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The kindness of our Showell students is always amazing. This generous 4th grader gave a heart to her former, third grade teacher. The "heart" she created detailed how she believed her former teacher had a great heart figuratively. It is beautiful to see people lifting the spirits of other people. The world could use more kindness and great hearts. This gives evidence that school is much more than reading and writing.
4th graders participated in a "chalk talk" to answer questions about how the character in the novel, Love That Dog is changing. Students had to answer questions using evidence from the text.
Clay Night Reminder- To those who have signed up for the event. We will meet Thursday 11/7 5:30-7:00 in SES cafeteria for a evening of sculpting fun!
To help 4th graders learn about patterns, they created patterns out of Halloween shaped erasers. Their classmates then had to find the rule for the pattern and tell what shapes would come next if they extended the pattern.
Sadie received a reading coin today to select a book from our vending machine. Sadie is always reading when she has an extra minute. She even carries her book to lunch and recess. I know she truly loves to read!
Students in Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Singer's 4th grade classes joined together to celebrate and demonstrate their learning of what it means to have a literal great heart by creating candy diagrams of hearts. Students focused on pieces of candy that could figuratively represent the different parts of the heart, how it works, and also included a main idea statement of what their diagram is representing. ❤️
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Students in Pre-K 4 learned about what it meant to retell a story during our Room on the Broom Day! We retold the story by talking with a partner, using visuals, making a craft, having a snack, and acting it out. There is defiantly room on our broom for a friend like you!
4th graders participated in a Math Amazing Race to practice multiples, factors, and prime and composite numbers before taking a quiz in Math.
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4th graders participated in a Socratic Seminar to help them gather ideas to add into their informational paragraphs. Students are writing about what makes a great heart literally after reading The Circulatory Story.
3rd graders at SES were visited by a park ranger from Assateague Island. They learned about how pony DNA determines the variety of traits found in Assateague Ponies (eye color, fur pattern, hoof color, etc.). The children were excited to develop and name their own ponies based off of sample DNA.
The Pre-K goal is to reach 500 Books read aloud in class. Students in Mrs. Cole and Ms. Gault's Pre-K 4 Class celebrated logging 100 Books in class by bringing in stuffed animals. The stuffed animals participated in Dance Friday, helping with our Morning Meeting, and playing in centers. Way to go Pre-K, keep up the great work! ❤️📚❤️
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