Instrument Sound Projects

We are using some alternate assessments to get away from all paper- pencil tests.  One way we did this recently was to have students create a product and then score themselves and reflect using the rubric.  I was really impressed with their creativity and the care they took in creating their instruments and recording their information in their science journals!

Halloween Snack

Thank you to all the parents who sent a bag of candy for today's snack- we had several bags!  We had chips, cupcakes, drinks, and candy at the very end of the day- so be ready for some energetic kiddos!  I had a little surprise on my desk when I got finished passing out cupcakes! lol  The giggling gave it away, so I wasn't nearly as scared... :)

4-H Officers

We elected 4-H officers on Tuesday of this week.  Officers in Studio 214 are:

Cyrus- President

Braylee- Vice President

Colton- Secretary
Sarah- Reporter

Paris and Stacy- Recreation Leaders

Awards- First Nine Weeks

Last week, we had an awards ceremony for all students who made all A's or all A's and B's on their report cards.  We also had several students with perfect attendance.  Keep up the good work, Studio 214!  I'm so proud of all your hard work!

CCHS Band Performance

On Friday, students were taken to the highschool football field to watch an amazing performance by the CCHS marching band.  The band traveled to Bowling Green to compete in the semi-finals for the KMEA State Band Competition this past Saturday.  They did such a great job and it brought back a lot of fond memories for me too because I was in band for several years in Adair County.

Storybird Stories

We have been using a free subscription to www.storybird.com to write stories using story structure.  (Check out a future post of our story structure chant!)  After completing a webquest on theme, we used a story map to create a fictional story with all the parts of story structure.  They turned out great and a copy of it will be going in their writing folders!  Students were given a prompt and a rubric to guide their work, collaborated with their peers to revise, and then used their rubric to reflect and score themselves before they turned their work into me.

All Star Readers

Tomorrow is All-Stars day at CCES!  Dress as your favorite sports all star or wear any of your Panther sports gear.  If Studio 214 has 75% of our class dressed up tomorrow, we will get our name put into a drawing for a class IPAD!  We will get our name entered again if we have 50% of our class come to the Family Learning Night tomorrow night from 4:00-7:00.  We also get our name put in the drawing for every $10 we get in our coin bucket for our classroom library.  Help us win the IPAD! :)  Come check out the book fair and purchase some new books to read at home!