President's Day

Last week was President's Day and we celebrated in the MC by answering the EQ: What is a president?  I got lots of interesting answers from "Someone that does paperwork" to "They control the world".  It was fun to hear all the "facts" that students know about presidents.  We then compared our facts to two books Duck for President and My Teacher for President.  We compared and contrasted these fictional books to what really takes place when electing our countries leaders.  There is always so much to learn from these students!!

Mrs. McElroy

HRRB

On Tuesday, February 3, the Reading Stars competed in the first ever Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Barrow County Competition.  And we placed 3rd!!

The Team worked so hard and most students read all 16 books!!!!  I couldn't be prouder of our Reading Stars and look forward to next year!

Even more exciting, the team wanted to continue so the Reading Stars are still meeting every Tuesday to talk about what we love....books!  We are now reading The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John and so far the book is fabulous...we are all hooked and can't wait to see what will happen next for Martine as she moves to South Africa to live with her grandmother she didn't even know existed!!


Mrs. McElroy

KAHOOT IT

Kahoot it is just what we did this week. 2nd and 3rd Grade has been covering research and reference materials for the last several weeks.
 
The past two weeks we focused on dictionary skills.  Last week we started with the EQ: What can information can I find in a dictionary?  This week we practiced using the dictionary with the EQ: How can I use the dictionary?

2nd Grade had dictionary races which are always lively and fun!  But this year with 3rd Grade we brought in some technology! Now that 3rd grade is BYOT several of the students brought their own devices and then we shared others to play Kahoot.  The students LOVED it!

They practiced working in groups and they had to actually use the dictionary to answer the questions!
A win all around!
 

Mrs. McElroy