The General Construction class is assembling their coffee and end tables. They have been working on them for the last 5 weeks and should be ready to auction off by fall festival!
The fifth grade class is wrapping up Unit 2 on the Maya, Aztec, and the Inca civilizations. We have been working hard on our end of the unit Codex Project, in which we write a paragraph about an aspect of each civilization. Students chose to write about either the architecture, farming methods, or social classes of each empire. Once we finish writing our paragraphs, we will draw images representing an aspect of each empire, age our paper, and decorate it with hieroglyphics to give our project the look of an authentic codex.
Middle school reading intervention finished diving deeper into close reading with an emphasis on identifying explicit details in different passages.
Our new class, The History of War, will be working on a new project. The students will be creating trading cards of famous, or not-so-famous, people during the American Revolution. I am excited to see how this project turns out.
This week finds our chemistry students learning to test for certain gases produced during a chemical reaction. They use a burning splint or a glowing splint in a test tube of the gas. Hydrogen gas, oxygen gas and carbon dioxide gas all react differently with the splint test. This test is often a first test to identify gases that are products of a chemical reaction. The hydrogen gas was the favorite with the burning splint because it produces a “bark!”
In Kindergarten we have been studying how things grow. We collected apple seeds from our apples at breakfast and put them in baggies with paper towels on the window. One of them sprouted and we are now doing our best to grow an apple tree that we can plant on school grounds at the end of the year. The kids love watching their tree grow!
Watch tonight's School Board Meeting at 6PM on Youtube Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lipHGFuno8A
High school art students have been working on expressive drawings using ink and calligraphy pens.
The General Construction (High School Industrial Arts) classes are working together to build a coffee table and matching end table. Everyone voted on the color scheme and we decided on a rustic farmhouse look. The project should be completed in the next 2 weeks!
The Public Speaking class (aka Speech class) recently completed a lesson on reading children's books. The students had to choose a book and deliver it knowing their audience would be young children. They had the opportunity to practice their speeches when the class presented their books to the kindergarten and third grade classes. Not only did the high school students get to share their fun stories but they also got to work on important speaking skills. Skills the students focused on included vocal variety, vocal characterization, eye contact, and body language.
Honk! Honk! The Colorado Vaccine Mobile Bus is coming to Fremont County on October 11, 2022 from 10 am to 6pm at the Fremont County Health Department located at 201 N. 6th Street, Canon City, CO 81212. Click the link below to sign up for your vaccines.
https://www.comassvax.org//appointment/en/reg/7012582369
The 5th Grade students are starting a new unit in Language Arts! We will be learning about the Early American Civilizations, focusing specifically on the Maya, Aztec, and the Inca civilizations.
After reading our first informational text, we learned that a successful civilization is defined by people living in a well-organized way. The components of a civilization include structured cities, farms, government, religion, social classes, art and architecture, as well as a system for recording information. We are excited to take this journey where we learn how to analyze and synthesize informational text.
Middle and High schoolers are working hard on their pass-off scales due every Monday. Practicing these scales prepares them for honor band auditions that are coming up in October and November. Although not required, they are highly encouraged to audition!
The beautiful fall weather means secondary PE will be spending time outside taking hikes and playing disc golf.
High school students in Chemistry class are doing an experiment to help them understand endothermic and exothermic reactions. They quickly found out exothermic reactions produce heat and endothermic reactions take up heat, turning cold.
Preschool visited the school library for the first time this year! Ms. Cruz read the children a story that she checked out from the library! Also, one of the preschool's licensing regulations is to have at least a 30 minute rest period for those kids that stay all day. One of the children organized the shoes just before rest time - he used his matching skills and laid them side by side (concept practice). We have a great time at preschool!
Seventh grade social studies students debate which Mesopotamian invention is the most significant. Students debated such inventions as the wheel, the lunar calendar, the plow, literature, laws, chariots, and sailboats.
Colorado Applies Month (CAM) is a campaign that guides students along the application and career planning process. This year Colorado Applies Month runs from Sept 18 – Oct. 17.
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Colorado Free Application Days: Mark your calendars—students will be able to apply to any public college or university and many private institutions for FREE from , Tuesday, Oct. 18-Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022.
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For more information please use the following link: https://highered.colorado.gov/cofreeappdays
Sixth graders are diving deeper into writing narratives. They are working on understanding point of view, transitional words, dialogue rules, expanding, and creating stronger sentences and will be starting their first narrative writing piece this week. I'm excited to see everything they learned transfer into their writing over the next few weeks.
In high school art students have been working on different techniques using drawing pencils. High school ceramics students created Lego-style figures out of clay. Next up, ceramics students will create a mixed media piece incorporating clay and glass.
