The 5th and 6th graders got to take advantage of the beautiful weather and the outdoor classroom while working on their engineering lab, "Build a Nest." This lab was part of the unit "Reproduction of Organisms." Nests are just one of the many ways animals provide protection for their offspring. They were given one class period to construct a nest that could meet the safe nest criteria.
7th and 8th graders are learning how to write strong thesis statements for Problem-Solution essays. To learn what strong thesis statements look like, they participated in an Investigation Trail activity.
4th grade has been learning about angles. Today they were tasked with finding the various angles within their name. Who would have known our names contain so many angles.
3rd and 4th grade started a social studies unit over government. They worked collaboratively with one another to create a poster which displayed information about various public services the government provides to us in the community.
Our kindergarteners are 100 days smarter!
Students celebrated 100 days by creating at STEM centers!
To celebrate the 100th day of school, 3rd and 4th grade read 100 AR books and took a test. They absolutely loved learning new things while reading non-fiction books. Here's to 100 days of learning and continued reading. 🎉
Spring Pictures will be taken on Tuesday, March 5th. Use the attached QR code and Order Number to pre-order your child's pictures.
3rd grade used graham crackers to build a garden to reinforce their understanding of area and perimeter. They may have also eaten some of their materials in the building process.
3rd and 4th grade have made their predictions for the final score between the Chiefs and 49ers. Monday we will see who got the closest.
In STEM class, kindergarten students designed, built, and tested their snow shovels.
After learning all about sound and how it’s made the 1st and 2nd grade students created their own instruments using things they brought from home!
Cheering on the Chiefs!!
The Kindergarteners using their "roller coasters" to find medial sounds during a Heggerty lesson.
3rd and 4th grade worked collaboratively to complete a webquest over the history of Groundhogs day. Punxsutawney Phill is correct 40% of the time and we are hoping an early Spring will come.
The bus riders were showing their Super Bowl Spirit this afternoon!
T is for Touchdown, Travis, & Taylor!
TOUCHDOWN!!
7th & 8th graders have been reading the novel Petey. Students wrote their own talking points before meeting in their literature circle groups to discuss the talking points.
Bus drivers rocking as they are rolling along their chiefs kingdom route! CHIEFS!!!
So proud of our Shawnee students that had to carefully and safely walk up the hill to meet the little bus after the big bus got stuck on the icy road. Everyone arrived at school safely with new stories to tell! Special thanks go out to our terrific bus drivers!
Due to upcoming weather forecast and impending cold temperatures, Shawnee R-III will be closed tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 12th. This will be AMI day #1.
