April 4, 2011 Family Fun Night

Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Brown shared great ways to practice math at home at our Family Fun Night! 

Learning about the Summer Library Program

The Storm Lake Public Library encourages all of our families to visit often and partake in program options.  Check out the great opportunities for summer programs  at http://www.stormlake.lib.ia.us/use-the-library.

Family Fun Night April 4, 2011

Adults and children of all ages learned how to create obstacle courses in order to exercise and enjoy a little friendly competition!

Family Fun Night April 4, 2011

Dan Wardell (otherwise known as Dantastic!) shared a great story about the food pyramid and the importance of eating healthy food to kick off our night. 

Family Fun Night April 4, 2011

Dan Wardell and Nurse Twyla promoted healthy habits - nutrition, exercise, and healthy recreational activities!

3rd graders - please comment on my paragraph or add your own as you write about the solar system!

   A Life-Giving Light

By Mrs. Huntress

      Our sun is the key to life on Earth.  It allows us to eat, grow, sleep, run, and walk all over our great planet!  How does it do that, you ask?  Well, the sun is a huge sphere of ionized gas, and it is ultimately the source of all food on our planet.  Due to photosynthesis in plant life, sunlight helps plants grow, and many plants later becomes food for us or for the unfortunate members of our food chain.   The sun is about 93,000,000 miles from our planet, which is a perfect distance!  If it were closer, it would actually boil the seas – not to mention those of us who live on the continents!  Since the sun’s warmth and light reaches the Earth in a mere 500 seconds, humans are able to enjoy the seasons and gifts that each brings. Whether it is when walking in the crisp autumn leaves or when watching snowflakes glisten like diamonds, most people would agree that the sun truly is the light of their lives!

Vocabulary Word Walls!

This is an example of a word wall in a 2nd grade.  We often post words we are teaching to help our learners revisit them, think about their meanings, and use them in their speaking and writing.