Thank you VFW Ladies Auxiliary for the Teacher Tea before conferences this evening. It was the perfect start to sharing our evening with parents!
Digital Literacy students have created their own blogs! From hunting to Fortnite, from cooking to relationship advice...they are building community through social media 😊
Teacher Spotlight!
Student Spotlight!!
Come learn to make perfume using essential oils
This is a reminder that the Polar Den is closed today due to the Book Fair. Come check it out!
Rigorous, Hands-on, Authentic Learning in K: This week's "Fun Food Friday" cooking experience had kindergarten students applying what they've learned about comparing and contrasting!
We read two texts by Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Cat a Cupcake) and compared/contrasted key details and central themes of the stories, using a "double bubble" or Venn diagram to record our ideas.
We also compared/contrasted two "good fit" texts about food groups and created Venn diagrams with evidence collected from the texts. These instructional-level texts really prepared us for hands-on applications with two different recipes--one for pumpkin spice cookies and the other for pumpkin spice cupcakes.
We compared/contrasted required ingredients and tools, discussed predictions for similarities and differences between the two products, compared/contrasted the batters by using many of our senses, and analyzed the final products with a taste test during snack time. We had so many ideas that we ran out of space on our double bubbles!
Students were highly engaged throughout the day in these hands-on, minds-on activities and made deep connections to our academic work in numerous other authentic ways. For example, we compared/contrasted our physical appearances with friends (using concepts connected to measurement), noticed a Venn diagram in the 2nd grade classroom (which we HAD to go investigate!), and even compared and contrasted our pumpkin spice cookies with some surprise sugar cookies brought by a classmate! This added an entirely different level to the day's learning.
The magnitude of knowledge acquisition during this week's "Fun Food Friday" cannot be fully quantified. Without a doubt, students are well on their way to mastery of challenging concepts and are enthusiastic about future endeavors! That intrinsic motivation is like the frosting on our cupcakes...SO sweet!
Learning is infinitely more relevant and FUN when we connect it to our interests and prior experiences. Come join us and discover what authentic learning looks and tastes like!
CONGRATULATIONS to all those students who had 100% attendance for October! Way to set a goal and do all you can to meet it! Our students ROCK!!
Scholastic Book Fair starts Monday, Nov. 12 and runs through Thursday, Nov. 15th. It will be open at 11:30 ~2:30 pm daily. It will be open during Parent Teacher conferences, please stop by. Check out our homepage and online sale: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/floodwoodschool
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Learn to make your own perfume with essential oils
Casting Our Votes!
Our 6th grade class took time this morning to help kindergarten students cast their votes for some of their favorite things. Thanks for helping us put our preferences into action!
The polls are now open and ready for our kindergarten citizens! Our Election Day will have students casting their votes for their favorite sport, breakfast food, occupation, fruit, weather, and school subject. We will also vote later today for our daily snack and digital story.
Our votes count and so do yours! See you at the polls!
Apple Pie Roll Ups: Authentic Problem-solving in K
We reflected on this recipe individually afterward and opinions were mixed. Some students really loved it and several did not.
Having mixed opinions and reflecting on what we would change helped students learn...
*We all have our own opinions and preferences. Each should be respected.
*We should try new foods, even if we're not sure we'll like them.
*We can problem-solve together and analyze different options for the products we create in class.
*Mistakes (or in this case, less than favorable results for a recipe) are opportunities to learn. If we had all loved the roll ups, we would have missed a chance to use our skills as problem-solvers to think of alternative ingredients.
Last week's recipe provided an authentic means to learn and grow...together!
No School on Monday, November 5th. See you on Tuesday!!
Operating Referendum Information Link: http://www.isd698.org/o/floodwood-school/browse/38898 If you have any questions, please contact Superintendent Villebrun at 701-278-1599 or rvillebrun@isd698.org. Voting takes place on November 6th at your designated polling place.
Operating Referendum: Background Information & Trends by Ehlers ~ Go to the link on the district's main page to view the whole power point.
Families you’d better watch out for your flower pots and tables tonight! We forgot to tell them not to try these CHINESE ACROBATICS at home!! Haha!
Jeffrey Palmer and Gavin Clark donating their time to help fix up the school grounds. Thank you for your service!
Come and learn to make a perfume that "just right for you" from essential oils
