Reading Presentations

My reading class used Scholastic News to create presentations to share with their classmates. Each group was given an article to report on, research, and present to the class. They were graded on relevance, coverage of topic, presentation, and listening skills. Some of the groups used posters while others used PowerPoint and created a mock newscast.

Field Trip to the Symphony

Wednesday, November 18th students traveled to Wichita to Century II Concert Hall to watch the Symphony, "The Composer is Dead." Afterwards we stopped at the park in El Dorado for lunch where students had time to play on the playground equipment.

Dissecting Owl Pellets

Last week, my homeroom class had the pleasure of finding out what an owl had eaten by dissecting it's pellet. Did you know that an owl eats its prey whole? The non-digestible matter eaten by the owl is then regurgitated out through the mouth of the owl into a pellet. The pellet contains hair and bones of the recent meal of the owl. At first the students were a little disgusted but then they dug in and were able to find out what their owl had been eating!

Outdoor Field Trip

On Thursday, we took an field trip outside to meet with students from the high school and their teacher, Mrs. Sierlert. The Environmental students talked to the fifth grade students about their Worm Farm and their Monarch Way Stations.