iMovie

 

Recently, the Greeneville City Schools Education Foundation awarded Mrs. Fay a grant to purchase iMovie for our intermediate ipads!  We have been so excited to learn how to use it!  Students in the after school HAWKS program are finishing up their first projects this week.  These will be uploaded on Vimeo soon! Check out our thank you video here https://vimeo.com/112127941!

The 5th graders finished Hatchet this week.  They really enjoyed how Brian was courageous and strong.  The students will be taking a test on this book tomorrow.  Also, remind your students to take the AR test.  It is worth 7 points!

Fourth graders are typing up their book reviews.  These should be finished and printed before break!

Tonight was our Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!  We were so excited to see so many families!  Here's a quick video recap of our evening - https://vimeo.com/1127670

Remember, there will be no school from Wednesday - Friday.  Enjoy your break, but remember to continue to read and practice your math facts!!  Be safe and sharpen the saw!

Early November

We went to see the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.  It was amazing!!

We are excited about the KSO!

Almost everyone's favorite part was when the Austin East High School West African Drum and Dance Ensemble joined in on the performance!  They brought the house down with their awesome beats and costumes!

The 5th graders learned and performed a figurative language dance to share with the 4th graders.  They created the dance moves themselves during class and taught them to each other!

In Mrs. Fay's class, we have 2 new special seats...stability balls!
These seats provide active seating to help students channel their physical energy in a positive way.  The students are obsessed with these chairs and tell Mrs. Fay daily that we need to figure out a way to get some for everyone!
Mrs. Fay has a grant posted on DonorsChoose.org to purchase more active seating.  We're hoping it gets funded soon!

Pink Out!

The 4th and 5th grade team "tutu"ed for awareness during the GCS Pink Out!

Mrs. Moore's Pink

In October, we had a pink out to support breast cancer awareness!

Mrs. Fay's room goes all out!

Mr. Burns and Mr. Minnick loved showing off their dance moves!

Reading Centers

Here are some examples of our interactive centers in reading! 

 We love utilizing our iPads!

Working together makes writing fun!

We are learning how to be leaders within our classroom and our school.  We are practicing this in small group activities where everyone has a role.

GoNoodle

 These are just some fun videos of us using GoNoodle for brain breaks and indoor recess!

October!

Wow! October got away from us, since we are well into November!  I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but we have been learning and growing in exciting ways!  Let me recap what has occurred since last time I posted...

We finished up our nonfiction unit by learning about different text structures with interactive centers.

 We had a pajama day at school! The kids really enjoyed it, and so did the teachers!

 The Fire Department came and taught us ways to be safe.  We appreciate their hard work!

 We had a private show of Janet's Planet where we learned about gravity! 

 We were even used onstage to help with various projects.