4th grade celebrated their hard work and reaching individual goals for math and/or reading on their FAST test screener. We enjoyed some Fun Friday activities and getting to pick out of the prized box for working hard and reaching learning goals!
More 3rd grade P.B.I.S. classroom celebration. Happy New Year's 3-D shape creations and snacks!!
3rd grade P.B.I.S. classroom celebration. Happy New Year's 3-D shape creations and snacks!!
Kindergarten enjoyed ice cream for their PBIS reward today!
1st grade has been talking about how to solve real world problems so we used the BeeBots to be snowplows and move snow. Each student had to design their own snowplow and see what works and doesn't work and be able to meet another snowplow on the road!
Kindergarten paired up with their 6th grade book buddies this week to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. We read some books about him and watched his "I Have a Dream" speech. After, we talked about how we can change the world like MLK did. We created a collaborative poster along with sharing the ways we decided we can try to change the world!
Dear members of the CAL school community,
We are pleased to announce that CAL has partnered with Prarie Ridge from Mason City to offer psychiatry and therapy services to our students and their families. A therpaist is available on-site at CAL for students, while Prarie Ridge provides a variety of services for families in our community. Our school counselor, Danielle Brood, is available to assist you in navigating these sevices to meet your family's needs. You may contact Ms. Brood via the CAL school phone number, through remind, or by an email. Additionally, you can find her contact information on the CAL Community School website under the "School Counselor" tab located in the parents and students section.
4th and 5th teamed up this morning to stack a set of cups without touching the cups with their hands. Thanks for some great teamwork!
3 year old Preschool learned about primary colors and experimented to discover you can mix them to create secondary colors!
6 piece LEGO Challenge. 4th graders were tasked with designing an innovative solution to a problem that may be common at a dairy farm. There was some very creative and analytical thinking done on our first day back! This ties into our studies of how technological advancements have changed and will continue to change the way people farm and how products/goods are made and shared globally.
1st grade holiday fun!
1st grade holiday fun!
5th grade designed and created festive launch/landing pads for drones today. Students were great pilots!
5th grade used their knowledge of ratios and fractions to make multiple batches of brownies. They were delicious!
1st grade earned a PBIS reward and made and decorated sugar cookies!
1st grade used the beebots for some coding yesterday and tried to get the reindeer to the grandma without hitting the snowballs!
A few more "bunny-sitting" pictures with 3rd grade.
3rd grade had the opportunity to "bunny-sit" for their last P.B.I.S. classroom celebration.
1st and 4th worked together to make gingerbread ornaments for our trees at school!
4th grade wrapped up their castle engineering project by reading about castles in their castles! This project really exemplified teamwork, creativity, and problem solving.