More pep rally pictures!
over 2 years ago, Mrs. Meyer
CAL Elementary Students and Staff!
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CAL Elementary Students enjoyed a visit from the H-D-CAL High school students today for a pep rally!
over 2 years ago, Mrs. Meyer
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3 year old preschool!
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4th graders testing their specialized external features (aka beaks!) this morning!
over 2 years ago, Jill Craighton
Beak made for eating pine nuts such as a crossbill.
Beak made for sipping/slurping nectar such as a hummingbird.
Beak made for foraging grass such as a goose.
Beak made for eating corn off the ground such as a pheasant.
More beak testing in 4th grade today!
over 2 years ago, Miss Enslin
Beaks that eat grass
Beaks that drink nectar
Beaks that eat corn
Beaks that eat pinecones
More parachute pictures from 1st grade yesterday!
over 2 years ago, Brittany Disney
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1st grade enjoyed finishing up there parachutes in innovation club yesterday! There challenge was to build a parachute that will hold and egg and not break on cement. Hopefully will test these next week!
over 2 years ago, Brittany Disney
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Mrs. Meyer and Jace were supporting the Vikings today for Team Day!
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4 year old preschool has been learning about nursery rhymes as part of their reading curriculum. They are getting really good at saying the rhymes AND doing all of the motions!
over 2 years ago, Jill Craighton
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Kindergarten has been learning about trees and leaves in science so today they got to make leaf rubbings!
over 2 years ago, Jill Craighton
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Beak testing continued!
over 2 years ago, Jill Craighton
Beak made for eating sunflower seeds such as a Cardinal or blue jay
Beak made for filtering plants out of water such as a swan.
Beak made for eating berries off of a bush/tree
Beak made for eating fish such as a bald eagle
4th grade put a lot of research and time into designing a beak that worked well for a specific food source, and today they were able to start testing them. They were given a real example of their specific food source (or something very similar…) and had to figure out how successful their design was. They talked about what worked well and how and why they might make changes. Overall they had to determine if their design would help the bird survive! The rest of 4th grade will test tomorrow!
over 2 years ago, Jill Craighton
Beak made for eating mice (hotdogs wrapped in felt) such as a red tailed Hawk or owl
Beak made for eating fish (hotdogs in water) such as a bald eagle
Beak made for eating sunflower seeds such as a Cardinal or blue jay
Beak and tongue made for eating insects out of a tree such as a woodpecker
4th grade has been doing a cross curricular project in science, innovation club, reading, writing, and social studies! Students have done extensive research on external features specifically beaks of birds that eat very specific foods! Then students created sketches of a beak that they could build and use to try out on that food source! Students had to have dimensions, sketches from multiple angles, beak features, and birds that have this type of beak. Today was testing day for half of our students!
over 2 years ago, Miss Enslin
Beaks that eat fish
Beaks that eat mice
4th grade has been doing a cross curricular project in science, innovation club, reading, writing, and social studies! Students have done extensive research on external features specifically beaks of birds that eat very specific foods! Then students created sketches of a beak that they could build and use to try out on that food source! Students had to have dimensions, sketches from multiple angles, beak features, and birds that have this type of beak. Today was testing day for half of our students!
over 2 years ago, Miss Enslin
Beaks that peck through trees and eat insects
Beaks that eat sunflower seeds off of sunflower heads
Beaks that eat berries off of trees
Beaks that filter plants from water
Yesterday 4 year old preschool had their turn to use some garden goodies! They followed 3rd grade’s ‘algorithm’ for carrot cupcakes and stirred up their own batch using carrots from the school garden and eggs from the school’s chickens! This morning they got to taste test!
over 2 years ago, Jill Craighton
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Our Kindergarten friends have been so anxious to get the LEGOs out! Finally we did a STEM contest in Innovation Club. Students worked as a team to figure out how to build the tallest tower in 10 minutes!
over 2 years ago, Miss Enslin
Red table was our tower winner!
Yellow Table working on their tower!
Orange Table working on their tower!
2nd grade got to finish their free time in the CELL today that they earned as their PBIS reward! They were so creative with their time!
over 2 years ago, Miss Enslin
Googly eyes were very popular!
And so was glitter!
All sorts of materials were used!
Our Librarian Mrs. Jacob’s read How to Apologize, a silly and fun story on how to be a kind friend!
over 2 years ago, Kendra Keehn
Guest Reader:Mrs. Jacobs
The CELL (CAL Elementary Learning Lab) was a busy place today! 4th graders were working on creating models of their animals while 2nd grade was celebrating reaching their PBIS reward with extra time in The CELL!!!
over 2 years ago, Mrs. Meyer
Proud 4th grade students
Hard work by Terynce and his partner Easton!
2nd graders enjoying extra CELL time!
2nd graders teaching Miss Nederhoff about robots!
3rd Grade Rocked the color GREEN today for color day!
over 2 years ago, Mrs. Meyer
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Happy Monday! This is just a reminder to get out and vote tomorrow Tuesday, September 13th. Please vote for CAL school board and YES to renew then PPEL Levy. This will NOT increase taxes! Thank you for supporting our school!
over 2 years ago, Mrs. Meyer