Congratulations to the newest member of the 2nd Grade MIND Club (Math Is Not Difficult)!
Mrs. Grohler’s students enjoyed reading Green Eggs and Ham with our student teacher, Miss Holthaus. They ended the activity with eating a sweet treat that resembled green eggs and ham.
Happy 120th Day from First Grade
Mrs. Becker’s class practiced spelling words while practicing our teeth brushing in honor of Dental Heath Month !
We are beginning our celebration of Read Across America with “Drop Everything and Read”!
SES halls are ready for Dr. Seuss week.... Are you?
This week at SES we celebrate Dr. Seuss,
So grab your favorite book to read with a moose.
We'll be doing lots of reading all of this week,
Reading is the way to get through a winter that's bleak.
So grab your favorite book and your favorite kid,
And read and read until your heart is content.
First grade has left their mark at Decatur’s Children’s Museum after receiving the Ulrich Family Book Bash scholarship. More pictures to come when the day of fun is done!
As a result of showing respect, Hunter Hackett, Caden Saul, and Kaden DalPonte got to lead the varsity boys basketball team onto the court before last Friday's game.
Third graders in Mrs. Harpster's Class enjoyed STEM projects and science experiments on Valentines Day. The students designed towers from candy hearts, made predictions about how tall the towers might be, and built the towers to test their designs. The class also decided to experiment with dissolving candy hearts in five different liquids: water, white vinegar, rubbing alcohol, vegetable oil, and lemon juice. Again, they used prediction skills to determine which liquids might dissolve the candy, and which would be the fastest. The next day the fun continued when the students decided it would be interesting to mix the candy-colored liquids from the previous day. They hypothesized that the liquids, colored by the dissolved candy, would combine to create new colors.(Sidenote: Happy accident! Something really amazing was formed when lemon juice was added to the oil. It was so exciting that many students grabbed their iPads to snap photos. Some started videos and continued to record the great discussions that developed from the experimentation!) Their suspicions about creating new colors were only partially correct. The attempt to combine the liquids led to a discovery that oil and water do not mix because their density is not the same. The students thought about how this could apply in "real life' and came up with oil tankers spilling oil into the ocean. After several creative suggestions for removing oil from the ocean to protect its inhabitants, the kids gave it a try with the classroom model. They tried removing the oil with a straw, which didn't work. Using a Q-tip did work. Using this knowledge, they agreed they needed something larger with greater absorbency. Placing several layers of folded Kleenex onto the top of the oil and water resulted in the "oil spill's " disappearance and left a clean liquid. The class also used a volunteer to try to remove a handful of oil from her hands with only water. It didn't work, so soap was added. This resulted in oil-free hands. They compared this discovery to a commercial they had seen on television and discussed how this, too, could help creatures affected by oil spills. We are quite certain that the kids in Room 16 are destined to be scientists and environmentalists with this kind of thinking!
Third graders in Mrs. Harpster's Class enjoyed STEM projects and science experiments on Valentines Day. The students designed towers from candy hearts, made predictions about how tall the towers might be, and built the towers to test their designs. The class also decided to experiment with dissolving candy hearts in five different liquids: water, white vinegar, rubbing alcohol, vegetable oil, and lemon juice. Again, they used prediction skills to determine which liquids might dissolve the candy, and which would be the fastest. The next day the fun continued when the students decided it would be interesting to mix the candy-colored liquids from the previous day. They hypothesized that the liquids, colored by the dissolved candy, would combine to create new colors.(Sidenote: Happy accident! Something really amazing was formed when lemon juice was added to the oil. It was so exciting that many students grabbed their iPads to snap photos. Some started videos and continued to record the great discussions that developed from the experimentation!) Their suspicions about creating new colors were only partially correct. The attempt to combine the liquids led to a discovery that oil and water do not mix because their density is not the same. The students thought about how this could apply in "real life' and came up with oil tankers spilling oil into the ocean. After several creative suggestions for removing oil from the ocean to protect its inhabitants, the kids gave it a try with the classroom model. They tried removing the oil with a straw, which didn't work. Using a Q-tip did work. Using this knowledge, they agreed they needed something larger with greater absorbency. Placing several layers of folded Kleenex onto the top of the oil and water resulted in the "oil spill's " disappearance and left a clean liquid. The class also used a volunteer to try to remove a handful of oil from her hands with only water. It didn't work, so soap was added. This resulted in oil-free hands. They compared this discovery to a commercial they had seen on television and discussed how this, too, could help creatures affected by oil spills. We are quite certain that the kids in Room 16 are destined to be scientists and environmentalists with this kind of thinking!
Congratulations to the newest 2nd Grade member of the MIND (Math Is Not Difficult) Club!
Congratulations to the newest Fifth Grade member of the MIND (Math Is Not Difficult) Club!
Congratulations to the first First Grade members of the MIND (Math Is Not Difficult) Club!
Congratulations to Johnathan Iacobazzi (4th Grade) and Hannah Creek (5th Grade) for their performance at the county-wide spelling bee! Johnathan won the competition and will compete at the regional level. Hannah finished second and will be the alternate. Great job!
What better way is there to practice graphing than with candy hearts? First grade is so fun!
Mrs. Lehman and Mrs. Fultz’s reading buddies recorded each other reading their library books. This gave our 1st graders an idea of what kind of readers they are now, and a glimpse of the readers they will become in 4th grade!
Mr. Campbell has an influence on everyone, including our student teachers!
Sullivan Elementary School awards "Gold Slips" to students who go above and beyond expectations. Here are the Gold Slip winners for the month of January (from left to right):
Dylan Ray took the time to pick up hoola hoops that had fallen off the wall during recess while other students walked past them!
Gavin Helmuth was the only 5th grader to stop and pick up a pair of gloves that someone dropped. He stopped, picked them up, and attempted to find the owner. Bravo!
Kya Allen finished her math assignment early and instead of having free time on her iPad, she asked if she could help a couple of her classmates who were struggling! Way to go!
Aubrey Martin noticed the incentives for the RESPECT board drawing were getting very low. She went and bought suckers with her own money so other kids would have a treat for being respectful!
Christopher Henry is always helping and looking after another student during P.E.!
Congratulations to the newest 5th Grade members of the MIND (Math Is Not Difficult) Club!
