Sunday, October 22, 2017

McTeacher Night

Join the teachers for dinner at McDonald's Monday, October 23rd from 4:00-8:00. 
Mr. Hill will be there from 5:20-6ish. 🍔 🍟

Red Ribbon Week

October 23rd- Jersey/Team Wear
                                                                       October 24th- Western Wear
                                                                       October 25th- Mix Match Day
                                                                       October 26th- Hawaiian Day
                                                                       October 27th- Red/Cardinal Attire

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Busy Wednesday!

Trip to the Landfill ♽
This morning the class went out to the landfill to see where our trash goes and why we should recycle. First, we went into the weighing station to better understand how the process works. We learned that trucks must weigh-in before and after. We also learned that around 50 trucks come a day! 
Top Left: Recycling truck leaving after being weighed.               Top Right: This is a baler that smashes the cardboard.
Middle Left: Learning about the old landfill hole.                        Middle Right: Learning about the weighing station.
Botton Left: Bales of cardboard                                                    Bottom Right: Bales of paper

Video of the baler- each bale of cardboard is around 1,300-1,500 pounds!


🚒:  Fire Prevention Day 🔥
A huge thank you to the Clarinda Fire Department for teaching the kids fire safety. The firemen showed/told them students what they should do during a fire. They also got the opportunity go in the safe house, see inside a firetruck, and look at all the equipment. We had a great time learning how to be safe!








Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Reminder!
Tomorrow we will be heading to the landfill. Please make sure your kiddo brings a jacket to school!


Sunday, October 8, 2017

Recycling

In science we have been talking about recycling. To show an example of recycling, we used Cheerios (which represented tires) and crushed them up, mixed the Cheerios with plaster and water, and then spread them out on to paper to make roads. We then used paint to make lines to complete our roads. This experiment, plus other class discussion, has helped the students to understand that it's important to reduce, reuse, and recycle.


Shaving Cream Spelling!

We got a chance to practice our spelling words using shaving cream. It was a little messy, but really FUN!



Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Reminder!

  Due to the fact that we don't have school Friday, our spelling and vocabulary tests will be tomorrow!

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Supplies for Texas

Mrs. Hill's and Mrs. Hiser's classes teamed up to send supplies to a school down in Texas. Thank you so much for the generous donations! We have two huge boxes of supplies heading south!



Flag Football

On Thursday, I went and checked out some flag football. All the boys and girls did a great job!