Classroom Happenings

The first full week of the 2013-2014 school year is over and the students still appear to be excited about school!  Part of the reason for their excitement might be some of the engaging activities they are participating in in class!  Here is a small glimpse into what is happening in our classrooms:

The Morning Announcements

The school day starts off with the morning announcements.  For most students, it is no different than turning on the TV at home and watching the news.  However, for a small group of students and Mr. Grothey,  the morning announcements are much more complicated.  The morning announcements are truly a live TV Show!  Here are a few pictures of the cast and crew of the morning announcements:

The tech crew working hard to make sure the show is ready to start.

Mr. Grothey checks the camera for the first PRIDE drawing.

The camera was working great!

The newscasters make it look easy!

Ms. Suppa's 8th Grade Language Arts Class

Ms. Suppa's 8th graders were put on the "Hot Seat".  The "Hot Seat" Literary Activity, required that students create and perform a question and answer session from the point of view of the character(s) in a story or novel.  This activity could be used for nonfiction as well. 

Mr. Dellinger's 7th Grade Science Class

Mr. Dellinger's students (along with many other science classes) were already doing labs in science class.  Here are a couple of pictures of Mr. Dellinger's students as they rotated through their lab stations:

Ms. Lee's Algebra 1A Class

Students in Ms. Lee's Algebra 1A class got to use their cell phones to help them understand math!  Students who had a "QR Reader" installed on their phones were used as team leaders in class.  Students would work on math problems and then find out the correct answer by scanning the QR code.  If someone in the group did not have the correct answer, other group members took the time to explain how they got the right answer.  

Here is a sample problem along with the QR Code.  Can you solve the problem?  Work it out and then scan the QR Code and see if you got it right!