Nassau Notebook

During the first week of class, elementary gifted students with Mrs. Cruce were given the opportunity to create a model of their favorite summer memory. After creating their models, the students were given the opportunity to share their creations while the other students asked yes or no questions, trying to guess what activity was being shared. It was a fun way for students to share a memory of their summer creatively.

At Hilliard Elementary, Mrs. Williams's third-grade class buddies read with Mrs. Bowerman's kindergarteners. This will be a year-long mentorship and peer buddy reading program. The third graders help the kindergarten students learn to read and take AR quizzes on their books. It is wonderful to see them working together so nicely. It helps build confidence for both grade levels, and they look forward to it each week.

The PreK—5th-grade students in Mrs. Ballard's and Mrs. Butcher's art classes at Wildlight prepared for International Dot Day by reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and decorating our own dots, which will be used in a collaborative school mural for Open House!

Faculty and staff at Callahan Intermediate enjoyed ice cream floats after a week of nonstop rain. “Don’t float away…after all this rain.”

Southside's amazing para, Mrs. Ostaffe, led a fun (and yummy!) science and math activity this afternoon in Ms. McGee's classroom. Students earn astronauts at her table for meeting behavior expectations, and they've worked together the last few weeks to fill up their rocket! So today, they got to do their special assignment with her! She taught them about moon phases, and then they got to create them using Oreos.

For three weeks, 5th-grade students at Emma Love Hardee Elementary have been learning about the costs and benefits of developing and cultivating natural resources. Students have read multiple texts that help teach them about the author's purpose and perspective, supporting the author's claims and central ideas, and vocabulary in context, all while focusing on one of the United States' most popular and profitable resources: corn!

Reading the story “Lessons from Mama Bear,” Mrs. Connors dresses like a “mama bear.” She also includes cutouts of bears for students to hold during their “turn and talk” to engage and teach listening skills. The students only speak to their partner if they are holding the bear; then, they give the bear to their partner and listen while their partner is responding to the question.

Donuts and AR for Ms. Constantine's half day! Donuts were earned by spelling the word "compliment" one letter at a time for receiving compliments on sidewalk behavior!

This week, the Southside ELL teachers had a curriculum planning and collaboration day to review student data and plan for specifically designed instruction for their students! Ms. Miranda, our district ELL specialist, joined to support and guide our classroom teachers!