Roosevelt Elementary

Grade 2 celebrated the completion of their “Tall Tale” unit by wearing flannel and eating flapjacks just like Paul Bunyan! Students listened to stories of the American folk heroes: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry & Casey Jones. Some of the vocabulary words they learned were: Exaggeration, frontier, adventures, colossal, steam & energy. Stop and ask any second grader their favorite part of the unit!

During 4th grades’ CKLA unit on personal narratives, the students read about Peg Kehret who contracted polio in 1949 at the age of twelve. Kehret discussed the struggles of her journey with polio, sharing that chocolate milkshakes were the only thing that she could even keep down. In 1948, a retired schoolteacher named Eleanor Abbot, who also contracted polio, created a game called Candy Land for the sick children in the hospital to help pass the time. During our 4th grade end of unit celebration, the students shared their personal narratives, played Candy Land, and drank chocolate milk.

The fifth graders had a blast attending the Career Fair! They got to see a bunch of different careers and asked lots of questions. It was an awesome opportunity for the students.

Roosevelt Elementary hosted their Family Code Camp in September. It was a great opportunity for students and families to learn and practice their coding skills. Mr. Kuntz led the students through various coding puzzles and highlighted keep terminology and concepts as it pertains to coding. It was great to see families and students working together on their coding skills! The students had a great time! We also had a prize give a way to end the night. The winner received a dash-bot that can be controlled by using coding skills.