What's Happening at School?
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Community Schools
Activities and Materials
The Graettinger-Terril and Ruthven-Ayrshire teachers are working on finding activities and materials that support the standards and objectives that the students are learning. The activities should keep the students' attention, elicit thinking and reflection, and provide for student interaction. Check out the variety of classroom activities at GT/RA!
Mighty Minerals
Mrs. Goodchild provided students with this information to create a mighty mineral.
Can you identify the Mighty Mineral?
Student projects were creative. The connection made between minerals and these superheroes helped students understand important concepts.
What is my grade?
Students understand their score on the project with this grading sheet.
Girl Scout Cookie Imposters
The GT/RA High School Cooking Class created homemade girl scout cookies. Then they found a recipe that used the cookies in a final creation. This group made Samoas Mascarpone Filled Layer Cake. Other group projects included a mint dessert, lemon meringue pie, Tag-A-Do Cheesecake Cupcakes, and S'more Pie.
How do you like your eggs?
GT 8th-grade students learned how to cook eggs.
Egg Lab
Students researched how to cook eggs before preparing their dish.
Poached Eggs
This student poached his eggs.
Spanish Group Work
Spanish students drew a character and labeled the names of the body parts in Spanish.
Spanish Robot
Can you name the parts of a robot in Spanish?
Tortuga
This group drew a turtle and labeled the parts in Spanish.
RA 8th Grade Science
Mrs. Beisell shared this visual for students to understand movement and displacement in her 8th-grade science class.
RA Sophomore Language Arts
Mrs. Kirk's 10th-grade class works in groups to understand the vocabulary from the book "Lord of the Flies".
Making a Connection
Students drew pictures to understand the vocabulary.
Lord of the Flies
Students were given this list of vocabulary to learn.
Mr. Hough's Guided Reading Group
GT students read as Mr. Hough listens and takes notes about each student.
Journals
Third-grade students journal about what they read.
Mrs. Schnell's Guided Reading Group
This group answers questions showing their comprehension of a text that was read.
GT 8th Grade Career Unit
The GT 8th Grade Language Arts Class are starting to look to the future. Guest speakers were invited to share their careers. Sue Evans talks about being an interior designer. Bruce Nelson shared his experience as a professional football player.
Hungry, Hungry Hippos
Students played the human type of Hungry, Hungry Hippos practicing teamwork at their PBIS Slumber Party Celebration.
Enjoying Some Pampering at the Spa!
Community volunteers helped out at the GT Elementary Spa by painting nails, arm and hand massages, make-up, and making homemade lip gloss.
Smile
Students and teachers captured memories of the celebration at the Photo Booth.