From the Hub
Fall 2018
Kindergarten
Classroom check-out days are:
Tuesday: Cummins and Rancour
Wednesday: Schwenker
After reading Boy + Bot, we made our own robots!
Robot-making group.
Drawing shapes and working with KidPix3D.
1st and 2nd grades
April Kelly, the art teacher at Horn, taught them his techniques and they created their own collages which are now hung in the hallways at Horn. We culminated the study with a field trip to hear him speak at Longfellow Elementary, where he shared his excitement and talked about dreamwalking, living life with your eyes wide open.Thanks to Hills Bank for supplying us with the coolest t-shirts ever and to the ICCSD Foundation for the financial support in having a New York author/artist in for the week.
Classroom check-out days are:
Tuesday - 2Messersmith
Wednesday - 1Beuter
Thursday - 1Brown, 1Maras
Friday - 2Witt
Bryan Collier surfing with E!
We love our t-shirts.
Thanks, Mrs. Kelly, for teaching us how to collage.
3rd and 4th grades
Most recently, both grades have worked on special projects: third has been making a slideshow labeled, "All About Me" and fourth grade spend a double-class period to solve a BreakoutEdu, similar to an escape room. The fourth graders were divded into teams of four and had to work collaboratively to solve puzzles that unlocked five locks. It was the first time I worked with students on this and they were fantastic problem-solvers as well as team players.
Classroom check-out days are:
Wednesday - 3Neveln, 3Proctor, 4Abbott, 4Bartachek
We broke out!
G working on his "All About Me" slideshow.
We almost broke out!
5th and 6th grades
Sixth graders worked on a digital Vision Board, one that incorporates text, and Google add-ons to create something that portrays their goals for the year. They will edit them and share them in a class slideshow.
Classroom check-out days are:
Thursday - 5Flammang, 5Nelson
Friday - 6Green, 6Searls
Reviewing search and locate skills with Jenga!
We took on the Jenga challenge!
Teamwork makes it happen!
A vision board in the works.
Putting together personal and academic goals.
Using Unsplash photos add-on makes it so slick!
In other news....
Congratulations and thanks to Horn families for participating and volunteering for the Run for the Schools. Horn Elementary got the 2nd place trophy and $250 each for Library and PE. Thanks, Iowa City Road Races!
Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday, November 14 3:00-600
Thursday, November 15 2:30-7:00
Friday, November 16 8:30-4:00
Joan DePrenger
Welcome to the Horn Library. I started at the Horn Library ten years ago and previously taught sixth grade at Kirkwood Elementary in Coralville. Follow me on Instagram @hornlibrary.
Email: deprenger.joan@iowacityschools.org
Website: https://www.iowacityschools.org/domain/2463
Location: 600 Koser Avenue, Iowa City, IA, USA
Phone: (319) 688-1117