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4th and 5th Grade Ads Recently the 4th and 5th graders designed advertisements for local businesses. We learned all about what makes an ad successful and then the students applied their newly learned knowledge to paper via pencils and sharpie. 20 Mann students had their advertisements showcased in the Wednesday Journal! Great job! | 1st Grade Cupcakes 1st graders recently learned about Wayne Thiebaud and his wonderful dessert paintings. Using terracotta clay, the students sculpted cupcakes and added all sorts of fun toppings!!! The students used acrylic paints to finish the cupcakes and oil pastels to create a backdrop. Who's hungry?! | WSCAE Student Art Expo 2016 On April 23, 2016, the Cheney Mansion will host the 2nd Annual West Suburban Consortium of Young Artists Expo! Come see artwork from the fifteen districts that make up the West Suburban Consortium for Academic Excellence, including OP97! For more information, visit http://wscaeartist.weebly.com/ |
4th and 5th Grade Ads
Recently the 4th and 5th graders designed advertisements for local businesses. We learned all about what makes an ad successful and then the students applied their newly learned knowledge to paper via pencils and sharpie. 20 Mann students had their advertisements showcased in the Wednesday Journal! Great job!
1st Grade Cupcakes
1st graders recently learned about Wayne Thiebaud and his wonderful dessert paintings. Using terracotta clay, the students sculpted cupcakes and added all sorts of fun toppings!!! The students used acrylic paints to finish the cupcakes and oil pastels to create a backdrop.
Who's hungry?!
WSCAE Student Art Expo 2016
On April 23, 2016, the Cheney Mansion will host the 2nd Annual West Suburban Consortium of Young Artists Expo! Come see artwork from the fifteen districts that make up the West Suburban Consortium for Academic
Excellence, including OP97! For more information, visit http://wscaeartist.weebly.com/
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Author Visit - Michael Hall K-2 kids got to learn all about what an author does from our visit with Michael Hall, author of Frankencrayon! | Famous Author! 3rd - 5th graders received quite a treat when Chris Grabenstein came to visit kids in grades 3-5. | Pop up Maker Space For Valentine's Day the media center became a pop up space to make pop up valentines! |
Author Visit - Michael Hall
K-2 kids got to learn all about what an author does from our visit with Michael Hall, author of Frankencrayon!
Famous Author!
3rd - 5th graders received quite a treat when Chris Grabenstein came to visit kids in grades 3-5.
Pop up Maker Space
For Valentine's Day the media center became a pop up space to make pop up valentines!
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Second graders used the Mann Patent Office! The Mann Patent Office has been very busy these past few weeks approving and denying patent requests for second grade inventions! | Zootopia and Aristocats! Mann Kids received a HUGE award for our reading challenge - we got to go the movies! K-1 saw the classic Aristocats and 2-5 went to Lake Theater for a private viewing of Zootopia! It was an AWESOME day!! | A Twin Affair! Our Spring Reading Olympics team turned out to be made up of twins...get this - Lily Rose, Jacob, Nick, and Mrs. Rolfes --- all twins!! |
Second graders used the Mann Patent Office!
The Mann Patent Office has been very busy these past few weeks approving and denying patent requests for second grade inventions!
Zootopia and Aristocats!
Mann Kids received a HUGE award for our reading challenge - we got to go the movies! K-1 saw the classic Aristocats and 2-5 went to Lake Theater for a private viewing of Zootopia! It was an AWESOME day!!
A Twin Affair!
Our Spring Reading Olympics team turned out to be made up of twins...get this - Lily Rose, Jacob, Nick, and Mrs. Rolfes --- all twins!!
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Big Hearts and In the Cool of Winter February was full of music for our first and second graders. Thank you to our 1st graders for their special musical Valentine. Our second graders followed up with a winter concert featuring their musical performance of "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Videos are available on our Music Blog :) | 25th District 97 Choral Festival Our Mann Chorus performed beautifully at our District Festival! We had the opportunity to work with composer Paul Carey who was commissioned to create our finale number. 834 singers performed at the concert! Click here to listen to the music. | Jamaica Bound and All Things Pirate! Our 4th graders are heading to Jamaica for their performance Thursday, May 12 with the story of "The Cat and the Rat". 5th graders are creating ALL THINGS PIRATE. We've pulled out our swords (yard sticks) and buckets for their performance Tuesday, May 10. |
Big Hearts and In the Cool of Winter
February was full of music for our first and second graders. Thank you to our 1st graders for their special musical Valentine. Our second graders followed up with a winter concert featuring their musical performance of "The Mitten" by Jan Brett. Videos are available on our Music Blog :)
25th District 97 Choral Festival
Our Mann Chorus performed beautifully at our District Festival! We had the opportunity to work with composer Paul Carey who was commissioned to create our finale number. 834 singers performed at the concert! Click here to listen to the music.
Jamaica Bound and All Things Pirate!
Our 4th graders are heading to Jamaica for their performance Thursday, May 12 with the story of "The Cat and the Rat". 5th graders are creating ALL THINGS PIRATE. We've pulled out our swords (yard sticks) and buckets for their performance Tuesday, May 10.
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3rd Grade-Whitley We have learned to ask where did you go, yet we also learned how to respond. We worked on a short story about some animales. We are currently working on a different story about an estudiante loco. Please visit my blog for more information. | 4th Grade We have been having a lot of fun learning about mi amiga Maria and acting out her vida loca. However our main focus has been traveling. We learned how asked were something is and even how to order pulpo(octopus). | 5th grade Fifth graders read 5 chapters of a book called Brandon Brown wants a dog. We had a lot of fun learning about Brandon, his family and his problems. At the moment we are working on short stories. |
3rd Grade-Whitley
We have learned to ask where did you go, yet we also learned how to respond. We worked on a short story about some animales. We are currently working on a different story about an estudiante loco. Please visit my blog for more information.
4th Grade
We have been having a lot of fun learning about mi amiga Maria and acting out her vida loca. However our main focus has been traveling. We learned how asked were something is and even how to order pulpo(octopus).
5th grade
Fifth graders read 5 chapters of a book called Brandon Brown wants a dog. We had a lot of fun learning about Brandon, his family and his problems. At the moment we are working on short stories.
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First Grade In first grade we learned about a unit called Invierno Permanente ~ Permanent Winter. | Animales We learned the names of popular animals that live in the artict or live in cold places. We practiced by illustrating using the application Nearpod. | Libros We used and read books to learn more about the topic and we practiced vocabulary about weather, colors, foods, type of animals, climate and places were these anilmals live. |
First Grade
In first grade we learned about a unit called Invierno Permanente ~ Permanent Winter.
Animales
We learned the names of popular animals that live in the artict or live in cold places. We practiced by illustrating using the application Nearpod.
Libros
We used and read books to learn more about the topic and we practiced vocabulary about weather, colors, foods, type of animals, climate and places were these anilmals live.
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Heartland Adventure Kids-red blood cells , travel around the body picking up the oxygen in the lungs and delivering it to the brain and other organs. We learn about heart, it's chambers and valves, aorta, pace maker and coronary circulation. We measure heart rate during the workout and try to understand why and how it changes and feels. | Amusement Park-The Business World Make money running laps, spend it paying for tickets to get in just to play more, or just keep earning . All have to pay taxes! In K good enough if you can handle the bills:))) | Gymnastics- All Time Favorite Incredible talents developed in local gymnastics clubs never go by unnoticed. |
Heartland Adventure
Kids-red blood cells , travel around the body picking up the oxygen in the lungs and delivering it to the brain and other organs. We learn about heart, it's chambers and valves, aorta, pace maker and coronary circulation. We measure heart rate during the workout and try to understand why and how it changes and feels.
Amusement Park-The Business World
Make money running laps, spend it paying for tickets to get in just to play more, or just keep earning . All have to pay taxes! In K good enough if you can handle the bills:)))
Gymnastics- All Time Favorite
Incredible talents developed in local gymnastics clubs never go by unnoticed.
