What's Happening at School?
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Schools - February 2018
IVAN CAPP Games
The 7th-graders in Mrs. Jungers' language arts class studied the 8 parts of speech and created a game using them all. They also had to think about writing clear and concise directions so anyone could play their game. IVAN CAPP stands for Interjections, Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, Conjunctions, Adverbs, Pronouns, Prepositions.
Career and Technical Education
Governor Kim Reynolds signed into a proclamation that February is Career and Technical Education Month. Many classrooms at GT/RA incorporate to combine technical, academic, and employability skills in a hands-on environment.
Creating Menus for Personal Restaurants
GT 8th-Grade Career Unit
The 8th-grade Career Unit is underway! The GT students have learned about how everyone is intelligent in different ways and have been studying Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. They have taken quizzes to see what areas they have strengths or weaknesses in. They were grouped in intelligence-alike groups and taught a skill to the entire class based on the strengths of that intelligence. They are now listening to guest speakers each day share about their occupations. The students are analyzing the information they hear from the speakers and applying it to what they know about intelligence and determining what types of intelligence are best fits for each occupation.
Dr. Dave Rentlescher, a veterinarian and professor at Iowa Lakes Emmetsburg Campus, spoke about his profession and had the students guess different bones from different animals.
Winter Olympics at GT High School
The GT High School Homerooms are participating in their own Winter Olympics. The homerooms are competing in competitions such as Battle of the Brains, Speed Skating, Curling, Diving, and Quidditch. An Opening and Closing Ceremony along with a Medal Presentation were enjoyed by all. Below students compete in the Hammer Throw and a Harry Potter game of Quidditch.
https://youtu.be/t_8K8vMkhzY
Other Olympic Activities
Building Bobsleds in Mrs. Hunefeld's class.
Researching Countries
Fifth-grade students are researching the countries that participate in the Olympics.
Reading Olympic Stories Online
Fourth-grade students are reading stories online about the Olympics.
Prairie Lakes AEA Literacy Support
Tricia Christopher helps the GT/RA PK and elementary teachers by providing support in reading and writing. Tricia visits our schools, studies our student data, models, and provides guidance to teachers on our students' needs and curriculum that is delivered. Student scores are improving with this support from our AEA.
Inferring
Students in Mrs. Zylstra's 6th-grade reading class are reading the book Holes by Louis Sachar. Students are using this book to understand what inference is by using what they know to understand the meaning.
Have Your DNA and Eat It Too!
Mrs. Goodchild's 7th-grade students are doing a unit on Cell Reproduction in Science.
Students built an editable model of DNA while learning the rules of base pairing and the structure of DNA.
2nd Grade Number Talk with Mrs. Jorgensen
4th Grade Problem Solvers
Kindergarten Discuss Where Do We See 100?
Teachers are Learners
On Friday, Feb. 16, the GT/RA teachers spent the day learning. The elementary teachers traveled to Storm Lake to learn about interventions that can be used in reading. The middle school and high school teachers learned about students with Autism, researched writing activities for their classrooms, and reflected on common core standards in their classrooms.
Planetarium Visit at GT Elementary
Mrs. Klepper borrowed a planetarium from Prairie Lakes AEA to allow students to see the night sky during the daytime! She talked to the students about the pictures that the stars make!
Gracie the Goat
Gracie was born a triplet in Ms. Robinson's goat herd about two weeks ago. She weighed 4 lbs. and was unable to walk. The GTRA agriculture students have helped nurse Gracie back to health. She is now about 6 lbs. and able to walk.
Hoops for Heart
RA Biology
Biology students created a lab to see what factors affect the rate of fermentation the most.
Mrs. Beisell
Mrs. Beisell discusses with students how to balance chemical equations.
RA 6th Grade Science
Students made models of biomes.
Ms. Graettinger's Freshmen Language Arts
The GT freshmen are working on writing analogies.