What: Glow Run
Who: Longfellow, Starry, and FMI Families
When: Thursday, September 29th
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Where: MHS track

Kindergarten continues to practice handwriting strokes in #CKLA Skills with playdough and whiteboards. #CKLA #edchat #k12 #starryinspire #misdinspire @amplify




We had a very special visitor today! Paul Bunyan was at Starry! And he brought all 2nd graders pancakes with syrup!
The 2nd graders just finished learning about tall tales and identifying the different characteristics within different tales. This was part of our #CKLA curriculum.




WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
Meet Miss Bree! She is new to Starry this year as one of our outstanding special education #paraprofessionals who work hard every day for our students. Thanks for all you do Ms. Bree! #starryinspire #misdinspire

As another part of our new #CKLA curriculum, 1st graders practiced sequencing using fables, and understanding the moral of a story. This one was “treat others the way you want to be treated”. #starryinspire #misdinspire



Students are practicing their combinations of ten today by playing “Fishing for a Ten” as part of their #everydaymath curriculum #starryinspire #misdinspire



Kindergarten students explore with pattern blocks in math! #starryinspire #misdinspire



1st grade is also working on their #everydaymath curriculum! Here you see students playing Penny Dice. In partners, they roll the dice, count the number of pennies, and compare numbers to decide who has more at the end! #starryinspire #misdinspire



Join us for the Fall Dine Out For Our Schools event on Thursday, September 15th!

WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
Meet Mrs. Caswell! She is the #speechlanguagepathologist from @GrantWoodAEA who is assigned to Starry.
Fun fact about Mrs. Caswell: She has 2 young kids and is a very talented singer! #starryinspire #misdinspire

2nd grade students learned a new game and are practicing being good partners in math. #starryinspire #misdinspire




Kindergarten is learning a variety of Nursey Rhymes as a part of #CKLA curriculum. They are enjoying singing along to them and acting them out. Here they learned,"Jack Be Nimble" & had fun showing how nimble they are by jumping over the candlestick. #starryinspire #misdinspire



See the flyer below for information about our first FASTWORKS night at Starry. #misdinspire #starryinspire

At MISD, we have adopted a new curriculum which is referred to as CKLA. It stands for Core Knowledge Language Arts.
Here, you see Kindergarteners in Mrs. Elliott's class practicing pencil grip and writing lines as part of #CKLA curriculum. #starryinspire #misdinspire



More photos from one of the student's favorite times of the day! Soft Start! #misdinspire #starryinspire



WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY is back! Each week, we will feature a staff member so you can put names to faces and faces to names. #starryinspire #misdinspire
First up is our new Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Werling. Mrs. Werling comes to us as a former preschool teacher in Cedar Rapids and is excited to start her adventure in Kindergarten. Welcome to the Starry family, Mrs. Werling!

Each morning at Starry, we start the day with "Soft Start", a calm time to play with peers for a great start to the day. Here, Kindergarten students work together with magna-tiles! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Phone lines have been restored at transportation. Thanks for your patience.
If you are trying to reach transportation this morning, the phones are currently down. Please email Kat at kwalsh@marion-isd.org or call your building secretary to get a hold of transportation.
The first few weeks of school include a lot of learning of expectations and routines in order to prepare for a great school year! #starryinspire #misdinspire



