Red Cedar Chamber Music visited 2nd grade classes at Starry twice this week. Students got to learn about the group's instruments, discover what chamber music is, and enjoyed listening to Red Cedar play. Classes were even allowed to touch the cello at the end...some students were very surprised by how strong the vibrations from it felt!
More photos from Kindergarten math! Mrs. Sievers class uses pattern blocks to learn!
Kindergarten has finished learning about the types of handwriting strokes (vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and curved lines). They are now beginning to learn how to write the letters of the alphabet. Today they started with uppercase and lowercase L.
Some photos from the Chalk the Walk party today!
Our school wide celebration has been revealed! Today students will get to CHALK THE WALK! Stay tuned for pictures!
Mrs. Elliott's Kindergarten is learning to work with partners and become awesome readers! Here you see them partner reading. These are student stories from our Journeys reading curriculum.
Attention Starry Families:
See the flyer below for information about Starry FASTWORKS. It is a great opportunity for families to come together, have dinner, and bond with other Starry families.
More classes have earned their class points to add to our thermometer!
After earning 50 class points and adding to the thermometer, each class may have a class-wide celebration.
Here you see Miss Westen's 2nd grade class celebrating by watching the Magic School Bus and eating popcorn!
Four classes have earned 50 class points and have added to our thermometer! Eight classes left! Keep it up, Starry!
Kindergarten explores pattern blocks that will be used throughout the year in their math curriculum!
Officer Davis, the district SRO, directs traffic and greets students at Starry this morning. Thank you, Officer Davis!
First graders practicing being good citizens by picking up trash on the playground!
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Stay tuned to watch as each class at Starry fills up our thermometer to reveal our first school wide celebration.
To add to the thermometer, each class needs to earn 50 "class points". Go Starry!
Last week in Library class, Kindergarteners learned how to use shelf markers properly to choose books off the shelves! Mrs. Mainardi sang the Shelf Marker song to help teach them.
To the tune of the hokey pokey. "You put the shelf marker in, you take the book right out. You open up the pages to see what it's about. You do the booky-looky to see if it's just right. That's what it's all about!!"
So much awesome learning happening at Starry!
Here are some Kindergarten students investigating their "Class Tree". As part of the science unit, students learn and label parts of a tree and also study how the tree changes throughout the year!
Each week in 2nd grade, there is a "Story of the Week". Along with the story, there are vocabulary words that go along with it. During reading time, classes create motions or actions to go with each vocab word and they practice then throughout the week!
First Graders are also exploring math tools they will use for the rest of the year! Here they are using math templates that will help them learn shapes and playing a math game called "Bunny Hop" to explore the number line.
On Tuesday, 2nd graders class worked collaboratively to play a game called "The Number Line Squeeze". This game allowed students to practice familiarizing themselves with an important tool they will be using throughout 2nd grade. By working together, students were able to use language such as "greater than" or "less than" to understand the sequence of numbers and develop their number sense.
The first full week of 1st grade means working on handwriting, practicing your name, and learning how to have a growth mindset! and of course inside recess on rainy days!
Check out these fabulous Starry first graders!
