
Happy Veterans Day to all who have served and are currently serving our country.
A special shout out to our own Starry hero and Head Custodian, Ms. Renee, who served in the United States Army. Thank you for your service!


Students in 2C participated in a class spelling bee to practice words they have already learned as well as understand how to be a good sport like Gail, a character from a series of stories they have been reading in #CKLA Skills. @amplify #edchat #starryinspire #misdinspire





First graders in 1H discussed comprehension questions to check for understanding during their #CKLA knowledge time. @amplify #edchat #starryinspire #misdinspire



“Monster Squeeze” is a number game used in Kindergarten. Students use number relationships (greater/less) to find a mystery number. #mathed #edchat #starryinspire #misdinspire





WHO’S WHO WEDNESDAY!
This is Miss Kayla! She is a special education #paraprofessional at Starry who supports teachers and students with behavioral and academic needs. Thank you for being a support for our students, Miss Kayla! #starryinspire #misdinspire


By unanimous vote by each class, Mr. Z is the lucky winner! When all classes earn 75 class points, we will hold a special assembly to see Mr. Z get pied in the face! #pbis #starryinspire #misdinspire


STUDENTS OF THE WEEK!
The following students have been named Student of the Week for showing the Marion Way! #studentoftheweek #pbis #starryinspire #misdinspire





Student of the Week is back! As part of our PBIS program, each class will have a Student of the Week winner for their assigned Marion Way expectation. These expectations change weekly and students are working hard to follow them! Stay tuned!


Second graders are playing a new math game, Salute! Salute is intended for students to practice their addition and subtraction facts by using the number they see and the sum to try to figure out what their number is! #starryinspire #misdinspire



WHO’S WHO WEDNESDAY!
These 2 important (and fun) people are @GrantWoodAEA staff assigned to MISD. Molly Hackett (school psychologist-left) & Beth Votroubek (school social worker-right) support students, families, and teachers in providing a variety of supports. #starryinspire


A fun game of soccer at recess on this beautiful first day of November! #starryinspire #misdinspire


Click the link below to read about how Starry Second Graders have been learning about Asian civilizations. #ckla @amplify #starryinspire #misdinspire
https://www.marion-isd.org/o/starry/article/893712

We had our fall celebrations on Thursday this week! Starry staff dressed as Class Dojo monsters and we had a parade to see everyone’s amazing costumes! #starryinspire #misdinspire





Kindergarten had so much fun this week visiting @bloomsburyfarm ! #starryinspire #misdinspire



As part of their science unit, 2nd grade learned about pebbles, sand, silt, and the earth’s other natural resources. Last week, they visited Devonian Fossil Gorge in Iowa City to continue their learning. #starryinspire #misdinspire #edchat


WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
This Mrs. Petersen, and she is another one of our fabulous 1st grade teachers. Mrs. Petersen was on maternity leave for the first part of this school year and we are happy to have her back! #starryinspire #misdinspire


The results are in! By unanimous vote, all classes chose watching a staff member get pied in the face as our next school wide reward! Now, classes will get to vote on who, Mr. Z or Counselor Johnson, gets the pie! 😉🥧 #starryinspire #misdinspire #pbis


1st grade students have been learning so much about their bodies and systems! Mrs. Hrubes’s class worked hard on their life size posters! #CKLA @amplify #edchat #misdinspire #starryinspire





First graders working with Mrs. Freese are working with adding two-digit numbers with a one-digit number and subtracting one-digit numbers from two-digit numbers to “Race to 100.” #misdinspire #starryinspire



Kindergarten students have been working hard on retelling stories using the correct sequence of events as part of their new knowledge unit on classic stories. #CKLA @amplify #edchat #starryinspire #misdinspire



