Super Powers

First Grade students have been hard at work on their writing skills.

Using the OREO writing process Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Kuhn asked their class to write a letter to Captain Marvelous (that's Me) to apply to join the SuperHeroes Team.

We then pulled out the big green screen and using the app DoInk, students shared their superpower. We had a little fun with the flying and under the sea superpowers.

Click on the video below to reveal the newest members of the team's Super Powers.


What superpower would you have?

World Read Aloud 2019

Steward School students participated in World Read Aloud Day

Author Lauren Magaziner visited our third-grade students via Skype on January 31st! Lauren read from her newest book Case Closed: Mystery in the Mansion and students had the opportunity to ask her questions about the writing and revision process, being an author, and more. Students ended the Skype session feeling more inspired to read and write!

On Friday, February 1 as part of World Read Aloud Day, the first grade enjoyed a Skype visit with children’s book author Sue Fliess! Sue is the author of over 25 books for children. She read her new book to us  NINJA CAMP and talked to us about being an author. We got to ask her questions too! The kids really enjoyed the visit and we hope to have more interactions like that in the future. Talk about the author visit with your child—it’s a great way to encourage reading and writing in the classroom and at home.  If you’d like to read more about Sue and see her other books, please visit www.suefliess.com.

 Kindergarten students all brought in their Loveys and shared them with author Betsy Devany. She read her book Lucy's Lovey to the students and shared her loveys as well. The students were enthralled with her collection and the names she gave her characters. They especially enjoyed meeting Norman, a giant gorilla. 

Friday ended with a skype visit for second graders with author of the Ballpark Mysteries series, David Kelly. He shared his writing process and his love of baseball and baseball parks.

David also shared the Mystery of the Morse Code hidden on the Green Monster. Look closely at the dots and dashes. The initials of Tom Yawkey and Jean Yawkey appear vertically on the white stripes that separate the columns of the American League scores.

BreakOut Game for Growth Mindset

GROWTH MINDSET SKILLS TO BREAKOUT

Fourth and fifth-grade classes recently experienced BreakoutEDU with their classmates.  In two teams the challenge was to use clues, critical thinking, common sense and collaboration to solve puzzles and open a variety of locks on the BreakoutEDU boxes.   The theme for this edition was "growth mindset" and this competition against the clock had both teams put all their skills to work!

Do you think you could BREAKOUT? Give it a try. Here is one of the clues that will open a 3 digit lock.
Read below this post to discover the correct answer.

Click below to see the introductory video that set the stage.
How did you do?
Breakout Answer:
If you scanned the QR code you would have watched a video titled The Power of Yet The answer to the riddle is YET. The Count tells you that he loves the alphabet. When you look at the alphabet letters  Y E T and find the values for each letter you will discover the three number code.
Answer 035