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Today was a great day!  The children worked on their writing.  With the help of our guest speaker, Mrs. Stewart, we are helping them to take their skills to a higher level.  All are working on a writing piece and we are conferening with them to share ideas and strategies to improve their writing. They are…

Second Grade enjoyed the first set of presenters.  They were wonderful!  The children were so confident and it is apparent that they learned so much during their research. We also spent time finishing up our “Wanted” posters to show how much we know about our body structure and hung them outside the classroom.  Noah F,…

First Graders are continuing to study about soil and its valuable importance for food and plant growth.  Today students were to imagine that they are Scientists from Planet Zog.  Their mission is to come to Earth to find out all that they can about soil and then take back this new knowledge through research and…

Fifth Grade has been working so diligently on the Middle Ages.  They have completed in-depth research to help them as they develop a character presentation and manor.  Students have been writing scripts, creating props, and practicing speaking with a Medieval voice. The children are using creativity to build manors that historically depict manors of the time. …

Fourth Grade is having a wonderful time working on their writing skills, developing their Public Service Announcements, and learning about the Olympics.  Check out some of the comments from the last two weeks: Sophia said excitedly, “I thought today was fantastic because I got some good quality time writing my script for my Public Service…

Last week our class had a great time working on our PowerPoints,  practicing presenting,  as well as creating our Wanted Posters. Kristen said, “I had an awesome day at gifted. I liked when we did problem solving because I had the chance to be challenged!” Isabella was excited to share, “Today was a great day!…

Since it was 100 Day, we wanted to have some fun with 100. First grade students used prediction skills to imagine how their life could be 100 years from now. We created Storyboards explaining about our life in the future. They were excited to put these together and we will share them next week.  We finished…

We know it’s been awhile since our last update, so we wanted to give you a little bit of what has been happening in class.  With the start of the new year, Mrs. Mendez and I have begun to work with your children separately.  The children meet with Mrs. Mendez in the morning and with…

Thank you for coming to open house this week and being so warm and accepting of me as one of your child’s gifted teachers. I already feel a part of the Stone Lakes family and look forward to a wonderful year ahead!                                                                   ~Mrs. Mendez   This week was another AWESOME week in the Gifted…

Families, This week was an amazing week!  The students were thinking out of the box at every turn.  We are so excited to share with you what is happening in our classes. All Grades:  We explained and set up the gifted frameworks and learning goals and how to record it in the student planners.  Please…