Lunch Information

Starting May 1st the children will not be allowed to charge any breakfast or lunch.  Please make sure to pay close attention to your child's lunch account balance.  You can view their account by accessing it from the district web page. 

STAAR celebration

Today we celebrated taking the STAAR test for the first time.  We walked to Heritage Park and had a picnic and played on the playground.  We also played some serious basketball and of course had a science lesson on all of the catepillars!  We also went through the Botanical Gardens.  It was a beautiful day and we had a blast!

STAAR testing

The testing is over and the kids did a great job!  They all worked so hard the past 2 days and they deserve an award.......

Way to go 3rd graders, I am very proud of your hard work and determination!

STAAR testing

Today was a big day - STAAR testing!  The children loved their surprise this morning.....here's some pictures of them opening up their letters :)

And then it was time to get ready to take the test...so we got out our evil mustaches where we were ready to conquer the test!  No evil mustache question can get us!!!!!!!!!!

Brain break!

Today we did a new style of a brain break using a website called GoNoodle.  The kids loved doing it.  Here they are doing "Wipe out"

Fact and opinion

This week in Daily 5 the children had an activity to do that had them identifying some facts and opinions about themselves and their thoughts.   As I was reading these papers some of the opinions stood out to me.  These kids have some strong opinions and I am proud of them for sharing them and I hope that they always believe their opinions are right!  Here's a few of them......

Well of course I'm going to pick the one about me!  :)

I love the "I think" and "I believe" statements....both so very true!

I love this child's "I believe" statement and I hope their "I feel" opinion comes true!

I love this child's "I feel" opinion and of course I hope they stick to their "I think and I believe" opinions!

First Lego League

There will be a First Lego League parent information meeting on Tuesday, April 15th at 6:00 pm in the library.  If your child is interested in joining next year's FLL team, a parent will be required to attend the meeting in order to receive an application.  Students must be 9 years old by August 1, 2014 to apply.  For more information please attend the meeting!

Engineering

Today the children had a special assignment to create a prostetic arm that could pick up a cup from a table and set it back down.  We watched a video to introduce it and then they were given their supplies and off they went to create their own robotic arm.  Here's some pictures from it.....

Class picture

Our class picture came out very good!  If you preordered one they are coming home today.  I have a few extras and if you would like one please send $12 to school (either cash or check made out to Top of Texas photography)