Our Kindergartners are making discoveries, building math and literacy knowledge, and learning to collaborate and problem solve during purposeful play each week! ❤️
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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Our Kindergarteners are practicing being social detectives and following the group plan! Every week Mrs. Pesevento joins each of our Kindergarten classrooms to read us a story from the Social Thinking Series! These lessons help us to become even better friends and partners at school! ❤️
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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Our Kindergarteners are “smartie spellers”! We’re having fun using our October vocabulary words, highlighting sight words, and building stamina for writing independent during Writer’s Workshop! ✏️
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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It is Principal Appreciation Week! Center Cass 66 would like to recognize our outstanding building principals for all they do for our students, staff, and community! #ThankAPrincipal #GreatSchoolsHaveGreatPrincipals #ccsd66
over 3 years ago, Karen Spencer
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Ide students showing their appreciation for their bus drivers today! Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Day! #idepride #weloveourbusdrivers #ccsd66
over 3 years ago, Alison Beseth
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That's right! Megan Dagnino was in full character as "Witch Eldora" while reading her story book "Witch's Brew" to the students at Elizabeth Ide! Such a treat and joy to have an author visit with students to inspire and ignite our imagination!
over 3 years ago, Sean Rhoads
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Elizabeth Ide students had the best surprise today when Megan Dagnino, author of “Witch’s Brew,” came to their lunch and read them her book! Team Beseth couldn’t wait to get some pictures with her! #idepride #witchsbrew 🧙‍♀️🎃 📖
over 3 years ago, Alison Beseth
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During our Word Study time, first grade students sorted pictures by beginning sound and matched words to the pictures.
over 3 years ago, Jennifer Finn
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Team Halper celebrated earning 10 class PAWS with Flashlight Friday! Students had so much fun reading by flashlight and using flashlights during math centers.
over 3 years ago, Jennifer Halper
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Our 1st grade scientists are hard at work creating models to demonstrate how animals and plants use camouflage as a defense against predators in the wild. 🥼#firstgraderocks #idepride🦁
over 3 years ago, Rebecca Hull
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First graders used clay and other materials to create a model of structures that animals and plants use to defend themselves.
over 3 years ago, Jennifer Finn
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We love it when our crafts double as Fall decorations! We had fun tracing our hands to make a tree trunk and strengthening our fine motor skills by ripping up piles of “leaves” for our Fall trees! 🍂
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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We celebrated our first Star Student this week! We are so excited to be able to welcome guest readers into our classroom again! ⭐️
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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Our Kindergarteners loved reading outside and enjoying the beautiful weather! ☀️📚
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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Our Kindergarteners are working hard at adding labels and details to their pictures, and identifying sight words in their writing during writer’s workshop! ✏️
over 3 years ago, Mrs. Staiton
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Team Finn chose the school library to “get caught reading” for our Elizabeth Ide September reading incentive. They loved it! 📚 💕
over 3 years ago, Jennifer Finn
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Team Finn chose the school library to “get caught reading” for our Elizabeth Ide September reading incentive. They loved it! 📚 💕
over 3 years ago, Jennifer Finn
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Thank you to our amazing custodians for their hard work behind the scenes to keep our schools safe and clean! #NationalCustodianDay #ccsd66
over 3 years ago, CCSD66
Hallway of lockers that reads National Custodian Appreciation Day Thank you!
Our 1st grade mathematicians partnered up to play Domino Top Draw! Learning how to add and playing games with our friends is a WIN WIN!! #firstgraderocks #idepride🦁
over 3 years ago, Rebecca Hull
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Our 1st grade scientists are hard at work this week building models to explain how animals use different body structures to defend themselves in the wild. #firstgraderocks✏️ #idepride🦁
over 3 years ago, Rebecca Hull
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