Intermediate Elementary | Spectrum School

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Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 18 – Sept. 22

Monday morning: draw a picture of a fact about water …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 11 – Sept. 15

Rainy Mondays are great for project time!Water Science! How many …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 5 – Sept. 8

Reader's Spotlight! Our first Reader’s Spotlight was Wednesday! Julia read …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Aug. 28 – Sept. 1

Happy First Day of School! Intermediate and Early got to …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! May 15 – May 19

Bravo to our Intermediate Band members and Recorder players for …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! May 8 – May 12

Geometry Olympics! We have been working hard to learn Geometry, …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! May 1 – May 5

Manipulating for equivalent fractions & making geometric patterns in collaborative …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Apr. 24 – Apr. 28

Survival Interest Group! First, knowing our home address, knowing how …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Apr. 17 – Apr. 21

Orchestra Moves Concert! The Orchestra Moves concert at the Coronado …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Apr. 10 – Apr. 14

Journal writing comparing Spring and Summer! Making an effort to …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Apr. 3 – Apr. 7

IE students re-write Bunnicula first person from a different character's …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Mar. 27 – Mar. 31

Wayside School! Our Wayside School chapter was about a speed …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Mar. 13 – Mar. 17

Learning family relationships in Spanish! Congratulations to Daliyah and Asher …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Feb. 27 – Mar. 3

Stump The Teacher! Team huddle to figure out a 5 …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 24

Thursday's All-School Share!More progress on playing the recorder this week!Have …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Feb. 13 – Feb. 17

Telephone! We played the classic Telephone game as an ice …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Feb. 6 – Feb. 10

Intermediate adding large numbers with student-constructed problems!Quiet Reading! Our quiet …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

Morning Journal! Morning journal was: what would you plan if …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Jan. 23 – Jan. 27

On Tuesday, we celebrated a whole decade of Asher! Happy …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Jan. 17 – Jan. 20

Some days you just need to hear your friends read …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Jan. 9 – Jan. 13

IE is working hard on their projects for our project …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Jan. 3 – Jan. 6

Thank you to Peregrine's dad, Farmer Ben, for bringing in …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Dec. 12 – Dec. 16

Anchor Charts! This week, we walked through what it is …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Dec. 5 – Dec. 9

Mountain Formation Projects! I’m very proud of my IE students …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Nov. 28 – Dec. 2

We had so much fun with Early Elementary, choosing our …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Nov. 14 – Nov. 18

Intermediate explores resources for our Rocks and Minerals unit!Dreambox Math! …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Nov. 7 – Nov. 11

Beginning Band! Beginning Band members Daliyah and Asher make a …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Oct. 31 – Nov. 4

Quiet Reading Time!Bal-A-Vis-X! Miss Mary Beth showed Intermediate more Bal-A-Vis-X …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Oct. 24 – Oct. 28

Morning Activities! Lots happening in the IE classroom this morning! …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Oct. 17 – Oct. 21

Buddy Time! We read 10 Apples Up On Top and …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Oct. 10 – Oct. 14

Music with Miss Sue! It has been a tradition in …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Oct. 3 – Oct. 7

All-School Share! Intermediate Elementary led the All-School Share on Tuesday …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 26 – Sept. 30

It was a beautiful day to walk to RU for …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 19 – Sept. 23

Old Joe Clark! Students enjoying a square dance to Old …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 12 – Sept. 16

What A Beautiful Tuesday! This crew was grateful for a …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Sept. 6 – Sept. 9

Our kiddos practicing Spanish with Mary Beth and doing pattern …

Intermediate Elementary Highlights! Aug. 29 – Sept. 2

Lots of wonderful choice/work time happening in Intermediate!Take the weekend …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! May 16 – May 20

Preparing auction items to be sent home! Thank you again …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! May 9 – May 13

Beautiful live music from the Rockford Symphony string quartet Monday …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! May 2 – May 6

Our Monet-inspired Japanese garden bridges!Making origami samurai hats for Children’s …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Apr. 25 – Apr. 29

PE at RU!Exploring the wonders of Anderson Gardens...Arigato Keiko! https://s4d4ec.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/agvid.mp4 …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Apr. 18 – Apr. 22

A snowy Monday walk to RU for PE! Our next …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Apr. 11 – Apr. 15

Trailblazers learning soft pastel techniques to use in our llama …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Mar. 28 – Apr. 1

Congratulations to the following band students for earning medals at …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Mar. 14 – Mar. 18

Pi Day Activities! Trailblazers completed a “Measuring Circles” activity where …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Mar. 7 – Mar. 11

Please return your field trip forms for our visit to …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Feb. 28 – Mar. 4

Sharing the hard work on our Antarctica projects and practicing …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Feb. 21 – Feb. 25

Interest Groups! Book Creators and Art Auction Adventurers: writing stories, …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Feb. 14 – Feb. 18

Trailblazers are going to begin preparations for our art auction …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Feb. 7 – Feb. 11

World Explorers sing about the Big Game! The World Explorers …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Jan. 31 – Feb. 4

We had a successful European Museum sharing Monday! Thank you …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Jan. 24 – Jan. 28

Angles, Prisms, and Pyramids...OH MY! The Orange group worked on …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Jan. 17 – Jan. 21

Identifying rhythm patterns with partners during our music lesson!Measuring perimeter …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Jan. 10 – Jan. 14

Movement lessons and yoga with Miss Amber! https://s4d4ec.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/yvid.mp4 Celebrating the …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Jan. 3 – Jan. 7

Sledding fun at recess!3D Radial relief sculptures using three different …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Dec. 13 – Dec. 17

Trailblazers pine cone makers!The World Explorers played a Composer matching …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Dec. 6 – Dec. 10

Monday, we celebrated Amora's birthday!!! Maasai Book Projects! On Tuesday, …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Nov. 29 – Dec. 3

The Trailblazers loved playing Bag the Beanbag for our movement …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Nov. 15 – Nov. 19

Beginning our first printing projects with artist in residence Ms. …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Nov. 8 – Nov. 12

Photo Investigation! Both IE groups collaborated during a photo investigation …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Nov. 1 – Nov. 5

Another fun tennis lesson with Coach Dan!Highlights from our Day …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Oct. 25 – Oct. 29

Partner-reading Chris Van Allsburg books looking for the “extraordinary in …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Oct. 18 – Oct. 22

Practicing paper organization and writing informational beginnings using nonfiction mystery …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Oct. 11 – Oct. 15

Supply Request: Miss Sue is in the process of putting …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Oct. 4 – Oct. 8

Trailblazers planned and painted their table caddies before the impending …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Sept. 27 – Oct. 1

Giraffe Cards! Using the Giraffe Cards app to practice multiplication …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Sept. 20 – Sept. 24

Working on creating a Trailblazer class logo!Busy morning making progress …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Sept. 13 – Sept. 17

Rock Paper Scissors with some Spectrum twists! https://s4d4ec.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/rpsvid2.mp4 https://s4d4ec.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/rpsvid1.mp4 Continents! …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Sept. 6 – Sept. 10

Curling up with our books for daily independent reading time!On …

World Explorers’ & Trail Blazers’ Journal! Aug. 30 – Sept. 3

Ms. Kelli and the... TRAIL BLAZERS! It was a close …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! May 17 – May 25

Getting started on our summer reading lists with a book …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! May 10 – May 14

Leona shared her writing workshop story “Astrocat’s Diary"! https://s4d4ec.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/leonavid.mp4 Personal …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! May 3 – May 7

A week from Thursday, on May 13th, we will be …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Apr. 26 – Apr. 30

We finished our fraction number line during Math on Monday!Beginning …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Apr. 19 – Apr. 23

Just a heads up…Monday, we discussed and practiced an intruder …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Apr. 12 – Apr. 16

stamps, Stamps, STAMPS! Going through Miss Pam’s stamp collection for …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Apr. 5 – Apr. 9

Fraction work during Math!Reading! This week, we engaged in both …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Mar. 29 – Apr. 1

The Brainstormers finished a timeline showing all the people from …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Mar. 15 – Mar. 19

Monday morning yoga with Ms. Tammie!Learning how to add decimals …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Mar. 8 – Mar. 12

Creat-ova-tors kicking off their week with a yoga session!Using “Stop …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Mar. 1 – Mar. 4

Happy Birthday to Jace and Nathan, who completed their birthday …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Feb. 22 – Feb. 26

Shades of Meaning! Arranging synonyms by level of intensity in …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Feb. 15 – Feb. 19

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Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Feb. 8 – Feb. 12

Word Wall! We collaborated to make a classroom Word Wall …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Feb. 1 – Feb. 5

Song for a Whale! Song for a Whale has been …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Jan. 25 – Jan. 29

Creat-ova-tors have been working hard on their digital processfolios for …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Jan. 18 – Jan. 22

Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up for both classes on Friday, …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Jan. 11 – Jan. 15

Creat-ova-tors' Reminders: -Please make sure your Creat-ova-tor's device is fully …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Jan. 5 – Jan. 8

Winter Wonderland!Our Japanese work with Ms. Keiko!Happy New Year! As …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Dec. 7 – Dec. 11

Hike Break! After cursive writing practice and finishing artwork in …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Nov. 30 – Dec. 4

Outdoor Music class with Mrs. Puetz!The Creat-ova-tors started a new …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Nov. 16 – Nov. 20

Our latest project based investigation: Floating Cities!Creating Japanese New Years …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Nov. 9 – Nov. 13

A group of students from Sally's cohort participated in this …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Nov. 2 – Nov. 6

Figuring out the volume of our classroom in cubic meters! …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Oct. 26 – Oct. 30

Continuing our architecture study and designing our Frank Lloyd Wright …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Oct. 19 – Oct. 23

The Brainstormers need some donations for a project next week, …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Oct. 12 – Oct. 16

The Brainstormers testing out ideas and collaborating with teams for …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Oct. 5 – Oct. 9

Our guitar gals proudly sharing their instruments!Yoga practice with Ms. …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Sept. 28 – Oct. 2

Chris Grabenstein presentation! The Creat-ova-tors attended a virtual presentation by …

Brainstormers and Creatovators’ Highlights! Sept. 21 – Sept. 25

Puffball dissection during recess!The Brainstormers adding to their Picasso guitars, …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Sept. 14 – Sept. 18

Scholastic Book Clubs is the best possible partner to help …

Brainstormers’ and Creatovators’ Highlights! Sept. 8 – Sept. 10

First-week-of-school birthday: Happy 10th Birthday, Lorien! Some book caddy construction: …

Recy-COOL Kids’ Chronicles! May 25 – May 29

Last Day Zoom Picnic & Bingo!Thank you so much for …

Recy-COOL Kids’ Chronicles! May 18 – May 22

Spirit Days for the last week of school! Tuesday 10:00AM …

Recy-COOL Kids’ Chronicles! May 11 – May 15

Check out this fun activity from Kelli's math group that …

Recy-COOL Kids’ Chronicles! Apr. 27 – May 1

An incredible source for children's books, and it's FREE to …

Recy-COOL Kids’ Chronicles! Apr. 20 – Apr. 24

Friday April 17th was International Haiku Day. Here are some …

Recy-COOL Kids’ Chronicles! Apr. 13 – Apr. 17

Genius Hour Intro! https://www.spectrumschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/genius-hour-intro-Google-Slides.webm Genius Hour proposals and pitches! Our …