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Girard Middle School students have been participating in a variety of academic activities, including studying for the Kansas Math Assessment, receiving their Kansas Library Cards, and studying France.
Wendy Arneson’s sixth and seventh grade math classes have been preparing for the Kansas Math Assessment. Alison Demm, student teacher from PSU, will assist Mrs. Arneson in her classroom this semester.
In addition to completing regular class assignments, students in Nate Clevenger’s math classes are continuing to prep for the Kansas Math Assessment, which will take place in two and a half months.
Rod Wescott’s physical education classes recently finished their basketball unit. Mr. Wescott said, “The students are now looking forward to spring so they can begin their softball unit.”
Brad Herlocker’s sixth grade history students recently finished their unit over the American Revolution. They memorized the Preamble and a portion of the Declaration of Independence, studied the development of the Constitution and will soon begin a unit on early civilizations.
Terry Adamson’s sixth grade English students are learning about verbs and verb functions as well as applying what they learn to short stories they are writing.
Along with this, his students visited the Media Center Thursday, Jan. 18, where Library Media Specialist Mary Jane Dent introduced them to the Kansas Library Card, which is sponsored by the Kansas State Library.
Mrs. Dent gave the students their individual cards, explained what resources are available and how they can be accessed, and had them log in using their pin number. They then used one of the databases to practice locating information on a topic of their choice.
The Kansas Library Card is their entry to online library resources, including high quality information and research databases, which can be accessed at school or at home.
The students will later do a research project in Mr. Adamson’s class using their cards.
Jan Geier’s eighth grade English students have started writing an essay on what they imagine their lives at the age of 24 will be like. They must include their personal and business life, as well as what the world and community will be like.
In addition, they talked about the structure of an essay, including introductions and conclusions.
Angela Kunshek’s seventh grade foreign language classes have begun exploring France. They learned about the holiday of Epiphany and about landmarks, historical figures, gargoyles and the different sites and types of food in Paris.
To conclude their unit they will create a poster about Paris over one of the previous items discussed in class.
Lisa Mahnken’s special education class will participate in the basketball Special Olympics at PSU on Feb. 22.
Alan Boultinghouse’s eighth grade agriculture students completed a PowerPoint over breed selection and are beginning to make leather key chains and butter.
Girard Middle School students have been participating in a variety of academic activities, including studying for the Kansas Math Assessment, receiving their Kansas Library Cards, and studying France.
Wendy Arneson’s sixth and seventh grade math classes have been preparing for the Kansas Math Assessment. Alison Demm, student teacher from PSU, will assist Mrs. Arneson in her classroom this semester.
In addition to completing regular class assignments, students in Nate Clevenger’s math classes are continuing to prep for the Kansas Math Assessment, which will take place in two and a half months.
Rod Wescott’s physical education classes recently finished their basketball unit. Mr. Wescott said, “The students are now looking forward to spring so they can begin their softball unit.”
Brad Herlocker’s sixth grade history students recently finished their unit over the American Revolution. They memorized the Preamble and a portion of the Declaration of Independence, studied the development of the Constitution and will soon begin a unit on early civilizations.
Terry Adamson’s sixth grade English students are learning about verbs and verb functions as well as applying what they learn to short stories they are writing.
Along with this, his students visited the Media Center Thursday, Jan. 18, where Library Media Specialist Mary Jane Dent introduced them to the Kansas Library Card, which is sponsored by the Kansas State Library.
Mrs. Dent gave the students their individual cards, explained what resources are available and how they can be accessed, and had them log in using their pin number. They then used one of the databases to practice locating information on a topic of their choice.
The Kansas Library Card is their entry to online library resources, including high quality information and research databases, which can be accessed at school or at home.
The students will later do a research project in Mr. Adamson’s class using their cards.
Jan Geier’s eighth grade English students have started writing an essay on what they imagine their lives at the age of 24 will be like. They must include their personal and business life, as well as what the world and community will be like.
In addition, they talked about the structure of an essay, including introductions and conclusions.
Angela Kunshek’s seventh grade foreign language classes have begun exploring France. They learned about the holiday of Epiphany and about landmarks, historical figures, gargoyles and the different sites and types of food in Paris.
To conclude their unit they will create a poster about Paris over one of the previous items discussed in class.
Lisa Mahnken’s special education class will participate in the basketball Special Olympics at PSU on Feb. 22.
Alan Boultinghouse’s eighth grade agriculture students completed a PowerPoint over breed selection and are beginning to make leather key chains and butter.
