In Art we are using a website called Canva to design a wallpaper for our Chromebook's.
5th grade has been learning all about atoms this week! Did you know more than 10 million atoms could fit across the surface of a pinhead? Wow!
An earlier post today through our social media channels erroneously shared information for girls' basketball. Please accept our deepest apologies for any confusion this may have caused. Our girls' basketball program is co-oped with Chester East Lincoln, and not CCS.Thank you to those who brought concerns and questions to our attention. As information becomes available from CEL about that program, we will share that information with you through our communication channels.
Stem in 3rd grade this week was building the tallest tower using 24 unsharpened pencils.
5th Grade Fine Arts is working on a Technical Theatre unit, and yesterday we learned about sound design! Everyone chose an animal, and used items they found around the room to create walking, running, eating, and "talking" sounds for their animal. Here is an image of us showing off the items we used to make our animal sounds!
The address for the baseball game tomorrow is Schlitt Park, 2415 Sharon Dr, Springfield, IL 62704. It is a turf field so no metal cleats, sunflower seeds, or gum.
Also, baseball pictures have been moved to September 6th at 3:30. We don’t typically practice on Friday, but with the Logan County Tournament being the next day, Coach Fuiten wants the boys to hit in the batting cages until after pictures until 5:00.
Kindergarten has been discussing rules, laws and those in authority in Social Studies. During today's discussion, we learned about the order of authority at school: principal, teacher, student. Some students weren't sure who the principal was so Mrs. Shaver was kind enough to take a minute with the class.
Reminder to parents: Today Wednesday 8/28 is a 1:30 dismissal!
Baseball practice on Wednesday will be from 4-5 at the LCHS batting cages where there are more shaded areas. Boys can wear shorts.
It is Mail Call Monday in the Special Education classroom! Each student gets a note addressed to them checking-in, giving them an overview of what is happening for the week. They then write and address a note for someone they choose.
The baseball game at Delavan is canceled today. No practice.
Baseball pictures will be next week September 4th at 3:30. The boys will practice after pictures have concluded.
1st and 2nd graders learned how to evacuate the bus safely on Monday!
We celebrated the completion of our first full week of hard work in 1st and 2nd grade with smelly stickers, extra recess, and an extra special birthday celebration for Lilah! Congrats 1st and 2nd grade! Keep up that hard work! And happy birthday on Sunday, Lilah!!
5th grade students are learning about the properties of different states of matter. Today they experimented by making a non-newtonian fluid which have the properties of both solids and liquids!
Here is an update for the baseball games this weekend:
We play at 10:00 at the Lincoln Park District Pony Field (our home field) against Illini Central. Be there at 9:00. Then we play again at 2:00 at LCHS field against Greenview.
Fun Friday!
Playing games with letters helps us learn new words and how to recognize them when they are mixed up. Check out the words we came up with! How many words can you make with 3 or more letters out of the remaining letters on the table?
Balloons Over 66 Baseball Tournament for 8-24-24. The first game for the boys baseball will be at 10 am and the second game will be at 2 pm. Good luck boys!!!!
Here is the calendar for the Crusaders Baseball team. I will also add in the practice times to the NHM District Calendar. Have a great day everyone.
