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March 4, 2016 Wow! Did Juniata Elementary ever have an awesome week!

Last Friday evening Juniata Elementary's fifth and sixth grade Show Choir

performed their show, "Reaching for the Stars". There were close to 225

parents, relatives and friends in attendance. Selections included medleys fromBroadway hits "Les Miserables" and "Mary Poppins: The Musical." Students

rehearsed before and after school since December to perfect their singing,

dancing, and acting skills for the big show. Students were extremely proud to

share their talents! The Drama Club, directed by Heidi Soldner and KathyOtto, is now beginning work on their May musical, "Aladdin, Jr."

On Tuesday, March 1st Juniata Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday

with our annual Read-Across America Event! The school was full from top to bottom, as I said before it certainly was awesome! The best part of the

evening is that every Juniata student that was in attendance left with a brand

new book to read on their own or with their family. After all, reading is

everything, and if you don’t believe just read this famous quote from Dr.Seuss himself, “The more that you READ, the more things you will KNOW.

The more that you LEARN, the more places you’ll GO.



The celebration of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday was continued

throughout the week. Miss Earnest’s class focused on the

magical world of Dr. Seuss as the students participated in

interactive read aloud lessons, whole group discussions,sensory stimulating activities, writing prompts, and creative

movement and dance. In addition, in line with Juniata's

Positive Behavior Plan the students celebrated a month of

wonderful behaviors by building a snowmandemonstrating teamwork, communication, and friendship.

Third grade wrapped up February by reading Henry's

Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. The students learned about the brave abolitionist men and women who helped runaway slaves

on the Underground Railroad. In this particular story, the

students learned about Henry "Box" Brown's escape fromslavery and his 27 hour journey from Virginia to Pennsylvania

inside a wooden box.

Traditionally March comes in like a lion, but this year Third Grade welcomed March with snakes and

amphibians! Miss Heidi, from Canoe Creek State Park, returned for her final visit with our students and this

week's lesson was all about adaptations of snakes and amphibians. The students explored eleven different stationin order to learn about how amphibians and snakes hear, life cycles of frogs, viewing the similarities and

differences between reptile and amphibian eggs, and much more. The students have had a tremendous amount of

fun learning about all sorts of animals and their adaptations this year.

They cannot wait to head to Miss Heidi's "classroom" at Canoe Creek this coming May!



Fourth grade is making formative assessment FUN with Kahoot! Theyhave created a fun learning game that only takes a few minutes to help

them assess the learning of their students. We call these ‘Kahoots’, they

are made from a series of multiple choice questions, videos, and evendiagrams. The students are so engaged in the learning, it’s amazing! In

fact, they didn’t even realize they were being assessed. And…. They

wanted to do it again!!!

Each player answered questions on their own lap top, while the

game was displayed on the classroom Promethean Board to unite

the lesson – “Creating a campfire moment” – encouraging playersto look up at the screen and think about the questions. After each

question the leader board was displayed and students could see

their progress. It was exciting to see new students take the lead

after each question; truly a fun and rewarding way to demonstrate

learning. Give it a try – it’s a Kahoot!

“BELIEVE THERE IS GOOD IN THE WORLD” – The Juniata Student Council continues to try and live up to

their motto for the school year. Last night members of the student council and their advisors, Ms. Soldner and MrPerry spent time helping prepare some of the backpacks that will go home with students across this district today.

They were super excited and had a blast helping out!

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