Basketball update: Tuesday's boys home game vs Cherry, JH starts at 5:15, Parents' Night between JV & V. Wednesday Girls Section 7A tourney at 7PM (Home) vs BFLF. Go Polar Bears!
There will be a two hour late start on Monday, February 25th. Preschool will be cancelled.
Peers as Problem Solvers: Kindergarten students strengthened their skills as problem solvers within authentic contexts throughout the week. Whether it's figuring out how to transport water for our playdough recipe without spilling, finding room in the refrigerator for a tray of cookie dough, knowing how much money to spend at our classroom grocery store without going into debt, or building a magnetic tower that will withstand the weight of toy animals, kindergarten students are developing the mindset to see problems as opportunities to learn every day!
K2 STEM Snapshots of the Week
Perseverance: Building on Challenges to Experience Genuine Learning
Last week's K2 STEM lab session focused on the essential trait of perseverance. We walked through the picture book, What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada and discussed ways that problems serve as opportunities to learn. After our brief introduction and review of the inquiry process, kindergarten and second grade students explored multiple STEM challenges displayed throughout the room. These challenges were intentionally designed to cause students to collaborate, problem solve, analyze, and improve their structures within the constraints of time and materials.
The results were remarkable! Students were deeply engaged in these processes and persevered despite setbacks. This character trait of perseverance will help these young learners continue to excel now and throughout their lives as thinkers, creators, and leaders.
Ice and Floodwood Lion faced off at the home basketball game tonight!
Congratulations to Floodwood's own Jeffrey Palmer on joining the 1000 point club. Jeff surpassed the mark on 1/28/19 during a road game against East Central and has continued to put up impressive point totals in every game since. The picture depicts Jeff and his family celebrating the achievement. Come cheer on Jeff and his teammates on Parent's Night 2/26/19 versus Cherry!
We LOVE Science! Kindergarten students are having fun conducting their own science experiments at home this week with their Valentine Science Kits. Students have been reading through the directions, making hypotheses, conducting the experiments, and analyzing the results. These projects utilize everyday objects and are serving as an effective "warm up" to our extended inquiry activities planned for next week! Here is one student's experiment with red hot candies and three different temperatures of water. Which one do you think won? What does this tell us? This is big learning for our tiny team of thinkers!
Congratulations to Kennedi Johnson and her Polar Bear teammates on Kennedi reaching 1000 points in her basketball career at Floodwood! Quite an accomplishment for Kennedi and her teammates! Good luck to the Polar Bear girls during their last two regular season games and the 2019 playoffs!
Exciting news from the Floodwood Library Media Center (LMC). The library has 61 titles added to its eBook collection. This was made possible through a Capstone matching grant & Mid-America Book company's give-away program. Patrons also have access to 10 ABDO web-based titles.
Lip Sync class contest
Sophomore class wins the SnoWeek lip sync contest along with the Tug of War!
Dollars for Scholars Scholarships are now open and you can apply and hit submit. 2018 Grads & earlier, update your profile with your new information and 2 new references letters. If you use the same two people from last year's application, they must write new letters.
Today's class red, pink and white dress up day winners!
Kindergarten students were exploring the Orff instruments in music class and discovering low and high notes. They had a blast playing these instruments and did an awesome job taking turns and observing each other!
The Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-thon is tomorrow evening. If you miss your phone call and would like to donate, you can send a donation to DFS, PO Box 226, Floodwood, MN 55736. Thank you in advance for your support!
A few pictures from our first STEM activity with the Kindergarten and second grade.
Spotlight Students and Teacher
Gaven Roberts
Courtney Young
Me. Davidson
SnoWeek kicked off today with Pajama Day along with a pep fest and dodgeball tournament. Watch our Polar Bear spirit this week!!!!
STEM To Go: Students involved with our K2 STEM lab group will have an opportunity to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics concepts at home in a series of STEM To Go challenges.
Our very first participant is 2nd grade student, Lillian, who devoted much of her weekend to planning, creating, and redesigning an animal shelter. She is demonstrating the essential characteristics of a scientist and we are excited to hear about her experiences when we return to our K2 STEM lab this week.
