Ledgemont Elementary School students had the special opportunity to meet members of the Thompson Fire Department and get an up-close look at safety trucks and equipment as part of Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-9.
Fire Safety Week Observed
Ledgemont Elementary School students had the special opportunity to meet members of the Thompson Fire Department and get an up-close look at safety trucks and equipment as part of Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-9.
The outdoor presentation featured a tour of an ambulance and fire truck, as well as a presentation on how the various equipment and technology is used by safety personnel to help people in the event of an emergency. Students also learned important fire safety tips and given a turn at spraying water from fire extinguishers.
Thank you to the members of the Thompson Fire Department for providing the students a fun, interactive and educational fire safety program.
6th-Graders S.T.E.A.M. Experience
Burton Elementary School sixth-grade students traveled to Geauga Airport earlier this week to participate in a practical and hands-on learning experience to reinforce the science, technology, engineering, art and math (S.T.E.A.M.) and project based learning curriculum in the district.
In addition to touring the life-sized planes in the hangar, students had the chance to fly their very own planes that they constructed in class and make assessments about their flight capabilities. Their goal was to compete with themselves and improve their airtime by charting actual data and brainstorming improvements in the building process. Students will have the chance to upgrade and enhance their planes in class next week.
Thank you to Amy Hochschild, sixth-grade science/social studies teacher, S.T.E.A.M. and Science Olympiad advisor, for developing the interactive project based assignment.
Multiplication Secret Agents
In a fun, academic and project based learning approach, fifth-grade students at Burton Elementary School recently disguised themselves as secret agents and traveled around a make-believe world at the building to solve multiplication problems. Specifically deploying detective skills to solve two-digit by two-digit multiplication factors, students had a fun and interactive time as they learned about this set of important math skills. Special credit goes to Sara O’Connor for the creative manner by which the elementary students absorbed an important math lesson.
Scarecrow Narrative Adventures
Burton Elementary School fourth-grade language arts students, with some guidance from Mrs. Neumore, Mrs. Burnett and Mrs. McCandless, have been busy this past week taking literary concepts and skills and putting them into practice with a seasonal hands on project.
The students first read “The Little Scarecrow Boy” by Margaret Wise Brown. Then, they designed their own scarecrow. Finally, they brought the scarecrows to life through their narrative writings. Students included story elements, such as characters and setting, dialogue and sensory language in their work.
The young authors’ works will be on display in local Burton storefronts during the Apple Butter Festival and the weeks that follow. Stop by and read about some of these amazing adventures that the scarecrows have experienced.
