September 2022

Ms. Gappmayer's Bridge Builders!

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Marshmallow Bridges

Ms. Gappmayer's 3rd grade students read, "Pop's Bridge" in their Journey's book.  This is a realistic fiction story that follows two young boys and their fathers who helped build the Golden Gate Bridge.  At the end of the week, the students created their own bridges out of marshmallows and toothpicks! They had so much fun creating their own unique designs.

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Shavon Mousser

Art With the AMAZING Ms. Howard

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Art

During the first few weeks of art, students worked on sketchbooks, mini masterpieces for the tiny art gallery, and drew small portraits for the schoolwide collaborative mural . 

Kindergartners explored a variety of lines and learned that a sculpture is art as they created their paper line sculptures.

”Involvement of students in arts and music programs has been shown to increase academic achievement (Bamford, 2006; Catterall, Chapleau & Iwanaga, 1999 and Wetter, Koerner, Schwaninger, 2009), IQ (Schellenberg, 2006), attendance (Dreezen, Aprill & Deasy, 1999), attitude to attendance (Uptis & Smithrim, 2003), performance on standardized reading and verbal tests (Butzlaff, 2001), verbal skills (Hetland & Winner, 2001), reading for pleasure (Uptis & Smithrim, 2003) and literacy (Bamford, 2006; Hunter, 2005 and Spillane, 2009).

Taken from- https://eprints.qut.edu.au/215203/1/69164.pdf

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Shavon Mousser

Ms. Mansfield's Library Students

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Library

Ms. Mansfield has created a welcoming library at Sage Creek where students can select great literature to read and study!  "The school librarian can suggest new books and resources to stretch your child's boundaries and help them grow as a learner."  Thank you, Ms. Mansfield!

https://ilovelibraries.org/school-libraries/#:~:text=In%20the%20school%20library%2C%20learners,personal%20narrative%20to%20engage%20learners.

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Shavon Mousser

Do You Know a Great Educator?

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Utah Jazz

"Instructure, the Salt Lake City-based makers of the Canvas Learning Management System, and the Utah Jazz today announced the renewal of their partnership to recognize local educators at Jazz games throughout the season. The program – Utah Jazz Most Valuable Educators presented by Instructure – invites the Utah community to nominate local educators who are making an impact in their schools and communities and who are an inspiration in the lives of their students."

You can nominate a teacher who has made a difference by clicking on the link below.

www.nba.com/jazz/mve

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Shavon Mousser