October 2015

Mrs. Fordiani's sixth-grade students enjoyed designing their own Ancient Greek pottery using oil pastels and paint. Their creative artwork turned out beautiful!

Mrs. Fordiani's sixth-grade students enjoyed designing their own Ancient Greek pottery using oil pastels and paint. Their creative artwork turned out beautiful!

Third-grade has some great looking pumpkins, that students decorated to look like a book character for their book reports.  

Third-grade has some great looking pumpkins, that students decorated to look like a book character for their book reports.  

In Mr. Atkin's 4th grade class, we are learning about preserving organism and other kinds of fossils. We explore all the many kinds of insects that get trapped in ancient tree resin which later hardens and fossilizes into amber preserving the ancient insects inside. After the lesson on preserved organisms, the kids get to make some. They have to catch an insect, freeze it (usually in the faculty freezer, much to some teacher's dismay), and then later cover it with an epoxy. The kids love making these models of preserved organism and some turn out really interesting. 

Spring Lake's 4th grades went fossil hunting Tuesday. They found lots of great fossils and even saw a few wildlife friends. The kids had tons of fun playing in the sand and looking for fossils, but the highlight was definitely the spider. We found a tarantula on our hike and if parents were willing, kids got to hold it. Mr. Atkin even gave it a kiss. It is learning experiences like these that kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Other then of few stickers, the field trip was a huge success. 

Reflections are due October 21st

The Great Pumpkin Hunt

October PTA Newsletter

First-grade students have had fun making space scenes in art.