Juggling at Roundtown
5/10/17 Team R Reporters: Hailey, Bryson, Charlie, Molly
5/10/17 Team R Reporters: Hailey, Bryson, Charlie, Molly
Every Spring, Mr. Stiffler (our gym teacher) gets the scarves out. You know what that means… it’s juggling time! For the past 19 years, Mr. Stiffler has taught Roundtown students the art of juggling. Juggling, like any sport, has a method that everyone can learn. Mr. Stiffler teaches the X Pattern with two scarves first, then slightly changes the pattern to include three scarves.
Sarah from Mrs. Weikert’s class learned to juggle by watching Mr. Stiffler. She perfected juggling when he watched her and gave her tips on her technique. When the students finally “get it”, they feel proud and relieved. Juggling takes a lot of hard work and practice as well as mental toughness. Mr. Stiffler encourages them to not give up and if they drop a scarf, pick it up and keep trying. Juggling is Mr. Stiffler’s favorite thing to teach at Roundtown because he likes seeing their good work ethic. Johanna from Mrs. Weikert’s class likes juggling because it’s very challenging and gives your brain exercise. Rafael from Mrs. Linsey’s class said that juggling came easy for him and he thinks it’s just really fun.
All three students love Phys Ed, especially Capture the Flag, Volcano, and Juggling. They like gym class because they get to play games, have fun and get exercise.
The students transition to balls after scarves, which drop faster and are a little harder but all these students want to keep improving and have the goal of juggling balls someday.
Sarah from Mrs. Weikert’s class learned to juggle by watching Mr. Stiffler. She perfected juggling when he watched her and gave her tips on her technique. When the students finally “get it”, they feel proud and relieved. Juggling takes a lot of hard work and practice as well as mental toughness. Mr. Stiffler encourages them to not give up and if they drop a scarf, pick it up and keep trying. Juggling is Mr. Stiffler’s favorite thing to teach at Roundtown because he likes seeing their good work ethic. Johanna from Mrs. Weikert’s class likes juggling because it’s very challenging and gives your brain exercise. Rafael from Mrs. Linsey’s class said that juggling came easy for him and he thinks it’s just really fun.
All three students love Phys Ed, especially Capture the Flag, Volcano, and Juggling. They like gym class because they get to play games, have fun and get exercise.
The students transition to balls after scarves, which drop faster and are a little harder but all these students want to keep improving and have the goal of juggling balls someday.
Watching the Chrysalis Process
5/4/17 Team P Reporters: Autumn, Azelin, Liam, Mariana
5/4/17 Team P Reporters: Autumn, Azelin, Liam, Mariana
Mrs. Linsey’s second grade class is helping caterpillars become butterflies. They learned about the life cycle and how they start out as a caterpillar, turn into a chrysalis (cocoon) and become a butterfly. The first part of the life cycle that the class didn’t see was the caterpillar hatching from eggs. The class got caterpillars about a week ago. They didn’t have to feed them because the company that sent them already had food in the bottom of the jars. When they left Friday and came back Monday, the caterpillars had made their chrysalis. Students liked and were surprised by how quickly they turned into their cocoons. Since this wasn’t in nature where the caterpillar would normally attach to the bottom of a leaf or branch, Mrs. Linsey had to help the caterpillars by transferring the fabric that the chrysalis attached to in the jar to the top of a net cage using tape.
All the caterpillars are now in the chrysalis stage but soon they will turn into butterflies. When butterflies first come out of their chrysalis, their wings are wet and fragile. They need to learn to fly. The class gives them a safe place to get strong in flying so they don’t get eaten. They put flowers and leaves in the cage, and also feed them sugar water. The class learned that some of the chrysalis will never come out of the cocoon to turn into a butterfly. They also learned that different breeds of butterflies take different amounts of time to go through the process.
Through this whole process, students most enjoyed seeing the change in stages, watching them quickly crawl up and turn into a chrysalis. They also liked seeing them go in the butterfly net cage and be ready to emerge as a butterfly.
The class was sad about the fact that the butterflies die one month after all their hard work. But the life cycle continues and these butterflies lay eggs to start the process all over again.
All the caterpillars are now in the chrysalis stage but soon they will turn into butterflies. When butterflies first come out of their chrysalis, their wings are wet and fragile. They need to learn to fly. The class gives them a safe place to get strong in flying so they don’t get eaten. They put flowers and leaves in the cage, and also feed them sugar water. The class learned that some of the chrysalis will never come out of the cocoon to turn into a butterfly. They also learned that different breeds of butterflies take different amounts of time to go through the process.
Through this whole process, students most enjoyed seeing the change in stages, watching them quickly crawl up and turn into a chrysalis. They also liked seeing them go in the butterfly net cage and be ready to emerge as a butterfly.
The class was sad about the fact that the butterflies die one month after all their hard work. But the life cycle continues and these butterflies lay eggs to start the process all over again.
Global Art Project
4/27/17 Team D Reporters: Kaitlyn, Nolan, Everett, Alex, Maddie
4/27/17 Team D Reporters: Kaitlyn, Nolan, Everett, Alex, Maddie
Can you imagine that you can make art with people from around the world that you’ve never seen? Mrs. Peckmann’s 2nd grade class is participating in the Kandinsky Project. Kandinsky is a famous artist that made small circles of many colors to see how colors looked together. When he put them together in a collage, he realized it made a beautiful art project. Just as Kandinsky put his circles together, we are working with other schools across the world to do the same.
Students from places like Canada, Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin and Texas exchange their artwork circles with us and include a letter from their school. The letters shared that their schools are very similar to ours and students do the same things even though they are in different places. Twenty four schools, including Roundtown, complete one 6 ½ X 6 ½ inch paper square which will be turned into one large collage. This project helps the class connect with students from other places when they Skype with them.
Besides learning about other schools and creating a collage, the Kandinsky Project also helped us learn about color combinations and art. Mrs. Pituch, our art teacher, said that she likes the project because the students get to experiment and have fun with colors.
Students from places like Canada, Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin and Texas exchange their artwork circles with us and include a letter from their school. The letters shared that their schools are very similar to ours and students do the same things even though they are in different places. Twenty four schools, including Roundtown, complete one 6 ½ X 6 ½ inch paper square which will be turned into one large collage. This project helps the class connect with students from other places when they Skype with them.
Besides learning about other schools and creating a collage, the Kandinsky Project also helped us learn about color combinations and art. Mrs. Pituch, our art teacher, said that she likes the project because the students get to experiment and have fun with colors.
How One Student Unselfishly Helps Others
4/19/17 Team U Reporters: Eoin, Alex, TJ, Ben, Vivian
4/19/17 Team U Reporters: Eoin, Alex, TJ, Ben, Vivian
Kyndal from Mrs. Weikert's class had a birthday on March 14th. Instead of having guests bring gifts for her birthday, she asked them to bring donations to the panther pantry. She came up with the idea when she looked around and realized that she had enough stuff. She knows how many people are homeless and poor. She shared that when she needs something she can go to the store, but many people can't.
It made her feel happy to do this because of donating things to others and bringing people together to help the community. Her parents, aunts, grandparents and cousins donated canned food, macaroni and cereal as well as other items. She received so many items! The next thing that she needs to do is organize the food by checking dates and sorting by category.
Kyndal was also a little embarrassed that she was getting so much attention. She was startled that she got a panther roar on the announcements. She chose to give to the panther pantry because she knows where the donations go. It's important to give to people who need help in our community.
Even though she didn't receive gifts, she still had fun at her birthday party.
It made her feel happy to do this because of donating things to others and bringing people together to help the community. Her parents, aunts, grandparents and cousins donated canned food, macaroni and cereal as well as other items. She received so many items! The next thing that she needs to do is organize the food by checking dates and sorting by category.
Kyndal was also a little embarrassed that she was getting so much attention. She was startled that she got a panther roar on the announcements. She chose to give to the panther pantry because she knows where the donations go. It's important to give to people who need help in our community.
Even though she didn't receive gifts, she still had fun at her birthday party.
Keeping Our Cafeteria Clean
4/12/17 Team O Reporters: Zonnie, Abigail, Analisse, Cole G.
4/12/17 Team O Reporters: Zonnie, Abigail, Analisse, Cole G.
What does it look like when you’re eating in the cafeteria? Is it loud, crazy, and messy? Miss Decker’s Ducklings and Mr. Matthews’ Marvels noticed that the actions in the cafeteria don’t always match up with our Roundtown PROUD way. They saw trash and food on the floor under the tables, kids who were eating while they were carrying their tray to the trashcan, not cleaning up trash because they said it’s not theirs, and not carefully dumping their trays. They saw all these things and said, “This is not right! We can do something to change it.” They wanted to help Mr. Rudy take care of our cafeteria and this in turn helps all our students at Roundtown have a cleaner, nicer cafeteria to eat lunch.
These kindergarten and first graders took ownership and wanted to be good citizens, so they came up with a plan to take better care of our cafeteria. The classes presented their ideas to Mr. Miller and put together a video and posters, explaining the problem and the steps to fix it. To help you remember the five tips, the Ducklings and Marvels came up with the acronym LUNCH:
L – Look before you go
U – Understand your lunch job (which is to eat)
N – Nothing on the floor when you leave
C – Clean your area
H – Hold your tray with two hands
These two classes are making a huge difference at Roundtown. They plan to present the video and show the entire school the posters at the next community morning meeting. This way all the school can know about how we can keep our cafeteria clean. We can all do our part in making Roundtown cafeteria a better place to have lunch!
These kindergarten and first graders took ownership and wanted to be good citizens, so they came up with a plan to take better care of our cafeteria. The classes presented their ideas to Mr. Miller and put together a video and posters, explaining the problem and the steps to fix it. To help you remember the five tips, the Ducklings and Marvels came up with the acronym LUNCH:
L – Look before you go
U – Understand your lunch job (which is to eat)
N – Nothing on the floor when you leave
C – Clean your area
H – Hold your tray with two hands
These two classes are making a huge difference at Roundtown. They plan to present the video and show the entire school the posters at the next community morning meeting. This way all the school can know about how we can keep our cafeteria clean. We can all do our part in making Roundtown cafeteria a better place to have lunch!