DT Cox Elementary School News

(11/7) Mrs. Hodum's third grade students practiced narrative writing in groups. Their stories included characters, setting, and plot. Then, students illustrated their writing.

(11/6) Mrs. Kirk's math classes are practicing finding the area of shapes. The students each drew a shape on their desk, and labeled 2 sides of that shape with numbers. Then, each student visited each desk in the room finding the area of their peers' shapes.

(11/3) After a study of sound energy and how vibrations cause sound, Mrs. Heatherly's students made harmonicas!

(11/3) This week, Ms. Spicer's students learned about sound energy . As their end of the week project, the students used their knowledge of sound, vibration, and design to create a bee swarm instrument.

(11/1) Mrs. Hall's fourth graders studied about light energy. They wrote a KWL chart about it, and viewed the Magic School Bus video to enhance their lesson.

(11/3) Congratulations to the following students for receiving positive office referrals this week! Keep up the good work!

(10/31) Congratulations to the following classes for placing in the RRW Door Decorating Contest!!
1st Place: Mrs. Kirk's Homeroom
2nd Place: Mrs. Hall's Homeroom
3rd Place (tie): Mrs. Vineyard & Ms. Short/Mrs. Jarrett

(10/31) Mrs. Hodum's students practiced story elements by creating monsters, and writing narrative stories about them. Their stories included descriptions of characters, setting and plot.

(10/31) Mrs. Kirk's math classes began learning about area this week. Area is the number of unit squares needed to cover a region. She used painters tape on the floor to make shapes. The students were given instructions to discuss and find the area of each given shape.

(10/30) During Ms. Kinnard's classroom guidance lessons this week, she is discussing the importance of being kind to others. She is leaving the students with an important message to remember: "Kindness starts with you!"