REMINDER: Tomorrow's dress-up day is "Candy Cane". Wear red and white!
Kudos to all of our Rickard second graders on their excellent Holiday program under the direction of our music teacher, Ms. Osbourne! They brought much joy to all!
REMINDER: Tomorrow's dress-up day is "Ribbons and Bows". Dress up as a present!
Mrs. Peterson and her class practiced finding the main idea of a nonfiction text using some cool animal articles. Students loved exploring a different type of text than what they normally use.
REMINDER: Tomorrow's dress-up day is "Mad for Plaid". Wear your favorite plaid or winter pattern!
REMINDER: Tomorrow's dress-up day is "Holiday Glow". Wear shiny and bright lights!
REMINDER: Tomorrow's dress-up day is "Festive and Fancy". Dress in your holiday best!
REMINDER: Tomorrow, our December dress-up days begin! Tomorrow's theme is "Holiday Hair, Don't Care". Wear your favorite festive hat or hair accessory!
December's SEL Word is: ASPIRE
The meaning of ASPIRE is to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal (Mirriam-Webster). What have you accomplished this year?
Our 4th graders had fun on our field trip before Thanksgiving break. They learned all about the different pizza products that are grown in North Dakota. At the end, they were able to taste the homemade pizza after learning about all the ingredients at various stations.
Here is a look at our upcoming December dress-up days!
We hope everybody has a restful and relaxing break with family and friends!
In music class, 4th graders are learning about instrument families. After learning about several percussion instruments, they took part in a drum circle.
Mrs. Jones and her Kindergarteners had a special visitor last week when Mrs. Lewis, the district nurse, came to talk about her job to the students!
Mrs. Conlin had more books donated to her classroom! Thank you for supporting and shaping our Rickard students into excellent readers!
We honored our veterans last Thursday with a 3rd and 4th grade assembly for Veterans Day! Our third graders opened the assembly with a few songs which was followed with some words from our local veterans!
Mrs. Larson and her 2nd grade class completed an engineering project that involved students designing and creating a bed for Goldilocks. Students drew their ideas before creating their projects with various materials. At the end, students tested their beds with different weights which stood for the three bears.
Third graders in their WINN groups practiced their math skills by playing different types of games!
Mrs. Foss and her 1st grade class had a stuffed animal day in their class in October and some crazy things happened while they were in there!
Ms. Osbourne and her music classes learned about the Classical Era this week! Ms. Osbourne dressed up as Marianna Martines and taught a history lesson about music during that time period. At the end of the lesson, students made their own paper wigs that were similar to that time period.
