Thursday, May 8, 2014

4th and 5th-Grade Lit Fest

Student in 4th and 5th grade participated in the annual Lit Fest hosted by Fort Cherry.  Events included a matching station, trivia, Win, Lose, or Draw, and Who am I (character QR codes).  Each student participating was excited and engaged throughout the entire event!  Students were able to Skype with Mr. Chris Grabenstein, author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, and ask teacher selected questions.  























Wednesday, May 7, 2014

6th-Grade Literature Festival

6th-Grade students from CIS participated in the annual Literature Festival at Burgettstown High School.  Events included trivia, Taboo, Scene it?, arts and writing, and performing arts.  Students also earned extra points by dressing as a character from one of the novels included in the reading.



















Literature Festival for Grades 1 -3

Students in 1st - 3rd grade participated in the first annual Literature Festival for this age group.  Students competed against schools from several other districts in a pentathlon, trivia, story-event sequencing, and other fun activities.



Third place team!






















 



Friday, May 2, 2014

Mr. Tatum Tall

Students worked together to design and construct a tower taller than Mr. Tatum.

 

Literature Festival 2014

Preparation is under way for the upcoming literature festival reviewing questions and answers created by the students.