West Elementary

Second graders have been working hard to complete a Tiny House Project! Students learned about tiny houses, then had to make a blueprint to figure out what could fit in their houses. Next, they were able to build a miniature version tiny house!

Celebrating May the 4th at West! https://youtu.be/HMsd0DGlaFA

Second grade classes have been doing a Tiny House project where they get to design and create a mini paper house. Today, they got to travel to Northwest Tech to see an actual Tiny House being built!

Second grade classes have been doing a Tiny House project where they get to design and create a mini paper house. Today, they got to travel to Northwest Tech to see an actual Tiny House being built!

Second graders performed a musical play about being a good sport! Great performances from Mrs. Doll's, Mrs. Rome's, and Mrs. Smith's classes! Thank you Mrs. Berls for the wonderful program!

Kindergarten/T-1 is continuing to work on plants. We have done a few experiments like tasting different veggies that represent the different plant parts as well as other fun things!

Mr. First will have the Second grade concert on BoxCast live streaming tonight! https://boxcast.tv/view/2nd-grade-concert-916830

Students have enjoyed walking to the Art Center to see all the elementary artwork on display! Everything looked amazing!

As part of our redesign, teachers have been implementing social emotional lessons. Sanford Harmony is a program we use. Mrs. Sramek’s 1st graders learned about cooperation and the skills needed for TEAMWORK! Their goal was to create a picture as a TEAM 😊

As part of our redesign, teachers have been implementing social emotional lessons. Sanford Harmony is a program we use. Mrs. Sramek’s 1st graders learned about cooperation and the skills needed for TEAMWORK! Their goal was to create a picture as a TEAM 😊

Second grade students have been doing a March Madness bracket with books! Two books were read each day, then students voted on a favorite! The winning book was The Pigeon Find a Hot Dog!

We will be having Kindergarten Round-up via Zoom on April 8th at 5:30. Please sign into Zoom and use the following link at 5:30 to get some useful information from our kindergarten teachers and West Elementary. https://zoom.us/j/97275329580 If you haven't already pre-registered, please go our Website and fill our form so we can get your student on the list for next year. https://www.usd352.org/o/wegk

West Elementary is full of laughs on April Fools Day! In Mrs.Roeder’s class they had an Easter egg hunt with no eggs and learned all about how marshmallows grow on a farm. Mrs. Mason made “brown E’s” to give to her class. She made sure to give them a real one after she fooled them. It was an exciting day down in the kindergarten corner!

Kindergarten/T-1 has been working on a plant project based learning activity for redesign. They have been examining different seeds and watching them grow. Each student has their own plant they are observing and watching for change everyday.

Mrs. Hollern’s class played Floor is Lava!! Such a fun way to practice math facts 😄 The class works together to create and solve math facts. Sums on the floor are taken away once students move...last person standing WINS!

Congratulations Mrs. Berls on being nominated as USD 352 Goodland’s elementary teacher of the year. And congrats to Mr. Shane Hollern for be nominated as our secondary teacher of the year. Good luck tomorrow to you both as compete to be the Region 1 Teacher of the year.

West Elementary launched lots of exciting Redesign plans this year. Teachers have been busy researching, piloting and implementing ways to improve on all the amazing things we do at West. Stay tuned in for a “Playlist” of some our favorites! 🚀🖤💛🖤

So proud of this group of hard working people with such a BIG heart for kids! Yesterday they successfully presented our Redesign Launch! 🖤💛🖤🚀🚀

It was a Pajama Party! Another great performance this evening from Mrs. Mason’s, Mrs. Roeder’s and Mrs. Timm’s classes. Thank you Mrs. Berls for sharing your love of music with us!

The last couple of weeks teachers and students have been working on a Hot Chocolate Stand PBL. They researched, planned for and created hot chocolate stands. Here are pictures from Mrs. Timm’s and Mrs. Doll’s classes. Thanks for the fun and yummy treats!