Penguins on Parade in 2nd Grade
The 2nd grade classes just finished a unit on Penguins. The students enjoyed coloring life size penguins and learning about each kind of penguin. During the week they read many books, watched videos and enjoyed many penguin . . . read more
Kaye Ann Patton Finishes in the Top Ten of Math Contest!
Congratulations to 6th grade student Kaye Ann Patton for being one . . . read more
Fifth Grade Band - 3rd Quarter Lesson Schedule
(or, when to leave your instrument next to your front door before you leave in the morning.)
Mr. Gercken distributed third quarter lesson schedules for fifth grade band in regular rehearsal on January 4, 2012. There will be no lessons between January 4th and 6th. Regularly scheduled lessons will resume the week of January . . . read more
Mrs. Lange's Classroom
Mrs. Lange's Class 3A To . . . read more
Holocaust Project
HOLOCAUST UNIT The entire 5th grade just finished our "Holocaust Unit". Each student was to pick a person they wanted to research and learn about during the Holocaust. They each received a rubric to follow. . . . read more
AGS 2nd Graders Finds that time + distance = speed
Question: If you take a certain time to go a certain distance can that tell you how fast you are going. Answer: Yes. AGS 2nd Graders had a chance to learn about the importance of understand how time, distance and speed . . . read more
Rocks are not just for geologist anymore
As kids many of us found rocks interesting. AGS 3rd & 4th Graders did some rock looking and here is what they discovered. There are 3 rock types metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary. With igneous rocks they learned that there are at least . . . read more
Pumpkins spoted in Kindergarten
At AGS pumpkins have been spotted in the Kindergarten classrooms. Why? It's that time of the year. AGS Kindergarteners learned about pumpkins and found that they are not just for carving and eating. They learned some pumpkin . . . read more
Things are getting fishy in 1st Grade
Recently AGS 1st Graders were reading about fish and in Science they had a chance to learn more about fish. There they learned that fish live in two types of water being fresh and salt. They also learned about some of the different . . . read more
3rd Grade- Earth forms and the forces that create them
AGS Third Graders has a chance to learn about Earth’s Landforms and the forces that shape them. They discovered the difference between mountains and hills and that a mountain must be no lower than 2,001 feet high to be a mountain. That . . . read more
Apples Apples Apples!!! Who has the apples? Answer: Kindergarten
As the Fall Season sets in, AGS Kindergarteners were learning about apples in Science. They were even given a history lesson which included Sir Isaac Newton, William Tell and Johnny Appleseed. The students were asked what it is about apples . . . read more
Science and the net
Hi to all, I have a question for you. If you could go somewhere and find a place that would send you to places about space, doing experiments and weather, would you go? Well, I have made something like that. It is still a work in . . . read more
Shaving Cream Fun
Reward for GOOD Behavior!!!
Addie describes shaving cream day...."Once upon a day, Mrs. Beard's class got to have a shaving cream day. We got to draw pretty pictures with it. I drew a smiley face. Andrew and Dakota put it all over their desks. It . . . read more
5th Grade-More English "Jingles"
More capitalizing and punctuating "jingles".. read more
5th Grade English "Jingles"
Students made "jingles" to help them to remember to capitalize and punctuate! Enjoy!! read more
Money, Money, Money
We have started working with money in math. The students are struggling but we will do it. Any work you can do with your child in counting money would be great. They all recognize the different coins and can give their value . . . read more
100th day of School Celebrated in Kindergarten
Wow, can you believe it? We have been in school for 100 days! Time flies when you are having fun and that is exactly what is happening in Kindergarten. We celebrated the 100th day of school on Thursday, . . . read more
First Graders Give to Local Food Pantry
First grader Mitchell McFarland presented the collection to Pastor Van Dyke for the local food pantry. Pictured below are all the first graders with Pastor . . . read more
100th Day, Dairy Bar Style!
First graders were treated to a special surprise on the 100th Day of School, compliments of the Altamont Dairy Bar. Pictured below are the first grade classes and AGS with their "100" pizzas! . . . read more
100 Exercises the 100th Minute of the 100th Day!
The first graders at AGS have a tradition of doing 100 exercises on the 100th minute of the 100th day of school. That occurred on Thursday, January 26th. Exercises were led by Mr Tkachuk and Officer Suckow. . . . read more
Chinese New Year thoughts from students in 5A.
Amanda..."These past couple of weeks in Mrs. Beard's class have been a wonderful and educational experience. We have been doing a lot of fun Chinese activities. We even had the chance to buy Chinese items. On Jan. 23rd, . . . read more
5th Grade Celebrates Chinese New Year
We love our Chinese Hats! read more
Kindergarten says Thank You to Amy Ellis!!
Amy Ellis who runs a local produce stand donated small pumpkins to all the kindergarten students. Students enjoyed making faces on their pumpkins. In the kindergarten unit on pumpkins, students enjoyed carving a pumpkin and learning the . . . read more
Kindergarten Apple Smiles
Kindergarten Students in Mrs. Jackman's class enjoyed making apple smiles to culminate a fall study on Apples. During the study children learned about the many varieties of apples, the season of the apple tree, and how bees work to . . . read more
5th Grade "Virtual Vacation" Project
The 5th Grade Social Studies Classes all created a "Virtual Vacation" of their choice. The students had to pick a place in the world to travel and decide on how they would get there. Students choose to take a hot air balloon, . . . read more
6th - 8th grade girls' physical education
Most of the girls do an AWESOME job in physical education. The key to being successful in class is to come to class ready to participate and then... participate . A few like to just exercise the jaws and watch others . . . read more
Third Graders Receive Dictionaries!!!
The Effingham Rotary Club recently donated individual dictionaries to each person in our third grade classroom! We want to say THANKS ROTARY CLUB!! We are excited because this is a skill we have learned this year that will be covered on . . . read more
