Highland Spring Writing Night

Highland's Spring Writing Night was this week. Local writers spoke to the audience. These writers included Bailey Birge (local singer/songwriter), a WKU education professor, and our VERY OWN Mrs. Wyatt, who writes, composes, and sings original songs. We are so proud of Mrs. Wyatt and her stunning performance! Students and parents were invited back to the classrooms to view writing portfolios, journals, and writing pieces composed over the course of the school year. The students' growth in writing this year has been amazing and it was an absolute joy to show off all of our hard work this year!

Rocket Math

We have been working hard on Rocket Math the last couple of weeks. Rocket Math is a set of timed, one-minute, addition "quizzes" that students take nearly every day. Students begin with "Quiz A" which include only 3 different addition problems. When a student passes a quiz, he or she moves on to the next set of addition problems, including all those that they have already learned, until they finally reach "Set Z". Each day, we practice our addition problems in a practice book with a partner or by ourselves with flash cards. Here are some of our students spread out throughout the class, working hard on learning their next set of addition problems.

Junior Achievement

We wrapped up Junior Achievement this week. Miss Rosemary, our Junior Achievement volunteer, taught her last lesson, presented us with certificates of achievement, and had a party to celebrate our hard work. Junior Achievement is a great program put on by community volunteers. It teaches students, in grade K-12, economic lessons including spending, saving, borrowing, trading, entrepreneurship, and coin identification and value.

The Little Mermaid

On Monday, we read a version of The Little Mermaid that ends right after Ariel meets Prince Eric. Students were asked to predict and write an ending to this story. Even if students were familiar with The Little Mermaid, they were asked to use their imaginations to create a different ending, if they wished.

The Little Mermaid

Our fourth and fifth graders have been working tirelessly on their production of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr. Because of this, we have been learning about The Little Mermaid and fairy tales this week. We did several Little Mermaid activities throughout the week including reading different versions of the story, watching the Disney movie, and watching our school production of The Little Mermaid. While watching the movie in class on Thursday, students were asked questions throughout and given the task of finding key details that supported the main idea, which was that Ariel wanted to be human. Below you can see some of the students' responses. They did a great job identifying several different supporting details.

Highland HERO

Congratulations to Josue, our February Highland HERO!

Dr. Seuss' Birthday

It has been sad seeing our fun-filled week of Dr. Seuss come to an end. But we certainly ended the week with a bang, celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday on Friday! We made and ate green eggs and ham. We watched the Green Eggs and Ham cartoon, as well as The Cat in the Hat cartoon. Tim Tebow read Green Eggs and Ham to us. We made Cat in the Hat hats out of Oreos, marshmallows, and red sprinkles. We even got to dress up as our favorite Dr. Seuss character. Some of the characters we dressed up as included Sally, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and The Cat in the Hat from The Cat in the Hat, Cindy Lou Who and the Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.