We were pleased to host the UW Stevens Point LEAF Forestry Education workshop today! Our trees in the school forest and on the playground were perfect for practicing measurement techniques and activities.
Tree-mendous!
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Apples, fall, and farms galore in 4K these past 2 weeks. Students enjoyed homemade applesauce, building with wood cookies, and playing Simon Says with Mr. Jeff. They also had a good time creating pig faces and singing Old McDonald had a kangaroo!
From seeds to snacks! Fourth graders enjoyed a feast of watermelon that began last spring during third grade gardening time. Worth the wait!
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Teacher field trip! Three MCS teachers spent the day at Horicon Marsh for a Wings, Wetlands, and Water workshop. Wonderful!
Flashlights ready! Second grade stepped into the school prairie after-dark to finish their unit on insects! This special science experience was exceptional!
Educators from Merrimac and Tower Rock teamed up to bring this unique field trip to students.
We're getting our hands dirty planting native plants in the school forest and prairie! Lots of Wisconsin native grasses and flowers will improve the ecosystem next year! Conservation kids!
Making dilly beans and releasing monarchs for migration! First grade is a busy place.
Students harvested the green beans they planted last spring in kindergarten to make dilly beans! Yum!
In science, they watched the caterpillar eat milkweed, become a chrysalis, and waited for wings. Until today! Time to fly!
#MonarchWatch #SeedsToSnacks
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MCS 4K students had a fantastic week talking about shapes. They talked about the shapes found on a construction site and were able to hold a brick from the 1850's. Shapes are everywhere!
And they’re off! 👟 The Merrimac Milers held their first practice yesterday, with Coach Bell leading the team through warm-ups.
21 boys have joined the squad and are training hard for their 5K at the end of October. Stay tuned for updates as they log those miles! 💪🏃♂️
21 boys have joined the squad and are training hard for their 5K at the end of October. Stay tuned for updates as they log those miles! 💪🏃♂️
Our new composting system is worm-tastic! Thank you to a grant from Let's Go Compost, our kindergarten and fifth graders are teaming up with our new worm farm. We are learning about compost and seeing which fruits and veggies the worms like best!
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It's pickle time! Students in grade 2 harvested the cucumbers they planted last spring to make pickles! So good, they had seconds!
Z is for Zucchini! The kindergarten class visited the garden and picked zucchini for making bread. They planted the seeds last spring in 4K and were excited to harvest! #SeedsToSnacks #AgInTheClassroom
🍎🍏A few more pictures fresh from the orchard!
A is for Apple! 🍎 🍏 Students are picking apples from the school orchard for cider making and cooking time! A project that started growing 20 years ago is bearing lots of fruit!
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#SchoolOrchard
This was a week of firsts for many 4K students at MCS - first time writing their name, first time cutting with scissors, first time mixing colors to make new colors. Their brains are constantly taking in new experiences!
Students are harvesting the vegetables they planted in the spring and making fresh, healthy snacks! Grade three chopped and stirred up some salsa! Yum! Full-circle learning!
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An excellent morning show at Zona Gale Theater Culver's Stage in Portage followed by a nature hike at John Muir Park! A fantastic first field trip for grades 3-5!
In between rain showers on Friday, grades 1 and 2 released more monarch butterflies! Both classrooms are observing monarch caterpillars in science class. ❤️🐛
Even with the rainy days, it was sunshine and smiles the first week in 4K at MCS!
Science in the garden!
Science with a shell!
Science in a jelly jar!
The second day went well!