Green Ridge R-8 School District

From Mrs. Donaldson: "Biology completed a lab today called "Murder and a Meal." We used chemical indicators to check for the presence of macromolecules in the 'stomach contents' of our victim to solve our murder mystery." We may have some future forensic detectives in our midst!!!

Mrs Shoop (2nd Grade) has been keeping word work engaging this week! Students had to roll cubes for onset (beginning letter)and rime (ending letter pattern). They had to write and read their letter pattern and decide if they had created a real word or nonsense word. Other students worked independently with support from our high school TA! GR8 work, Tigers!

Ms. Treuner (2nd Grade) covered a lot of skills during her guided reading group time! Students worked with letter tiles for word work, read a story, completed a five finger retell, and even used some special reading tools. They segmented sounds with magnetic chips and scooped up the word with a "magic" wand! Students waiting for their turn at the table completed independent reading activities on their chromebooks.

Mrs. Sleeper, our Title 1 teacher, has been working hard with Mrs. Hammers to support teachers with our new testing system. They have put in countless hours learning about the new STAR assessments, testing students, analyzing beginning of the year data, deciding on interventions for various students, setting individual student goals, and developing reading plans as needed. Mrs. Sleeper is already using her expertise in phonemic awareness and phonics to support students.

From Mr. Taylor: "My students are writing a "news story" about the Neolithic Age--many fascinating stories!"

Ms. Kelley was utilizing a variety of strategies with her beginning readers yesterday. A fan favorite was the enlarged "Scrabble-like" Blending Board! She pointed to each tile and said the sounds with students. Then, she slid her hand across the word as students read the word! GR8 modeling!

Mrs. Davis and her high school TA were able to work with individual students while the other students did some work on their chromebooks today.

Mrs. Thompson's 4th graders have amazing independent reading stamina!!!

Mrs. Hilt's 3rd graders had a great discussion about their nonfiction book during guided reading today while other students read independently. The highlight of the small group time was a super engaging activity with syllables and index cards! They liked it so much that they asked to do it twice! It was all hands on deck!

Mrs. Lamar's Kinders were working with letters, sounds, and words (real and nonsense) at the small group reading table today while other students were reading with stuffed animals and working with letters independently!

Mrs. Piscopo's Kinders practiced so many foundational reading skills in small groups and reading centers today!

Girls Golf traveled to Springfield to participate in the Class One District tournament. The tournament is ongoing, and hopefully the ladies are staying dry. HS Volleyball travels to Cole Camp this evening to play in the Kaysinger Conference Tournament. They play at 5:00, 6:00, and 8:00 p.m. Good luck ladies! Go TigerNation

Lady Tigers stormed the Cole Camp Bluebirds’ homecourt Tuesday night taking the win, 25-14, 24-26, 25-15, 25-19.  An impressive night of defense with 6 players in double-digit digs kept the Lady Tigers in control of the offense.  Abby Warner shut down the Bluebird hitters leading the Lady Tigers with 29 digs.  Zakiyah Morse scrambled for 26 digs, Nevaeh Washington had 20 and Sydney Gordon 18 digs.  Defense didn’t stop there, Emery Cannon and Mallory Reed chipped in with 14 and 13 digs in what was an exciting match.  With the defense in control, Lady Tigers were able to swing away on offense incorporating some new free-ball combination plays.  Nevaeh led the team with 19 kills.  Following Nevaeh’s lead, Emery finished with 11 kills; Abby with 8 kills;  Zakiyah 7 kills; Sydney 5 kills; and  Freshman Aliya Edington chipped in 2 well-timed kills of own.  Setters Sydney and Mallory finished with 22 and 14 assists respectively.  Adding to the night from the serving line, Nevaeh had 4 aces, Mallory 3 aces, Emery 2 aces, and Zakiyah 1 ace.   Lady Tigers are now 12-9-1 and 5-2 in the Kaysinger Conference.  They return to Cole Camp Thursday night for the Kaysinger Tournament and will play the following pool matches:  Cole Camp at 5:00pm, LaMonte at 6:00pm, and Lincoln at 8:00pm.   Well done Lady Tigers!

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From Mrs. Warner: "First Grade made butter today as part of our studies about how things are different now than they were in the past."

From Ms. Dailey: "We made our own butter today by shaking up heavy whipping cream! Learning about the way pioneers made different food."

Girls Golf Travels to Versailles today to play in the Stover Tournament. Girls teed off this morning at 9:00 a.m. JH/HS Volleyball travels to Cole Camp this evening for a regular season game against the Blue Birds. We will be playing in one gym with JH "A" starting at 5:00 p.m., followed by JH "B" (a total of four sets of JH), and then Varsity. HS Soccer is playing their first round contest in the Kaysinger Conference Tournament against La Monte, in Stover, at 5:45. Good Luck Tigers! Go tigernation

Mrs. Hilt & Mrs. Donaldson were selected as GR8's Terrific Tiger Teachers for September. They were nominated by their peers. GR8 is grateful for their efforts! Well deserved! They received a pair of Tiger Socks and a DQ ice cream cake with their photo on it.

GR8 elementary teachers are working hard in LETRS training this year. Sonya Manz is guiding our teachers in learning more about the science of reading. This professional development going to have a big impact on how we teach reading.

Do you wonder what the teachers are doing on Mondays? This Monday our JH/HS teachers took part in learning about characteristics of dyslexia and how to better help our students. Thank you Crystal Eldrid for your expertise and passion for this topic!