Pajama Day in Class

 Through our hard work in raising money for the school through the Apex Fun Run, we are not at over $100 per lap just from our class.  Because of these efforts, we earned a "wear your PJs to class day".  Such class spirit!

Super Mario Brothers using Bananas

 In computer science today, we used the Makey Makeys and the "water" inside of fruit to make electronic game controllers.  After assembling, students played Scratch games such as Super Mario Brothers using the bananas and apples as the controller.

Lunchroom Workers

 The past few weeks our class has been in charge of helping distribute food during our lunch time.  So many students seek to get out of class 5 minutes before lunch to prepare, but we can only send 3 a week. We will have plenty of opportunities for this wonderful form of volunteerism and giving back to our "community".

Apex Pep Rally

 Today was the kick-off to our Apex Fun Run, which will take place next week.  Formally the Jog-a-Thon, this year's Apex Fun Run will be a sure hit.  Coaches will be coming into the classroom each day between now and then to do lessons in leadership, with the finale taking place next Thursday. Our first class challenge of the school is to see which class logs in the most tonight, earning both a student a free shirt as well as one class extra recess with Energetic Even tomorrow!

Coding Electric Guitars

 We have spent a few sessions of our computer science class time to build a guitar and wire it up to our Makey Makeys.  Today, students used Scratch to revamp the already written code to personalize the sounds as they strum on the guitar.

Physical Education

 Our first unit in P.E. is disc golf. Students have been learning how to properly throw a disc (Frisbee). This week we selected "targets" or "holes" if you think of golf, to try to hit with our discs on the playground. Students are really getting good.  Next week I introduce them to the 3 courses I've created on our Beck playground. We will have score cards and play actual rounds.

Computer Science

 We began our computer science unit with Makey Makeys today. Students learned about the importance of grounding and complete circuits as teams made pianos with both Playdough keys and drawings.