Teacher Talk
by Kim Jones
October 03, 2008
Starting off the New Year we look at the third grade class taught by, Elsberry High Alumni, Kristen Hagemeier and Middle School Science instructed by Patti Gibbs.
Before Christmas in Mrs. Hagemeier’s class her students spent the month of December reading the exciting book “Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This book gave the students a great picture of what and how people used to live before this age of “modern technology”. After reading the book the class did two exciting things mentioned in the book. They got to eat fresh venison jerky and made fresh butter from real cow’s milk, which was provided by local dairy farmers, Boedeker Farms. I think if you asked most of the kids they would take our day in time over the famous Pioneer Days!!!
In Mrs. Gibbs eighth grade Science class the students are beginning a study on Earthquakes. With living near the New Madrid Fault students living in Elsberry should be prepared should one occur. Students will be using the Internet, textbook and learned knowledge to enhance their study of Earthquakes. Then the students take that knowledge and complete a project of a “Safety Awareness Brochure on Earthquakes”.
In seventh grade classes the students are beginning a unit on Electricity. They will perform a lab dealing with static electricity to show the effects and how it happens.
Putting up bulletin boards can be exciting and fun for teachers, but in Mrs. Gibbs science classes she requires the students to create and put up a bulletin in the hallway for other students to see. This is a great sharing project for the students.
