Buddies

Buddy Classes-Community Time

On Friday CES buddies met for the first time this year.  Every student at Coleytown has a buddy from a different class.  Buddies meet during the year for a variety of reasons.  They will sometimes read and write together.  Buddies will often work together for community outreach events, such as making cards for the Saugatuck Thanksgiving feast.  Buddies also celebrate together throughout the year. 

Take a look at the introductory activities from Friday's Community Time.  Buddies got to know each other through interviews, Venn diagrams, and games.

Fifth graders and second graders completed Venn Diagrams to learn about their similarities and differences.

Third graders read to their Kindergarten buddies.

Interview questions to get to know each other

Lots of laughs while groups met for the first time!

Scenes from the week

It's Friday and we are finishing our first full week of school at CES.  Take a look at some of our amazing adventures this week!

The Coleytown teachers learned how to play Gaga at our first faculty meeting.  The gaga pit is new to CES this year and the students love to play at recess.

Coleytown students will continue to chart our feelings using the Mood Meter.  We will be learning new "feelings" words all year long.  Our first word of the year was excited.  Excited is a feeling in the yellow quadrant.  I think we can agree that Mrs. Perry is often excited about CES!

Kindergarten students began to write stories this week.  Their stories contain pictures and words.

Fourth grade students practiced their math facts and learned different ways to make multiplication arrays.

Fifth grade students drew self portraits in their Art classes.

Kindergarten students also learned how to take care of books that they check out of the library.

First graders are building good reading habits.  They enjoyed time reading alone and with partners in Reading Workshop.

In Health, second graders learned about the different food groups.  They looked at this month's cafeteria menus to determine which food groups were represented each day.

Third graders explored place value concepts in math.

Community Time

Friday, August 30, was the first Community Time of the 2019-2020 school year.  On Friday afternoons, the entire CES community participates in activities to build a strong, safe, and inclusive environment.  Sometimes we have whole school meetings during Community Time, other days it will be a time for buddy classes to meet, and some days students will participate in CES Learns.  This Friday was Community Time Choice.  Check out the pictures below to see the Coleytowners in action!

First graders enjoyed popsicles together.

First graders enjoyed choice time in their classrooms.  

Mr. Lawrence's class played Last Person Standing with Mrs. Carothers.

The third graders will be painting kindness rocks.  They learned about this project and enjoyed time outside together.

Second graders enjoyed class games.

Second graders playing North & South.

Kindergarten students made new friends outside.