Good choices at Aurora Elementary School now earn AES Bucks, and the bucks pay off at the Positive Behavior Store! Students earn them for being kind, acting responsibly, attending school regularly, and helping with school jobs. 💵
When students recently went shopping, they had to do the math. Each one worked out whether they had enough bucks for an item, and some decided to save up for a bigger prize instead. They had a great time, and they practiced budgeting along the way.
You can help stock the store! On Wednesday, October 14th, from 4:00 to 8:00pm, Skyline Chili at 714 Eads Parkway in Lawrenceburg will donate 20% of your total purchase to the AES Positive Behavior Store. Mention the AES fundraiser when you order.
When students recently went shopping, they had to do the math. Each one worked out whether they had enough bucks for an item, and some decided to save up for a bigger prize instead. They had a great time, and they practiced budgeting along the way.
You can help stock the store! On Wednesday, October 14th, from 4:00 to 8:00pm, Skyline Chili at 714 Eads Parkway in Lawrenceburg will donate 20% of your total purchase to the AES Positive Behavior Store. Mention the AES fundraiser when you order.
Need a dinner plan for Wednesday, October 14th? Aurora Elementary School is hosting a Dine to Donate Night at Skyline Chili, 714 Eads Parkway in Lawrenceburg, from 4:00 to 8:00pm!
Skyline will donate 20% of your total purchase to the AES Positive Behavior Store. When you order, mention you're there for the AES fundraiser or show the flyer.
Bring the family, enjoy a meal, and help support our students.
Skyline will donate 20% of your total purchase to the AES Positive Behavior Store. When you order, mention you're there for the AES fundraiser or show the flyer.
Bring the family, enjoy a meal, and help support our students.
Kindergarten centers can look like play, and that's part of why they work! Mrs. Conner's students at Aurora Elementary School rotated through apple-themed activities in groups of three, practicing their skills the whole time.
Because the groups were small, each student got to take part and learn alongside classmates. Apple centers made practice something the kids looked forward to. 🍎
Because the groups were small, each student got to take part and learn alongside classmates. Apple centers made practice something the kids looked forward to. 🍎
Sound it out at one table, alphabetize at another — Mrs. Patton's first-graders at Aurora Elementary School split into small groups this week, some sounding out words letter by letter while others put a whole list of "o" words in order.
Different tasks, same goal: building the phonics, spelling, and early reading skills that make every book after this one a little easier.
Different tasks, same goal: building the phonics, spelling, and early reading skills that make every book after this one a little easier.
South Dearborn Community School Corporation is having an asynchronous eLearning Day today! For more information, please visit the eLearning page: https://www.sdcsc.k12.in.us/page/elearning
Mrs. Cady's first-graders at Aurora Elementary School practiced their phonics on Chromebooks this week and broke into small groups to read together with their teacher.
That one-on-one time made the difference — sounding out words out loud, getting help in the moment, and building fluency and comprehension along the way.
It's the kind of practice that turns sounding out words into actually reading them and understanding the collective meaning they convey.
That one-on-one time made the difference — sounding out words out loud, getting help in the moment, and building fluency and comprehension along the way.
It's the kind of practice that turns sounding out words into actually reading them and understanding the collective meaning they convey.
What do "badge," "fudge," and "bridge" have in common? Mrs. Petty's second-graders at Aurora Elementary School worked it out this week, sounding out, spelling, and using "dge" words in their own sentences.
It's building phonics, spelling, and vocabulary all at once; the kind of practice that makes new words stick.
It's building phonics, spelling, and vocabulary all at once; the kind of practice that makes new words stick.
South Dearborn Community School Corporation is having an asynchronous eLearning Day today! For more information, please visit the eLearning page: https://www.sdcsc.k12.in.us/page/elearning
Ms. Seig's students at Aurora Elementary School picked up scissors this week for a different kind of spelling practice — snipping out the missing vowel and gluing it into place to finish each word.
It's a small activity doing a lot of work: building letter sounds, spelling, and the fine motor skills kids need for everything from handwriting to tying their shoes.
It's a small activity doing a lot of work: building letter sounds, spelling, and the fine motor skills kids need for everything from handwriting to tying their shoes.
South Dearborn Middle School's Student Government and Aurora Elementary School's Student Leadership Team are teaming up for a "Spare Change Challenge" benefiting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Dearborn County!
From Monday, September 14th through Friday, September 18th, students at both schools will compete — grade vs. grade at SDMS, class vs. class at AES — to raise the most spare change, with a prize for the top group at each school.
On Friday, September 25th, students and staff at both schools are asked to wear pink for Dolly. That afternoon, SDMS Student Government will visit AES to read with PreK–5th graders and present the funds raised to the Imagination Library.
Bring your change, wear your pink, and help put books in the hands of Dearborn County's youngest readers! 📖
From Monday, September 14th through Friday, September 18th, students at both schools will compete — grade vs. grade at SDMS, class vs. class at AES — to raise the most spare change, with a prize for the top group at each school.
On Friday, September 25th, students and staff at both schools are asked to wear pink for Dolly. That afternoon, SDMS Student Government will visit AES to read with PreK–5th graders and present the funds raised to the Imagination Library.
Bring your change, wear your pink, and help put books in the hands of Dearborn County's youngest readers! 📖
Catch. Stick. Badge. Mrs. Gainor's second-graders at Aurora Elementary School spent the week sorting words like these by sound, working through the "tch," "ck," and "dge" spelling patterns.
It's part of a bigger push on syllables, and it's building the kind of pattern sense that makes reading and writing easier down the road.
It's part of a bigger push on syllables, and it's building the kind of pattern sense that makes reading and writing easier down the road.
Mrs. Grady's and Mrs. Petty's second-graders at Aurora Elementary School have been reading The Barnabus Project by the Fan Brothers, the story of a small, one-of-a-kind creature who dreams of breaking free and finding where he truly belongs.
To bring the story to life, students are creating their own sock pets, combining reading comprehension with creativity and hands-on learning!
What do jeweled lizards from Chile have to do with kindergarten? Ask a student in Mrs. Bartholomew's class at Aurora Elementary School, who teamed up with Mrs. Friedoff this week to turn them into an art lesson. After studying photos of them, students drew their own jeweled lizard!
Down the hall, Mrs. Lane's kindergartners tackled a different question: what is media, and how do we use it? Students are beginning to develop critically important media literacy skills that will allow them to make sense of the stories, photos, and videos they encounter.
These may be different starting points, but they share a common finish line: creativity, curiosity, and connection to the world around them.
Down the hall, Mrs. Lane's kindergartners tackled a different question: what is media, and how do we use it? Students are beginning to develop critically important media literacy skills that will allow them to make sense of the stories, photos, and videos they encounter.
These may be different starting points, but they share a common finish line: creativity, curiosity, and connection to the world around them.
Congratulations to this week's "Future Knights Before the Bell" winners at Aurora Elementary School, the students with number 12, recognized for showing up on time and ready to learn!
It's a small habit that pays off all year. Keep it up!
It's a small habit that pays off all year. Keep it up!
South Dearborn Community School Corporation is having an asynchronous eLearning Day today! For more information, please visit the eLearning page: https://www.sdcsc.k12.in.us/page/elearning
South Dearborn Community School Corporation is having an asynchronous eLearning Day on Monday, August 24th! For more information, please visit the eLearning page: https://www.sdcsc.k12.in.us/page/elearning
Ms. Rayner's fourth-graders at Aurora Elementary School spent day one trying to guess their teacher's favorite food, worst habit, and everything in between with a game of teacher trivia.
Every wrong guess got a laugh. Every right one got a cheer. By the end, the class knew a lot more about Ms. Rayner — and felt a lot more comfortable raising their hands.
Turns out the fastest way to get a class talking is to make them guess!
Every wrong guess got a laugh. Every right one got a cheer. By the end, the class knew a lot more about Ms. Rayner — and felt a lot more comfortable raising their hands.
Turns out the fastest way to get a class talking is to make them guess!
Mrs. Petty's second-graders at Aurora Elementary School have found their groove — and their favorite job in the classroom might be "assistant teacher."
Between place value, journal writing, and partner reading to build fluency, the class has also started an author study on Mo Willems, complete with a character analysis of the Pigeon in his stories like "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." Students are taking turns partner reading and discussing the story closely with Mrs. Petty.
A good routine and a good book go a long way in second grade. This class seems to have found both!
Between place value, journal writing, and partner reading to build fluency, the class has also started an author study on Mo Willems, complete with a character analysis of the Pigeon in his stories like "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." Students are taking turns partner reading and discussing the story closely with Mrs. Petty.
A good routine and a good book go a long way in second grade. This class seems to have found both!
Aurora Elementary School's Future Knights Before the Bell program drew number 16 for this week's prize, rewarding the students who show up on time, ready to learn, day after day.
Being early sounds simple, but it's a habit, and these future Knights have got it down!
Being early sounds simple, but it's a habit, and these future Knights have got it down!
Mrs. Groves handed Aurora Elementary School students a rubber band, four strings, and a stack of red Solo cups — then told them to build a pyramid without touching a single cup with their hands!
Working in teams inside the library and media center, students pulled the strings in sync to lift, tilt, and stack the cups, no hands allowed. One person pulling too hard and the whole tower came down.
Turns out building a cup pyramid is really a lesson in listening to each other. Nobody wins this one alone.
Working in teams inside the library and media center, students pulled the strings in sync to lift, tilt, and stack the cups, no hands allowed. One person pulling too hard and the whole tower came down.
Turns out building a cup pyramid is really a lesson in listening to each other. Nobody wins this one alone.
