In one corner of Mrs. Strasemeier’s second-grade classroom at Dillsboro Elementary School, a small group was reading Growing Antlers. Across the room, students were reading silently, writing about their fall break, and rolling dice to decide how to write their spelling words.
Every student had something to do, and every activity built a skill: reading fluency, writing, and spelling. Working independently while their teacher focused on a small group also gave students practice at staying on task by themselves.
Every student had something to do, and every activity built a skill: reading fluency, writing, and spelling. Working independently while their teacher focused on a small group also gave students practice at staying on task by themselves.
Learning letters can look a lot like play, and in Mrs. Oles's preschool classroom at Dillsboro Elementary School, it did! Students stamped pumpkins to practice the letter P.
Pairing a letter with a pumpkin gave each child a picture to remember it by. It was fall fun with a purpose: building the letter recognition that early readers need. 🎃
Pairing a letter with a pumpkin gave each child a picture to remember it by. It was fall fun with a purpose: building the letter recognition that early readers need. 🎃
Mrs. Peterson's fifth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School read the final chapter of "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen and took a quiz on the story.
"Hatchet" follows 13-year-old Brian Robeson, who has to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash, with only a hatchet to help him. Over the course of the book, students followed Brian's characters, events, and details, and the quiz let them show how well they remembered and understood them.
"Hatchet" follows 13-year-old Brian Robeson, who has to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash, with only a hatchet to help him. Over the course of the book, students followed Brian's characters, events, and details, and the quiz let them show how well they remembered and understood them.
Chalk is messy, and that's what makes it good for blending. Mrs. Ewald's art students at Dillsboro Elementary School learned about landscapes, then used chalk to draw their own and blend colors where they met.
Smudging on purpose is a real art technique, and the students practiced it until their landscapes looked the way they imagined.
Smudging on purpose is a real art technique, and the students practiced it until their landscapes looked the way they imagined.
It turns out that balancing a potato chip takes serious thinking! Mrs. Ingle's fifth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School found that out during the Pringle Ringle challenge, where partners built a ring from Pringles using ideas from math, physics, and science.
Each pair had to plan, test, and adjust as they went. They practiced teamwork and problem-solving, and they got a very tasty reminder that learning can be fun!
Each pair had to plan, test, and adjust as they went. They practiced teamwork and problem-solving, and they got a very tasty reminder that learning can be fun!
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
Earlier, it was vocabulary words and proving answers with evidence from the text. Now, it's life science through the pages of National Geographic. Mrs. McClure's fourth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School made the switch after finishing their vocabulary assessment and are excited to apply the new words they learned through their non-fiction reading!
Mrs. Weinbender's first-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School picked up their pencils this week and did something big for six- and seven-year-olds: they wrote about themselves, on paper, formatted the right way — date and all.
It might look like a small formatting lesson, but it's really the first page of something bigger: these kids just became writers with their own stories to tell! 📝
It might look like a small formatting lesson, but it's really the first page of something bigger: these kids just became writers with their own stories to tell! 📝
Hands in a bin, letters everywhere, and one very important word to spell: their own name! Mrs. Oles's preschool students at Dillsboro Elementary School are digging through a sensory bin this week to find letters and build their names, letter by letter.
It's practicing letter recognition, spelling, and fine motor skills all in one, and it's a lot more fun than a worksheet.
Ask your preschooler to spell their name tonight; they've been practicing!
It's practicing letter recognition, spelling, and fine motor skills all in one, and it's a lot more fun than a worksheet.
Ask your preschooler to spell their name tonight; they've been practicing!
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
Rounding, place value, and a lot of number sense — that's what's on the table this week in Mrs. McClure's fourth-grade class at Dillsboro Elementary School.
It's practical math: the kind that helps a kid glance at an answer and know right away whether it makes sense.
It's practical math: the kind that helps a kid glance at an answer and know right away whether it makes sense.
Mrs. Espich's fourth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School traded classrooms this week, heading to Ms. McClure's room to study climate.
Between reviewing directions and mapping out climate regions across the United States, students are learning why climate plays such a big role in the places we live.
Between reviewing directions and mapping out climate regions across the United States, students are learning why climate plays such a big role in the places we live.
What happened first? What happened next? Mrs. Peterson's and Mrs. Ingle's fifth-graders at Dillsboro Elementary School have been asking those questions all week, working in groups to put the events of a paragraph back in order.
It sounds simple, but sequencing is the backbone of understanding anything you read — and organizing anything you want to say.
Get the order down, and everything else gets clearer.
It sounds simple, but sequencing is the backbone of understanding anything you read — and organizing anything you want to say.
Get the order down, and everything else gets clearer.
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
Being a fifth-grader at Dillsboro Elementary School comes with a little more responsibility, and Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Ingle made sure their classes knew it from day one.
The two classes reviewed the expectations that come with being the oldest kids in the building: how to treat one another, how to behave at assemblies, why attendance matters, and how to get to and from school safely, whether that's the bus line or the bike rack.
By the time these Bulldogs head to South Dearborn Middle School next year, this stuff will be second nature!
The two classes reviewed the expectations that come with being the oldest kids in the building: how to treat one another, how to behave at assemblies, why attendance matters, and how to get to and from school safely, whether that's the bus line or the bike rack.
By the time these Bulldogs head to South Dearborn Middle School next year, this stuff will be second nature!
Ever tried to get a hallway of kindergartners to walk quietly? Mrs. Pruss and Mrs. Kleindienst's classes at Dillsboro Elementary School found a way: marshmallow walking.
Level zero voices and soft, careful steps — it's one of the first routines DES kindergartners learn, and it's already paying off in calmer hallways.
Some of the best lessons in kindergarten aren't about letters or numbers. They're about how to move through the world.
Level zero voices and soft, careful steps — it's one of the first routines DES kindergartners learn, and it's already paying off in calmer hallways.
Some of the best lessons in kindergarten aren't about letters or numbers. They're about how to move through the world.
South Dearborn Community Schools will dismiss at 2:30pm this afternoon due to the impending weather threat. Special transportation students will be released at 1:45pm. Campus car riders need to be picked up at 2:15pm. DES car riders should be picked at 2:30pm. All after school activities are canceled today.
Bus service will be provided today as normal.
Parents of preschool students will be contacted by their teachers. After Care will still be provided. If you are unable to get here by the designated time, your student will be placed in After Care until you are able to get here.
We apologize for the late notice.
South Dearborn Community School Corporation will operate on a 2-hour delay tomorrow, Wednesday, August 12th, due to downed power lines, fallen trees, and flooding in the area.
Mrs. Kleindienst's kindergartners at Dillsboro Elementary School kicked off their very first day by learning the classroom rules — then put them straight to use out on the playground.
After recess, they grabbed crayons and drew pictures of their favorite playground moments, capturing day one before it faded.
Learning the rules first meant more time for the fun part right after. Not a bad way to start kindergarten!
After recess, they grabbed crayons and drew pictures of their favorite playground moments, capturing day one before it faded.
Learning the rules first meant more time for the fun part right after. Not a bad way to start kindergarten!
