December 9, 2016 was the day for gingerbread! Families joined students in 2nd Grade to decorate gingerbread. Look at all the fun!
Student Work/Projects
Reece Drapeau’s “4 Seasons” Artwork Wins APH Insights 2016 Exhibition!
Reece, a student at Table Mound, was recently awarded first place in the 1st-3rd grade category of the American Printing House for the Blind’s APH Insights 2016 art exhibition. Reece created an artwork featuring trees in each season of the year. He and his family traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to receive the award which included a blue ribbon and $100.
View photos of Reece’s experience.
2016 Butterfly Gardens
Students and teachers of 4th Grade helped give the butterfly gardens a new look by weeding, pulling out old, overgrown plants, and replacing with new plants and mulch donated by Miller Logging. The gardens also received two birdhouses built, donated, and installed by Bruce Novak, assisted by his 4th grade grandson, Jarrett.
DCSD District Battle of the Books
District Battle competition on May 20 at Bryant Elementary School. The first place team from Table Mound competed in the District battle and the second place team attended as alternates. Congratulations to the Bryant team for winning this year, and to all of the competitors for a great battle!
View photos from the competition.
Computer Programming in the Pre-K Classroom
Students in the Pre-K classroom are learning to program Bee Bot, a bee-shaped robot, to move to a destination and return to the starting point. Watch the fun!
4th Grade Book Talk Videos
Students in Ms. Butt’s class used creative writing, green screening videography, and teleprompter techniques to create book talks about some of their favorite books. Here are the fun results!
5th Grade Volcano Inquiry Projects
Ms. Link, a University of Dubuque student teacher in Ms. Thill’s 5th grade class, inspired students to present their volcano inquiry research in a green screen video format. Students rehearsed scripts they had written, created teleprompter presentations to display their scripts, then performed in front of a green screen using the teleprompter. Students were also responsible for finding images to use to replace the green screen, while learning about image search techniques and copyright issues.