Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 ....Take Two!

The Computer Lab has seen a flurry of activity since we've begun the new semester! Grades 1 - 6 have been taking their mid-year Star Math tests to monitor their progress. We will test one last time near the end of school. First semester the K4 and K5 students spent a lot of their computer time freely exploring computer/mouse basics by using Kidpix. This semester they are practicing those basic manipulative skills thru more teacher directed Kidpix lessons. This week they thought they were learning to draw a car.....they were really practicing using a drop down menu to change font color, listening to and following sequential oral directions, and reviewing the names of geometric shapes. Watch out, Detroit, PDS has some awesome car designers in the making!

Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year

Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us at PDS......
Have a Safe and

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Scholastic.com.....Great Books and MORE!

Thanks for making our Book Fair such a success!

We love Scholastic!

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, PDS students have enjoyed visiting www.scholastic.com to learn more about the Pilgrims, Indians, and The First Thanksgiving.

From the mountains....to the prairies....to the oceans white with foam

God Bless America, my home sweet home! The Fourth grade is hard at work learning the meanings of many geographical terms....so we decided to paint a mural to illustrate some of them. What fun we had! Can you find a desert? A prairie? Mountains? Waterfalls? A plateau?

Dancing with Degas

Degas is most famous for his paintings and sculptures featuring ballet dancers. Check out the Fourth graders' beautiful chalk drawings....graceful ballerinas....and one very nimble football player, right, Will?

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere!

These beautiful pumpkins were drawn by our
PDS Fifth and Sixth graders!