Last week, #NorthsideStJ students in Grades 2-5 learned about the voting process and were able to take part in the "MN Students Vote" mock election.
Congratulations to this week's #NorthsideStJ Saints Power winners. Way to go! Go Saints!
Grade 2 #NorthsideStJ students had to use their sense of touch in Science today to determine what represented the "brains, eyes, fingers, and finger nails"
Grade 4 #NorthsideStJ students are exploring the focusing question: "What is a great heart, literally?" Students were annotating the text: "The Circulatory Story" to determine the two most important details about blood vessels on their assigned pages.
#NorthsideStJ paraprofessionals are ready for a great day with students.
Grade 2 #NorthsideStJ students are exploring "seasons of change" and have been reading "A Color of His Own" by Leo Lionni. Students created their own chameleons this morning.
Congratulations to this week's #NorthsideStJ Saints Power Winners! Way to go!
Go Saints!
Mrs. Becker (Visual Arts) & Mrs. Ommodt (STEM) created a unit centered around Harold and the Purple Crayon. These #NorthsideStJ KA students have been "exploring artistic ideas through intentional play: curvy/horizontal lines w/ golf balls & Harold's friend Porcupine.
#NorthsideStJ KA students in Ms. Trautman's class are math all-stars! They are exploring the essential question, "How do we show how many?" Today's objective is to identify "one more".
Great thinking, Kindergartners!
Grade 3 #NorthsideStJ students learning about the essential question: ¿Qué es un mono? (What is a monkey?) during their Sarah's Spanish School class.
STATE TENNIS UPDATE!
Saints lose a close one to Pine City 3-4. St. James will play Waseca at 4pm today.
Go Saints
#NorthsideStJ KA students completing an evidence organizer determining what CJ in "Last Stop for Market Street" sees and hears within the text.
Grade 2 #NorthsideStJ students preparing to read the story, A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni discussing what they know about chameleons.
"They use their capabilities to camouflage to hide from their predators."
"They can change colors"
"They eat bugs"
Grade 1 #NorthsideStJ students examining the words remote and mobile when inferring how others get books around the world. These students are thankful for our school and local library. Connecting learning from the text "My Librarian is a Camel"
Grade 5 #NorthsideStJ students from Mrs. Johnson's class completing a Bridge Building Challenge in Mrs. Ommodt's STEM class.
#NorthsideStJ 4th Graders buddied up with their Kindergarten buddies this morning.
#NorthsideStJ 3rd Grade students in Mrs. Taylor's Class learned about the Eskimo Stick Pull for Indigenous People Day.
The game helps prepare native Eskimo culture to pull seals out of the water by building up strength in their grip and in their legs for pulling the seal.
Congratulations to this week's #NorthsideStJ Saints Power Winners! Way to go!
Some more #NorthsideStJ students used their Saints Power prizes this week to Read and Play basketball with Mr. Dawson the past few days. Go Saints!
It is national fire safety week and our #NorthsideStJ Kindergartners connected their learning about the Five Senses to fire safety. Thank you to the St. James Fire Department for also taking the Kindergarten classes for a ride on the fire truck.
