Firsties at South began last week reading “Bat Loves the Night” by author, Nicola Davies. This book led the students on a mission to learn about why a bat is not a bird, different types of bats, parts of a bat and more! The week finished with the first official BAT DAY!! Students spent the day in a bat cave with lights off, flashlights, glow sticks, and even a bat roost. Students worked on art, informative writing, comparing bats and birds, and a whole grade level activity to understand echolocation. The kids had a blast and were able to share what they had learned all week!
The second grade classes at Olympia South are learning about communities. We discussed the three types of communities (rural. urban, and suburban) and created second grade NOUN TOWN. #olyspartanpride
Firemen Visit OSE
Learning about Lava in 4th#Olyspartanpride
We are off to a great Homecoming Week at Oly South! Thanks to OHS for the fun assembly yesterday. #OlySpartanPride
Fifth and fourth grade Enrichment Groups after their “What My Name Means” poem presentations. They all did an awesome job. Notice the fourth graders smiles are bigger than the fifth graders.
#coordinate graphing#spartan pride#mathisfunin4
Ms. Metz's second grade class celebrated National Dot Day on September 14. We read the book The Dot and learned how to make our mark on the world! We also learned about pointillism and created our own dot masterpieces.
Wow! We are a month into school and this group of second graders has met their new goal of 11 minutes reading stamina! They are working so hard! #olyspartanpride
We are practing reading response and collaboration in 5th grade at OSE today!
Telephones are currently down at Olympia South. If you need to reach the school, please call the District office at 309-379-6011. You can speak to someone and have your call transferred or you can dial 2020 when prompted. Sorry for the inconvenience!
First graders are building a strong classroom community with their morning meetings each day. To begin with, the class reads a message from Mrs. Gray. Students then greet each other in unique ways each day. Then, students are selected to think deep and answer the question of the day. Our meeting concludes each day with an activity that encourages the whole group to work together as a team. It is so fun to watch them grow as a community and become closer each day!
Oly South Picture Day-TOMORROW! Thursday, September 6th. Ordering information will be sent home after pictures are taken!
In second grade, we are practicong our growth mindset by creating masterpieces from a beautiful oops coffee stain using Seesaw
We have a group of engineers in this room! Working on STEM project #1 in 2R! The objective was to launch a Pom Pom after creating a slingshot with popsicle sticks and rubber bands! Team work and collaboration at its finest 👍🏻
2nd graders are one week into school and are working real hard on adding details to pictures and their writing! Superstar writers in the making! #OlySpartanPride
New crossing guards going through training today to help keep South safe! #OlySpartanPride
OSE Fifth Graders started their day with kindness in mind. Hopefully YOU will be a recipient of some of that kindness.
1st graders are excited for a magical year! On Thursday, they received a special delivery of magic play dough, and today they made magic bracelets! While we took time to make predictions of what would happen and talked about why our bracelets changed colors when we walked outside and glowed in the dark when we came inside, our favorite answer and the most logical answer came from a special first grader who said she thought the magic was brought on by our love and care! First graders at South are in for a magical year of learning and leading!
#Olyspartanpride
Star Students walk the Red Carpet for the first day of School!
