Congratulations to AES GATE students!
Our DOOR DECORATION for
RED RIBBON WEEK
won 1st place for the 4th grade hall!
Great job...scary faces...because
DRUGS SCARE US!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Red Ribbon Week 2013
AES celebrated Red Ribbon Week with fun days to show how we will SAY NO TO DRUGS!
Tuesday was WEAR RED for RED RIBBON WEEK!
Wednesday was TEAM UP against drugs. We wore the colors of our favorite teams!
(Roll Tide!)
Thursday was SHADE OUT DRUGS! Look at those cool shades!
Our door decoration was titled, "Drugs SCARE Us!" Check out these X-ray photos we took in PhotoBooth!
Remember - Drug Free...Way to BE!
Friday, October 18, 2013
Pumpkin Walk 2013
GATE students have been busily painting pumpkins! Our AES Fall Festival is next Tuesday, October 22. Our GATE class is the sponsor for the Pumpkin Walk. I know our booth will be busy with many walkers in hopes of winning one of our CUTE pumpkins! We have glittery pumpkins, polka dotted pumpkins, ALABAMA pumpkins (Roll Tide!), kitty cats, chevron designs, and even Frankenstein. The kids used their creativity to create original works of art! Room 408 is the place to be next Tuesday night! We'll have fun music, lucky numbers, and pumpkins to win! Please stop by! The fall festival starts at 5:00 and ends at 7:30. Tickets can be bought ahead of time or at the door. Happy Fall, Y'all!
Enjoy this slideshow of 3rd graders painting pumpkins!
Enjoy this slideshow of 4th graders creating their pumpkins!
Friday, October 4, 2013
WinSouth Credit Union Opens at AES!
October 1, 2013 was OPENING DAY of our AES branch of WinSouth Credit Union. It was a great first day! Four GATE students served as employee "runners." These students went to each of our 36 homerooms to gather students who wanted to save with us. Our runners helped students find our branch and fill out deposit slips when needed. We also had four bank tellers who greeted customers with friendly customer service, helped make deposits, and ALL FOUR tellers balanced their drawers at the end of the day!
Any 3rd or 4th grade student is welcome to open an account and save with us on Tuesdays. Applications are in Mrs. Adams' classroom (408). Students can deposit pocket change, bills, and checks. A representative from WinSouth Credit Union, Miss Lissette, comes to assist each Tuesday and takes all our deposits to WSCU immediately following our banking hours. Students who wish to withdraw money from their accounts can go with their parents to the WSCU on Highway 431.
We appreciate all the AES students who participate in Savings Day each Tuesday!
Any 3rd or 4th grade student is welcome to open an account and save with us on Tuesdays. Applications are in Mrs. Adams' classroom (408). Students can deposit pocket change, bills, and checks. A representative from WinSouth Credit Union, Miss Lissette, comes to assist each Tuesday and takes all our deposits to WSCU immediately following our banking hours. Students who wish to withdraw money from their accounts can go with their parents to the WSCU on Highway 431.
We appreciate all the AES students who participate in Savings Day each Tuesday!
IIM Research Begins in 4th grade GATE
After three weeks of researching notes on their chosen subjects for research projects, 4th grade GATE students have begun the IIM (Independent Investigation Method) Research process. Students have learned to take notes without plagiarizing. In class they have begun to cut apart their notefacts and organize them into a logical order. This is a time consuming and tedious process, but once all their facts are in place, they glue them onto lime green sheets of paper so that they are ready to create a storyboard or map, write scripts, and prepare for their projects.
Students have selected their own topics for research. My hope is that by choosing their own topics, they will enjoy researching and learning about their topic. If they enjoy learning about their topics, the organization and planning part of this process is easier. Once the scripts are written or storyboards are planned, students will begin inputting data in the MacBook computers. Students also chose the type of computer application they will use as well as if they will work independently or in groups. Students have chosen to create original websites, produce video productions and podcasts, publish general applications written documents, or create presentations through Keynote.
Our projects for technology competition are always top notch because our students put their hearts and minds together with their creativity and thinking skills! I am proud of the beginning of this process! Below are a few pictures of students hard at work organizing notefacts!
Students have selected their own topics for research. My hope is that by choosing their own topics, they will enjoy researching and learning about their topic. If they enjoy learning about their topics, the organization and planning part of this process is easier. Once the scripts are written or storyboards are planned, students will begin inputting data in the MacBook computers. Students also chose the type of computer application they will use as well as if they will work independently or in groups. Students have chosen to create original websites, produce video productions and podcasts, publish general applications written documents, or create presentations through Keynote.
Our projects for technology competition are always top notch because our students put their hearts and minds together with their creativity and thinking skills! I am proud of the beginning of this process! Below are a few pictures of students hard at work organizing notefacts!
Go Aggies!
Our GATE students cheered on the AGGIES with cards of kindness a few weeks ago. A former GATE student, Austin Pankey, is the quarterback for the AHS football team. His mom contacted me to see if we would like to support our Aggie football seniors by writing notes. The GATE students had a great time writing words of encouragement and drawing pictures for these 12th graders.
The Friday night they received our cards was the night of the AHS vs. Clay-Chalkville game. While the scoreboard did not show a win, our fans considered it a huge accomplishment to play so well against the #2 team in the state! Our GATE students think they had a little to do with how well the boys played.
I am proud of the kindness of my students through this mini service learning project to support and encourage our senior football players!
The Friday night they received our cards was the night of the AHS vs. Clay-Chalkville game. While the scoreboard did not show a win, our fans considered it a huge accomplishment to play so well against the #2 team in the state! Our GATE students think they had a little to do with how well the boys played.
I am proud of the kindness of my students through this mini service learning project to support and encourage our senior football players!
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