Week 1- Students listened to Be A Maker.  They worked in small groups to build anything they wanted using LEGOs.

Week 2- Students listened to The Dot.  They used their imagination to create anything they wanted using just a dot, or dot sticker.

Week 3- Students listened to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.   They worked in centers, one to make their name on the coconut tree, another to draw their coconut tree and write their name, and using play dough mats to make letters.

• K-2 students listened to The Smart Cookie. We began a discussion about growth mindset. They made their own cookie activity including all the ways that they are smart.

Week 4- Students listened to The Big Red Barn. They engineered their own barn using LEGOs to see how many farm animals fit in their barn. Students worked together in small groups to build. They had to draw their barn, extending the lesson.

• K-2 students listened to The Magical Yet. We continued to discuss growth mindset. When we work hard and exercise our brains we can do anything.

• Week 5- Fizzy Apples- this week students became scientists. They learned that 2 products can cause a reaction when mixed together. They mixed baking soda and colored vinegar. 

• Week 6- Leaf Man- students listened to a story about how we can use our imaginations to see different animals as the leaves fall for the season.

  • Grade 2- were tasked with making leaf bowls using a balloon and mod podge to stick leaves on. Once the dish dried the leaves were left in a bowl shape. 

• Week 7- Prek- K- Bats- with the upcoming Halloween holiday, students listened to Amara and the Bats and learned important information about how bats help the environment. They made tissue paper bats.

  • Grades 1-2 listened to an informational book about bats and were challenged to make a flying bat that could travel the farthest distance. 

• Week 8- Halloween week- all students were challenged to make a house for a ghost after listening to the story 10 Timid Ghosts. They had to build a house around their ghost. Prek-k students used LEGO's or linking cubes to complete the challenge. Grades 1-2 had to create a house using only candy corn and toothpicks. 

• Week 9- Students listened to a story about being thankful for Thanksgiving. They listed all of the things that they are thankful for on leaves and then painted them to be added to our "Thankful Tree" in the hallway.

  • Grade 1 and 2 made homemade butter. They learned how to take whipping cream and make it into butter.

• Week 10- Students listened to a Nativity story about the angel who visits Mary and is there when baby Jesus is born. Students made their own angel.

• Week 11- Students listened to a story about the Jesse Tree and all of Jesus' descendants. They colored an ornament from the story and covered it in mod podge to make it last. At mass students added their ornaments to the Jesse tree on the altar.

• Week 12- Students made jingle bell instruments and then the following class they were able to play them.

• Week 13- Students learned the science behind how borax laundry detergent will form crystals in hot water that cools. They made ornaments for their Christmas tree at home.

  • K-2 were challenged with making a Christmas tree out of select supplies.  

• Week 14- Preschool students worked in centers to make a Christmas picture using either counting cubes, foam shapes or LEGO bricks. Educational benefit is patterning, counting and understanding colors.

• Week 15- 2nd grade was challenged with making a trap to lure in a snowman after reading How to Catch a Snowman.

  • K-1 created unique snowflakes using marshmallows and toothpicks- education benefit- counting 

  • Pre-K classes made unique snowflakes with pipe cleaners and pony beads- education benefit- counting- patterning

• Week 16- All students will begin to learn about Arctic Animal Habitats- they will construct an igloo to hold at least 1 arctic animal.

• Week 17- All students were preparing for the upcoming Catholic Schools Week and our theme of Carnival. Mrs. Kucewicz's class made ring toss games, Mrs. Rooks class made clown faces, Mrs. Kush's class made cotton candy with puffy paint, Miss Sudyn's class made clown people, Miss Amborski's class designed and made rollar coasters and Mrs. Wagner's class designed and made ferris wheels.  All students did an amazing job. 

• Week 18- Students celebrated Valentine's Day by making heart stained glass, string art and Valentines's day challenges with K-2.

• Week 19- OLBS celebrated the 100th day of school by making gumball machines with 100 gumballs (dots)

• Week 20- We had the most fun kicking off Dr. Seuss week by making Oobleck.  Look at some of their faces as they touch the stick non-newtonian fluid.

• Week 21- Prek Students learned the Science of Rainbows and how they form. Kindergarten had a lesson in Newtons Law of Motion by learning about pushes and pulls by making a penny spinner.  1st and 2nd graders learned about chemical reactions by making baking soda pucks and then adding vinegar to them after they dry. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

1st grade making homemade butter.