On February 2-March 2 the Sierra Bonita PTA will be hosting another book fair. This is a great opportunity to get books and reading materials at a low price. Please check out the link below to find out more information about the book fair and to get a preview of some of the books that will be available during the week.
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=sierrabonitaelementary
On January 27, the First Grade celebrated the 100th day of school! The kids wrote 100 words they knew, wrote their numbers to 100, and even licked a lolly-pop 100 times. Students brought a bag of 100 small items that they counted and displayed on their desks. The first graders then were able to go on a 'museum walk' around all the first grade classrooms. We have had 100 wonderful days of first grade and can't wait for more!
Second grade students at Sierra Bonita Elementary rang in the holidays by performing two holiday songs for the entire student body. The second grade students rehearsed weekly for a month and gave an amazing performance.
The students at Sierra Bonita Elementary enjoyed celebrating their reading achievements in a school wide "It Pays to Read" assembly just prior to Christmas break. All students who participated in our It Pays to Read program received a packet of restaurant coupons and a movie pass to Water Gardens Spanish 8 Theater. In addition, students' names were entered into a drawing (one ticket for each week the reading goal was met) for hundreds of books and bigger prizes.
HELP! First graders at Sierra Bonita made a gingerbread man today and he ran away! He's about one foot tall, has peppermint eyes, a brown m&m nose, and red and green gumdrop buttons. He goes by the name of Gingy. If you have any ideas on his whereabouts, please send him back to us. THANK YOU!
The 3rd grade recently completed research projects. Some of them are on countries, animals or other topics. Mrs. Christensen's class all did country reports and have been presenting them for the class and parents. They covered things like daily life, capitals, population, and what the country looks like. They have had fun while learning a lot about our world. They made posters, typed up their reports, and presented them in front of the class. Some students brought in items, money, and food from that country. It was a lot of fun.
On December 2nd, second graders from Sierra Bonita had the opportunity to go to Christmas Around the World at BYU. We saw dances from many different cultures. Among our favorites were the bottle dance from Israel, a scarf dance from Mexico, and the river dance from Ireland. It was fun to see talented dancers portray the holiday traditions of different cultures from all around the world
In Miss Mathew's Second Grade class they are doing a special project called Show and Teach. Each student signed up for a time where they got to be the teacher. To go along with their unit about steps in a process, each student was assigned to think of something they would like to teach the class how to do. Using the steps in a process format, they were then given a few minutes on their assigned day to teach the class. So far they have learned how to make Kool-Aid, paper origami flow
On November 22, Sierra Bonita students showed their best impression of a turkey gobble in hopes to win a turkey for Thanksgiving Dinner during the Turkey Gobbling Assembly. Each class chose their best gobbler to compete for the grade level turkey in front of the entire school. The world renowned judges did a wonderful job at picking the best gobblers to win the prize! We had a great time not only hearing turkey impressions, but the judges required some gobblers to act like turkeys to decide the winner of some grade levels. Even the faculty had a chance to show their best gobbles!