What's Happening Around Lyon Academy? December 9th, 2016

Take a look at several highlights from around our school this week. If you see an anchor chart, student work, or something else in the building you would like showcased for the staff, please send it to Tyler.Archer@slps.org.

Ms. Cychowski has her students complete a variety of diagrams in order to demonstrate higher levels of understanding. 

Ms. Richardson had her students complete a short writing project about friendship last month. 

Ms. Salmo used cut-outs of people to teach her students the parts of speech. 

Prior to the election, Ms. Wolfenden asked her students to write about what they would do if they were President and showcased the work with pictures of her students. 

Ms. Walker and Ms. Stuckel showcased multicultural holidays in their classroom. 

Ms. Connell used a Christmas light theme to identify the title and author of books that students read during IDR.

Ms. Richardson's students created self-portraits as a way of learning about characterization. 

Ms. Trapp works with students to practice then publish their writing as part of the LLI program implementation in grades 1-2. 

Ms. Wolfenden's students composed Gingerbread Stories to celebrate the holiday season. 

Ms. McCord's "What's Going On?" board greets students when they enter the classroom. 

Ms. Cisar's data wall showcases the students making growth according to STAR Math. 

Ms. Archer tracks students' progress towards weekly Kickboard goals and rewards students who achieve their goal with an incentive. 

Ms. Smith acknowledges the students making growth each STAR cycle on her hallway bulletin board. 

Ms. Smith's anchor charts help students clearly distinguish between figurative and literal language. 

Ms. Davison uses STAR graphs to show her students' progress anonymously. 

Ms. Cychowski's students demonstrate their understanding of the What it Says/What it Means (WIS/WIM) strategy for Science writing.