Our Student Council spread the kindness yesterday with personalized bookmarks for everyone. Students had a great time sharing words of kindness with one another!🤗
Nuestro consejo estudiantil difundió la bondad ayer con marcapáginas personalizados para todos.
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Mrs. Kruckenberg’s class started out the day by using inquiry skills to investigate $1 and $2 bills along with the history of cash money and coins. 💵 Did you know Ben Franklin designed the first paper money printed during the American Revolution?! 🤯This activity was followed by some application of decimals in real life scenarios using money and decimals. They had a fantastic finish to Math with a few intense rounds of decimal tic tac toe!
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Students are enjoying balloon activities in gym class with Mrs. Padilla this week! They played “Keepy Uppy” using different body parts. 🎈🎈🎈
¡Los estudiantes están disfrutando de actividades con globos en la clase de gimnasia con la Sra. Padilla esta semana! #JeffersonJourney🐝




Los estudiantes de la Srta. García se vuelven expertos investigando sobre un evento que ocurrió en Illinois. Luego comparten sus hallazgos en sus grupos pequeños💻
Ms. Garcia's students research about events that happened in Illinois and share with their peers.#JeffersonJourney🐝




This lovely group is always looking forward to their small group time with Mr. Jason! 🤗
¡Este encantador grupo siempre espera con ansias su tiempo en grupo pequeño con el Sr. Jason!
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Today is World Kindness Day. 🌎 Students created this craft with Ms. Julie. In a world where you can be anything, be kind! 🫶
Hoy es el Día Mundial de la Amabilidad y los estudiantes crearon esta manualidad con la Sra. Julie.
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November 11 is Veteran's Day.
Thank you for your service.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
El 11 de noviembre es el Día de los Veteranos.
Gracias por tu servicio.
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Mrs. Julie and Ms. Ashly stopped by some 4th grade classrooms to teach a lesson on taking responsibility for your own actions. They read a story and then facilitated some problem solving activities. 🤝
La Sra. Julie y la Srta. Ashly pasaron por algunas aulas de cuarto grado para enseñar una lección sobre cómo asumir la responsabilidad de sus propias acciones. Leyeron una historia y luego facilitaron algunas actividades de resolución de problemas.
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Ms. Susnis' class loves fall most of all! 🍂
Enjoy your weekend!
¡A la clase de la Sra. Susnis le encanta el otoño! 🍂
¡Disfruta tu fin de semana!
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Ms. Susnis' class enjoys reading and discussing their novels during reading groups.📚 La clase de la Sra. Susnis disfruta leer y discutir sus novelas durante los grupos de lectura. #JeffersonJourney🐝



Ms. Butler's class is working hard on some addition & subtraction word problem task cards in their Math class. ➕➖ La clase de la Srta. Butler está trabajando arduamente en algunas tarjetas de problemas verbales de suma y resta en su clase de Matemáticas. #JeffersonJourney🐝


These 5th graders used their Bee Bucks to purchase lunch time with a staff member! They chose Ms. Velázquez! 🤗
¡Estas estudiantes de 5to grado usaron sus Bee Bucks para comprar tiempo de almuerzo con un maestro! ¡Eligieron a la Srta. Velázquez!
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Fourth graders in STEM this week learn about erosion answering the question: will a mountain last forever? They experiment with sugar cubes and recreate a stone falling down a mountain to find it smooths out and breaks apart! ⛰️
Pregunta de STEM: ¿una montaña durará para siempre?
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Students in Ms. Sciame’s math groups are practicing how to represent numbers in different ways using base ten blocks. They love it and learn so much! 🔢🔢🔢
Los estudiantes de los grupos de matemáticas de la Sra. Sciame están practicando cómo representar números de diferentes maneras usando bloques de base diez.
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No TRICKS here, just TREATS! 🎃Enjoy these pictures and many more in our October 31st gallery! 👉👉👉 https://cusd50.smugmug.com/Jefferson-School/2023-October-Assembly-and-Halloween-Parade/ 👈👈👈
Costume parades, assemblies, award ceremonies... Jefferson is the best!!! 🎃
¡Disfruta de estas imágenes y muchas más en nuestra galería del 31 de octubre!




Ms. Marin's students complete a puzzle about the Midwest region of the USA. 🧩
Los alumnos de la Sra. Marin completan un rompecabezas sobre la región del Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos.
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After the sugar rush a couple days ago, our school bunnies Daisy and Leo enjoy a healthy treat. 🐇🥕
Después de la fiebre del azúcar de hace un par de días, nuestros conejitos de la escuela, Daisy y Leo, disfrutan de una merienda saludable.
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Mrs. Kruckenberg’s class created and presented spooky plays. Spoken dialogue has so many different areas of focus. Their words and presentation style were spooky and suspenseful! 👻🎭
La clase de la Sra. Kruckenberg creó obras de teatro espeluznantes. #JeffersonJourney🐝




4th graders in Mrs. Hay's class are becoming experts with a short text about the history of Illinois by reading, highlighting, discussing, and rehearsing facts. The next step will be to teach a new group about their part. 🧐
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Ms Shearer’s class practicing marking their text in a fun, hands-on activity with instructional coach Mrs. Handley this afternoon! La clase de la Srta. Shearer practica cómo marcar su texto en una actividad práctica y divertida con la Sra. Handley. #JeffersonJourney🐝




