October 2018

Fourth graders walked up to the Salem City Cemetery last week to participate in several learning activities. Students used subtraction to solve and find how many years people lived, looked for people who had served in the military, and also tried to find the person who was born the earliest in history.  

Students observed the plants and animals that they saw, as well as the weather and clouds.  They also looked for unique designs on headstones and did pencil rubbings.

2nd grade walked over to the Daughter's of the Utah Pioneer cabin.  We learned all about our community in the past.  We got to taste home churned butter and see lots of neat artifacts that children our age used to use.  It was a great learning experience

Fifth Grade learning about genetics and heredity and dominant and recessive traits with a fun Punnett Square activity.

On Tuesday, Salem Elementary students received a wonderful surprise.  Harward Farms donated a pumpkin to each student in the school.  Students were grinning from ear to ear as they got to take a pumpkin home. Thank you Harward Farms

The second annual Goosebump Gala Halloween Party will be held at the Salem Activity Center on Saturday, October 27th from 1:00-3:00 p.m.  There will be games, prizes, trunk or treat, food, music and a costume contest!  Additional information available at salemcity.org.

Fall is here. Kindergarten celebrated by weighing and measuring pumpkins, going in a ‘bear’ cave, playing in leaves, drawing pumpkins, and painting a fall tree. We love fall

First Grade walked to the pond to look at the fall colors and leaves.

Spy Hop visited Salem Elementary with an assembly that introduced students to the language and concepts of media arts through an interactive experience, which included onstage student participants.

The 2nd graders went to the Scera Theater.  They got to watch the play How I Became A Pirate.  It was a "SWASH BUCKLING" time!

Our school's digital coach, Mr. Crockett, spends his time teaching students and teachers fun and educational ways to use Chromebooks in the classroom.  He is visiting fourth grade classrooms and teaching students to use Google Slides to create a personalized Jack-o-Lantern.  Students then typed a short story to go with their Jack-o-Lantern.  While doing so, students practiced paragraph writing as well as worked on their revising and editing skills.  Definitely a fun and educational way to integrate technology in the classroom!