Mar. 15—The past few weeks leading up to spring break have been busy at Grand View School, with students participating in literacy lab activities and playing volleyball.
Grand View Literacy Lab Mentor Roslyn Harrison said the 22 third-year students were sponsored by faculty educators including Judy Croman, Larry Dickerson, Debra Dickerson, and Roslyn Harrison. He said he participated in the Literacy Lab's book project.
“We serve kindergarten through third grade; [the lab] We aim to improve reading comprehension, comprehension and writing skills,” Harrison said.
Harrison said this is the first time the project has featured Thomas Rockwell's literary work “How to Eat Fried Bugs.” After studying and discussing the book, the children created “bug recipes” and taught them about measurement and other comprehension skills, Harrison said.
The students also displayed their own “plates” which were later hung up in the hall for everyone to see. They compared and contrasted the book and movie version of “How to Eat Fried Worms” while munching on snacks such as “worm dirt,” which included chocolate ice cream, crushed Oreos, and gummy worms.
Harrison said the goal is to encourage students to write, read and think critically. Associated activities promoted comprehension, comprehension, fluency, text comparison, and writing ability.
“They loved watching the movie because it was so different from the book. It was a learning experience for them to see how dramatically the book changes when it's brought to the big screen. But they love it,” Harrison said. “It was very exciting for them and they felt a real sense of accomplishment.”
Some young students were learning to think critically about literature, while others were participating in extracurricular activities such as volleyball tournaments.
Grandview physical education teacher and coach Ryan McMurray, also known as “Coach Mac,” said the district will hold its annual volleyball tournament on March 7, with students from Briggs, Lowry, Hulbert, Wickliffe, Shady Grove, He said 16 teams from seven Sequoia Immersion schools participated. School and grand view.
McMurray said it felt like a high school tournament because of the “enthusiastic atmosphere” of people cheering and attending the games.
In the double-elimination tournament that took place throughout the day, Grand View's undefeated group was crowned the winning team. It consisted of Mati Cook, Brooklyn Anderson, Rayleigh McCarter, Cheyenne Daugherty, Kasha Tehy, and Sarah Carey.
McMurray said he is proud of his team members who have been practicing over the past two months. “They really showed a lot of leadership qualities and had a lot of fun,” McMurray said.
McMurray said he wants the players on the Grand View team to continue playing the sport and thinks they will all be able to do it once they reach high school.
