Meadow Brook Elementary

Second grade is having so much fun learning about measurement! 📏✨ Did you know that one of the cool things about centimeters, meters, (and millimeters and kilometers) is they relate to each other through the number 100? The kids thought it was cool that 100 millimeters is equivilant to 1 centimeter, 100 centimeters is the same as a meter, and there are 100 meters in a kilometer. We are not measuring kilometers in second grade (I can't help but throw in extra tidbits here and there), but we are learning about tools we can use to measure inches, centimeters, yards, and meters, estimating and checking our answers, and will soon be comparing lengths! I sure love seeing their excitement as they learn new skills! 💙📐

Mrs. Albrecht's class had an amazing time at the Utah Symphony last week! 🎻
Students learned about the wind, brass, percussion, and string sections of the symphony and experienced the magic of live music! What a fun and inspiring day!

The kindergartners have loved getting to learn how to jump rope outside at recess! We’ve got some jumping queens and kings here at Meadow Brook!

Big ideas, strong teamwork, and lots of collaboration! Our kindergarten and 5th grade teams having a productive PD planning day. 👏📘

Mrs. Oman’s class loves having our school counselor come each month! This month Mrs. Palfreyman taught us about being good friends. We are lucky to have such a great school counselor!

Smiles, hugs, and lots of stories to tell! Our preschool friends are SO excited to be back at school after the break.

🍿 Popcorn Alert! 🍿
Students—get ready to pop with excitement! Our awesome lunch crew will be serving popcorn with every school lunch to celebrate National Popcorn Day on Friday, January 16!

Be sure to check out the menu and join us for lunch so you don’t miss this fun (and tasty) surprise.

👀 And psst… we’ve got some top-secret news about a student-favorite lunch making a BIG comeback to the menu next month. 🤫🔥
Stay tuned—you definitely won’t want to miss this!

👉 Want to stay in the know? Please visit the updated Child Nutrition website for all things related to school lunch and breakfast at:
https://www.nebo.edu/page/child-nutrition

Our fifth-grade classes had the opportunity to visit our State Capitol this week! Students learned about the history and symbolism of this remarkable building. Throughout the year, they have studied the three branches of government, and this visit allowed them to see where each branch works inside the Capitol. We had a fantastic time!

Preschool is back and ready for some snow!! We don’t have any snow yet, so we made our very own snowmen!⛄️

Fourth-grade students have just finished a CKLA unit called Eureka! Student Inventors. During this unit, we not only practiced our reading and writing skills by learning about famous inventors and their experiences, but also put our creative talents to the test by building ourselves. Through collaboration, research, occasional failure, and learning from their mistakes, the students were able to create unique and useful inventions. With this thrilling hands-on experience, students are sure to remember this unit for years to come!

We are enjoying the season with our Christmas Program and Party. And we are learning all kinds of things. Right now we are learning about the Maya civilization, collecting data and making graphs, and r-controlled vowels. These students are working so hard to finish out the term!

Miss McClellan’s class got to learn about Native Americans and how to make fry bread! It was so fun and delicious!

Kindergartners love recess, and our first day of having snow was magical! ❄️

Our first graders have been hard at work today practicing for their Christmas program, dedicated to the wonderful Ms. Craner. 💜

They’re singing and dancing their way through favorites like “Sugar Plum Fairy,” “Nutcracker,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Blitzen Boogie.” The Christmas spirit is definitely shining bright in our classrooms! ✨

We can’t wait for everyone to see how amazing they’ll be—this group is full of joy, energy, and holiday cheer. 🎶💫

#FirstGrade #ChristmasProgram #SchoolSpirit #HonoringMsCraner 🎅🏼🎁

Our Annual Giving Tree is one of our favorite traditions at Meadow Brook. We are grateful to be part of such a generous community—one that is always willing to support friends, neighbors, and fellow Mustangs. There are still many ornaments on our tree waiting to be chosen, each representing a gift for a child in need at our school. If you are able and willing, we would truly appreciate you stopping by to take an ornament or two and help support our Mustang family. 💚💙

This month in speech, we’re using holiday classic stories to boost communication and language skills in a fun, meaningful way! We have been focusing on answering WH- questions. We talk about who the characters are, where the story takes place, why a problem happened and how it was solved. We also work on retelling the important parts of the story using our story grammar elements! Students have been learning to organize their thoughts, stay on topic, and become strong story tellers!

Merry Christmas from the speech team! 🎄🎅

Creating Like the Romans!

To wrap up our Ancient Rome unit, our third graders made their own mosaic art! We talked about how the Romans used mosaics, and then the kids came up with their own ideas and designs. They had such a fun time putting the tiles together, and their finished pieces turned out so cute. It was a great way to end the unit!

Transparent or opaque!?!
In 3rd grade we started our Adventures in Light & Sound unit in CKLA.
We’ve been practicing listening and reading to find the main idea and supporting details about the properties of light.
Today was full of riddles and experiments to test our knowledge about light. How illuminating! 😉💡

❄️ The holidays can bring lots of big feelings. Excitement, nervousness, joy, worry—it’s all normal. At school, we’re helping students slow down, breathe, and focus on what matters: kindness, connection, being ready to learn, and taking care of ourselves and each other. ☃️🎄