In preschool, we are continuing our holiday fun! We are making elf hats and singing along to fun Christmas songs! 🎄🎶

On Wednesday, December 4th, our talented first graders brought the holiday spirit to life with their enchanting Christmas Concert. The performance featured a delightful lineup, beginning with a charming poem, *Five Little Bells,* followed by a beautifully harmonized song sung in a round. The students showcased their musical talents with a rhythmic rendition of *The Nutcracker* using rhythm sticks, a lively performance of *Jingle Bells* with bells, and a magical interpretation of *Sugar Plum Fairy* using sticks and scarves. The concert ended on a high note with their favorite song, *Blitzen's Boogie,* where the students sang and danced with energy and joy. It was a true delight to witness the creativity and enthusiasm our students brought to the stage. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this wonderful celebration of the season!

Preschool is full of holiday fun! From building gingerbread houses to counting gingerbread men, we’re developing fine motor skills and practicing our numbers! 🎄

At Meadow Brook we are empowering kids to take charge of their choices! 🌟 Here’s a snapshot of four friends in Mrs. Dickson's class sharing the '5 Things We Can Control'—attitude, words, actions, manners, and effort. 💪

There are many ways to describe items. In speech, we help our students expand their language by practicing the use of descriptive words in various ways. We focus on skills like identifying the group or category an item belongs to, explaining what it does, describing what it's made of, detailing what it looks like, stating where it can be found, naming its parts, and sharing any other important information. Our speech students are making great progress with this!

Silly slippers and socks are a fun way to celebrate great classroom behavior! We love having anything cozy to keep us learning in kindergarten! ❤️

The Special Education Team at Meadow Brook includes teachers and technicians from the preschool classroom, accommodated core class, and resource classroom. We collaborate closely with related service providers, such as speech pathologists, a school psychologist, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. Our team also works hand in hand with the principal, counselors, facilitators, and classroom teachers. In many ways, the Special Education Team involves nearly everyone at Meadow Brook! We are committed to delivering specialized instruction and fostering an inclusive environment where all students, regardless of their abilities, can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

In kindergarten, we've been learning about farms and how they provide us with much of our food, from animals and crops. We've also had the chance to welcome a couple of special guests who shared why farms are so important!

Our school has been open for nine wonderful years, and we have nine years' worth of gratitude to share! We've condensed it into nine big things we're especially thankful for. As we head into Thanksgiving Break, we feel so fortunate to work alongside you and your children every day. We truly love and appreciate each one of you. We hope your break is filled with food, family, and gratitude—we know ours will be! See you on Monday, December 2nd! 🦃💚💙

Both of Mrs. Neilson's kindergarten classes had a blast learning about forces of motion with Discovery Gateway!

Kindergarten was thrilled to participate in a presentation by the Discovery Gateway Museum! We explored push and pull motions and tested them out with exciting, hands-on experiments!

Our preschoolers are excitedly preparing for Thanksgiving! We’ve been exploring the foods we might enjoy, sharing our favorites and not-so-favorites, and reflecting on everything we’re grateful for.

We had our first fourth grade field trip on today! Our students went to UVU to attend GIS Day (Geographical Information Systems). At this event we learned more about how to use and decode maps. We also discovered why and how maps are made. UVU treated us with popcorn and cake!

In 2nd grade, we’ve had so much fun learning about Greek mythology, and now we’re creating our very own Greek myths!

The fifth grade Student Council has been working hard to prepare for Thankful Grams sales next week, November 18th-22nd! Thankful Grams will be sold for $0.25 each near the lunchroom before school and during lunch. If you're sending one to a classmate or friend, please remember their teacher's name to ensure it’s delivered to the right place. This is a wonderful way to show appreciation to classmates, teachers, and staff for everything they do to make our school a great place!

Our class was so excited to hear from a veteran on Veteran’s Day! We learned a lot and we talked about how our military protect democracy. We also just learned about Athens being the birthplace of democracy. We learned about Alexander the Great and he was our veterans favorite historical leader!

In speech, we've been working hard on learning the different story grammar elements! It's important to know the six key parts of a story: character, setting, problem, feeling, action, and ending. We read short stories and pause each time we recognize an important part of the story. To help us remember, we use popsicle sticks labeled with each story element, marking where we've discussed them in the story. We've been learning so much in speech!

Today, we were honored to have veterans from our community and our own school share with our students. We are deeply grateful to all who have served to protect our country’s freedoms. Happy Veterans Day to our Meadow Brook family! 🇺🇸

🍁 This week in preschool, we’re diving into fall with first letter sounds and everything autumn! In small groups, we’re focusing on recognizing and matching uppercase and lowercase letters. 🍁

In 4th grade, we just started our poetry unit, and we LOVE it so far! We have been learning new terms, or “poetic devices,” to help us write our own poems! We have also been reading works by various poets, including Roald Dahl, Harryette Mullen, and Norman Ault.