Olympia West

Week one of Outer Space in PreK involved learning about the Sun, stars/star constellations, and the moon. They used their fine motor skills, working together, and literacy and math skills to perform their stations this week. This week we are preparing for blast off as we learn all about the planets and solar system.

3rd graders bowling to practice music math!

Congratulations to our 2019 after school badminton drawing winners

Badminton Game On!

5th graders completing a collaboration activity during character ed with Mrs. Ruppert!

Great day at ROE with our fellow teachers!

The votes are in and the 2019 Tournament of Books winner is The Lightning Thief.

Third grade enjoyed a chapter from their novel study in the warm sunshine!

Fifth graders go out To practice haiku writing We love poetry!

Pre-K learned about different kinds of weather this week. They participated in an active find the weather, do the action game. Reviewed counting and taking turns in a weather board game (some also practiced graphing). Then, practiced quantifying "raindrop links" to match the number on the raincloud. Ask them to name a form of precipitation, our big word of the week.

Fourth grade students redeemed Lunch With A Bud coupons to eat in the classroom with their friends. #OlySpartanPride

Fourth grade started a science unit today about the brain. We had to read words written in a different color, say the color of the word rather than the written word, and then used movement and sensory nerves to catch a ruler to test reaction time. #OlySpartanPride

Olympia West staff kicked off Autism awareness month with our matching tshirts to remind our students that- "In a world where you can be anything-BE KIND!"

Fourth grade students voted today in the Tournament of Books. The Final Four has been set: Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Ugly Truth vs The Lightning Thief and The Quickest Kid in Clarksville vs Henry’s Freedom Box. Which books will advance to the championship round?

Pre-K became some dinosaur eXperts this week. They learned about some new words such as eXtinct and paleontologist, as well as some pretty tough dinosaur names. They used fine motor skills to build a dinosaur out of shapes, their counting and number recognition to sequence and quantify dinosaurs, and went on a dinosaur hunt to find our letter Xx. If you're looking for a conversation starter-just ask them about dinosaurs!

Second grade students at Olympia West presented 4th grade students with posters and lots of encouragement at a kick-off assembly for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness testing that starts Tuesday. #OlySpartanPride

The last two days of Pre-K's Spirit Week. Thankful Thursday, where the students dressed like someone or something they are thankful for and shared why with the class. Lastly, we all wore green in honor of St. Patrick's day and raced to match the numbers, count, and fill the pots of gold with the right amount of coins before the other team did.

Olympia West students climb to high heights in PE today!

Fifth graders worked in groups to complete an Amazing Race across Ireland. Along the way they practiced test skills and Spartan skills. 🍀

Third grade played collaborative games to prep for testing and, more importantly, build confidence in our Spartan skills 👍🏻