From Mrs. Zimmerschied:
"The Thirty Years War was instigated by representatives of King Ferdinand getting a less than warm welcome and tossed out a window. We recreated it with Sophia as our representative of the king."
From Mrs. Anderson:
"In careers class we are studying how globalization changed the workforce.  Students found objects around the classroom and identified where they were made."
Weston and Rylee did exactly as I asked yesterday...they showed up and gave their State race everything they had. Unfortunately, both felt the physical toll of two back-to-back nights of District soccer preceding Friday's early race...the way the cookie crumbles for dual-sport athletes in post-season play sometimes. Regardless, they came, they saw and they finished hard. Although no podium finishes their hard work and determination made them two of Missouri's top Class 1 cross country runners and we're so very proud to call them a Green Ridge Tiger.
Mrs. Dove had kindergarten begin creating their puppets this week in the library in preparation for an upcoming story: The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey.
Mrs. Thompson introduced Literature Discussion Groups/Book Clubs with her students this week. Students spent time with her at her guided reading table. Then, they worked with their group to complete written responses to the text. They practiced accountable talk while sharing with their peers! Wow!!!
Mr. Rollins had students in Earth Science and Physical Science completing a LAB assignment.
Mr. Taylor's 6th graders have been studying ancient Egypt. Recently, students made their own hieroglyphics to display in the hallway. Today, Mr. Taylor began his lesson with a discussion about goods that were traded in ancient times including incense and frankincense. He shared some lotion to give students an idea of what type of fragrance ancient Egyptians used. They loved it!
After Mrs. Harrison’s math lesson about ratios, she leveled up the engagement with Blooket, an Ed Tech platform, where she chose a couple of games to review skills. Students created an anonymous game name & competed against their classmates with leaderboards. High school helpers also competed against the class along with Mrs. Harrison herself! It was fantastic! Loved hearing Mrs. Harrison challenging students: “Dog2, I’m coming for ya!” :))) The students were ALL IN!!!
Ms. Schmidli had an engaging lesson on the importance of writing specific, clear directions when creating a "how to" writing. She had students write directions to make a stick person. Then, she tried to follow their directions! The results were humorous, but she made her point! One student had FABULOUS directions! He earned a prize!
1st grade had a visit from two members of the American Legion. These special guests shared their love of our country, provided historical information, taught our students proper flag etiquette, and even left flags for each student to take home! Thank you for spending time with our students, and thank you for your service!❤️🇺🇸
Mrs. Miller's 7th graders surprised her with an early birthday party today! One of the girls made a special red velvet cake, and another girl made cupcakes for the class.
"I might have had watery eyes for a few minutes. I am so blessed to be in these children's lives."----Mrs. Miller
The Tiger soccer team played a heart stopping game tonight in the district final vs Stover. Unfortunately, the Tigers fell to the Bulldogs in the overtime thriller! Thanks for a great season!
Caught some independent readers in 3rd & 4th grade and some Kindergarteners too!!! Our students are strengthening their reading stamina!!!
Mrs. Hammers passed out mirrors to elementary classrooms today to support phonological awareness activities. Mrs. Lamar's students were using their mirrors to help them see their mouth position in order to correctly pronounce letter sounds.
The teacher's small group reading table is truly where the magic happens! Lots of GR8 learning happening today!!!
We had TWO Running Tigers qualify for State! We sent them off in style today to prepare to compete on Friday! Rylee Donaldson & Weston Crawford walked the halls to cheers, claps, and high fives from the entire school before embarking on their adventure!!! Thank you to our drum line and GR8 Tiger Nation Flags for helping celebrate our athletes!
The Soccer Tigers are playing for the District Championship this evening in Stover. The Tigers will play the Stover Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. at the Stover Soccer Field and entrance to districts is $6/person. Head down to root on the Tigers. Go TigerNation.
HS Soccer is playing their first round of districts this afternoon in Stover. The Tigers are battling Smithton at 4:30. Good Luck Tigers, the Green Ridge variety! Go tigernation
CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. WARNERS FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM!
THEY WON OUR FIRST ANNUAL GR8 PUMPKIN CONTEST. THE PUMPKIN RAISED 140 DOLLARS ! FANTASTIC JOB! THEY WON A PIZZA PARTY! THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PUMPKIN CONTEST WENT TO MID MO HONOR FLIGHT. THE TOTAL RAISED WAS 1,100 DOLLARS! THANK YOU TO OUR GR8 COMMUNITY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
Congratulations to Rylee and Weston who both qualified for State today! They will represent the Running Tigers at the State cross country meet at Gans Creek in Columbia Friday.
