Thanksgiving Lunch with PK, 1st, 2nd, 4th and Mrs. Day's class is NEXT WEEK! Check your students' class lunch times and mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 6th! Order forms for pre-ordering meal tickets for guests will come home TODAY and are due by Thursday, Oct. 31st! All guest meals must be purchased in advance!
THIS FRIDAY is Goals Day! There will be no school for students and all parents/guardians should have a plan for meeting with your child's teacher(s)! Have questions? Call 806-219-7200!
What do you do when your teacher hands you 1 battery, 1 bulb, and 1 wire? Figure out how to make the light shine, that’s what!
Wheelock 5th graders got to apply their knowledge of circuits as they problem solved with teammates to make their circuits work!
HUGE thanks to our special guests who came to read to our 2nd graders today as part of United Way's United We Read! Our students had the opportunity to hear The Dot read aloud and create a fun craft!
Mr. Bones joined some of our students today for a meditation moment followed by a reading lesson! He must be gearing up to join us for Spooky Stories night on Tuesday, October 29th! Hope to see you all there!
As we near the end of Amplify Unit 3 in 5th grade, students have been invited to complete extension projects to show off all of the fun things they have learned. We have been studying the Ancient Civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca people. One of the project opportunities involved researching a food and its recipe to present to the class. 5th grader Amy Yepez chose to research corn, as it was an important staple of the Maya civilization. She discovered that one of our favorite foods, TAMALES, can actually be linked back to Mayan Civilization. Amy used research strategies we have learned to write a recipe, asked her Abuela to help her, and she brought tamales to share with her homeroom class this morning! Our stomachs and brains are so grateful that Amy showed initiative and chose to share the knowledge she gained!
Our sweet friends in Mrs. Day, Ms. Price, Mr. Duncum, Mr. Milam and Ms. Powell's class joined in the fun at At'l Do Farms last Friday, too! Smiles all around!
5th graders are exploring energy transformation and circuits by taking apart a flashlight and putting it back together to make it work again. In the flashlight system, the battery holds chemical energy, which turns into electrical energy when the circuit is complete. The bulb turns the electrical energy into light energy. Today’s lab really shed some light (get it!?) on energy changes in a flashlight system!!
Mr. Chitsey, Ms. Smith and Ms. Lovett took their darling class to At'l Do Farms last Friday and their students had the BEST time!
Our Pre-Kers had the best time learning and exploring at At’l Do Farms this past Friday!
Our 5th graders got to take a little trip yesterday to Listen Live, where they heard the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra perform! What an amazing experience!
Have we mentioned how many amazing things we have happening in Art class! Check it out! Over the last week or so, 1st grade helped paint a banner for sushi week, students made taco sculptures and interacted with modeling clay!
Student in Mrs. Long's class are gearing up for the season! Look at the beautiful fall trees with colorful leaves! I do believe we have some artists in our midst.
Such an incredible, immersive experience! Our 4th graders got to apply their learning of area and perimeter inside JURASSIC PARK! Mrs. Gonzales transformed her room and students loved their learning!
Yesterday, we held our inaugural 24-25 Student Council meeting! Members of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade student body were nominated for upholding our Plainsmen PRIDE expectations, and will serve as student leaders this school year. We are so proud of the hard work they are already putting in to make our school a better place. We completed value setting activities, and began planning our first service project of the year: The UCan Share Food Drive. Be on the lookout for more information about upcoming service learning opportunities and some sure-to-be outstanding, fun dress up days! Thank you to Ms. Garza, Mrs. Barnwell, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Sinclair for sponsoring our StuCo leaders this year!
24-25 Wheelock Plainsmen StuCo:
Angel Garcia
Anieya Sendejo
Ariella Longoria
Jocelynn Tillman
Aubrelyn Quintanilla
Isaiah Garcia
Kaisyn Garcia
Aaliyah Rivers
Cynthia Arroyo-Rivera
Lukas Ortiz
Lilliana Sanchez
Xzaveion Lewis
Kayson Zuniga
Niyla McDaniel
Khyler Davidson
Pre-K had the opportunity to learn from 5th grade this week! 5th grade has been learning about the water cycle and presented what they learned! What a cool opportunity for our biggest Plainsmen to teach our littlest Plainsmen! And then the little Plainsmen went back to their classrooms to show what they learned! Amazing!
How does the texture of the surface affect how far a car will travel? Our 5th graders explored the force caused by friction and its effect on the forward motion of an object!
There are so many cool things happening in our Wheelock library! Most recently, our 5th graders read books by Patricia Polacco including Thank you, Mr. Falker, Mr. Lincoln's Way, and My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother. They concluded their author study with Patricia Polacco's Grandmother's famous Thunder Cake baked by our very own librarian, Ms. Koehler! Amazing!
Last week in art class with Mrs. Dines, our 5th graders got the most amazing experience! As they continue their cultural learning around the continents, this week they focused on Asia. We had very special guests from Market Street on 19th and Quaker (Thank you, Judy and Priscilla!) to demonstrate sushi making! Students even got to taste the sushi! Later that week, after seeing how it's done by the professionals, our students made their own sushi out of candy. And soon, they'll be applying all that they know to create clay sushi! Thank you, Mrs. Dines!
We are so appreciative of our incredible custodian, Mr. Daniel! Today is Custodian Appreciation Day and we could never express our full gratitude. He takes amazing care of our building and our staff and students. We don't know what we'd do without him!
