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And the winner is … Bounty
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News In every store, big or small, there are numerous brands of paper towels available, each claiming to be the best, the most absorbent or the cheapest. How do we prove or disprove these claims? How do we work out which paper towels are truly great and which are almost entirely useless? We have all seen advertisements where two brands of paper towels are…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Who doesn’t love a classroom pet?
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News The fifth-grade class at Perdido Elementary School has a pet – Sebastian the guinea pig. Each week a different group takes care of feeding and watering Sebastian. They know that to keep him from being scared when they take him out of his cage, one of the group will hold him gently next to their chest, while the others refill his food and water…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Reading is key at Perdido
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Students at Perdido Elementary / Middle School were offered an incentive to encourage reading over the summer months. That incentive was designed to encourage them to read while out of school for the summer, with its purpose being to prevent the “summer reading slide.” All students who kept a reading log and read at least 10 books over the summer were treated to a…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Hands-on for Perdido ES kindergarteners
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin is a favorite story for Mrs. Brooke Drinkard’s kindergarten class at Perdido Elementary School. After listening to the story, the children helped create a chart to show their favorite color of shoes. Hands-on activities in kindergarten include children’s spelling their names by manipulating the letters (with Velcro backs) onto cards. This activity not only…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Perdido ES fifth graders to perform ‘Photosynthesis Play’
By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Fifth graders in Mrs. Jill Jones science class are currently learning all about photosynthesis. Instead of just reading about the process in their science books, the students were all actively engaged in creating “props” for “Photosynthesis Play.” Some of the characters they will be are sun/sunlight, water (H2O), sugar, carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2), wind, rain and chloroplasts in the leaf of the…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago