Three officers from NapervillePD came to ELL Summer School Cowlishaw Elementary School today to teach us about staying safe. Officer Ford came in full uniform to tell us about his job, and he showed us cool features of his police car—like the siren! Rafael Segarra Patricia Dieball Ponce WOW at Indian Prairie

Sneak peek at just one of the preliminary designs our EL Engineers in 4th & 5th grades came up with for a bristlebot. Dancing backwards in a circle? This bot can do that! 🔋 🤖 💡 👷‍♀️ sra. Martinez Patricia Dieball Ponce Cowlishaw Elementary School Science Buddies Rafael Segarra WOW at Indian Prairie #STEM

Happy 1st Day of School Cowlishaw Elementary School! It was great to see so many familiar faces lining up on the playground this morning. Patricia Dieball Ponce

You could feel the excitement simmering everywhere Thursday Cowlishaw Elementary School. . . The amazing John Schu came to inspire us and share with us his love of reading. He even gifted some of his books to teachers, students, and our little free library. Patricia Dieball Ponce Becky Allen

Sunshine, families, friends, & plenty of bubbles today at the Cowlishaw Elementary School Kindergarten picnic! My favorite part was meeting the tiny, adorable future Koalas—little brothers & sisters of our K friends. Patricia Dieball Ponce 🐨🫧 Pamela Swanson Hetal Pandya Lori Wood🌳 ☀️ 🧺

Now that our K-5 students Cowlishaw Elementary School have designed front covers for their science notebooks & learned how to use the tools Book Creator Team 🌈, we can start to DO some science at home. I can hardly wait! Hmm. . . What should we do first?🧪 🧬 🧫 🔬 Mrs.Palacios_class Patricia Dieball Ponce

In honor of the 1st snowfall of the season, we did an interactive read w/K ELs: “Over and Under the Snow,” by katemessner. We did a “Hibernate or Migrate” Freeze dance & acted like winter animals w/ Patricia Dieball Ponce. ❄️ 🐻 🐿️ We had so much fun! Rafael Segarra Cowlishaw Elementary School

We did a “signs of spring” walk with Kindergarten English Learners this morning. We observed & then described what we saw growing: daffodils, hyacinths, dandelions, strawberry plants, & buds on the trees! Patricia Dieball Ponce Cowlishaw Elementary School Rafael Segarra #NGSS

Kindergarten scientists Investigating daffodils under Plugable digital microscopes. Our K English Learners observed the parts of these flowers & discussed their features w/ cooperative structures. 🔬 #signsofspring #ngss Patricia Dieball Ponce Rafael Segarra Cowlishaw Elementary School WOW at Indian Prairie

Hello, Snowman! ☃️ We had “snow” much fun with our Kindergarten English Learners this morning! We brought the snow INSIDE, & then Patricia Dieball Ponce & I helped each student build a miniature snow person. The students were SO excited! (Or “snow” excited) Scholastic Rafael Segarra

Day #4 of ELL Summer School Cowlishaw Elementary School was Monday. We were box architects! We drew blueprints & built box castles, forts, houses, & mazes from cardboard boxes. Finally, we wrote about the buildings we made in Book Creator Team 🌈! Patricia Dieball Ponce Rafael Segarra WOW at Indian Prairie

Kindergarten English Learners used their senses to make observations of melting ice this week. These young scientists figured out SO MUCH from a simple bowl of ice cubes! 🧊🧊🧊 Patricia Dieball Ponce Cowlishaw Elementary School Rafael Segarra Traci Salek #ngss #STEM

1st graders had a blast learning about movie sound effects this week. Each student made a plan & then used things they found at home to record sound effects in Book Creator Team 🌈. Cowlishaw Elementary School Mrs.Palacios_class Patricia Dieball Ponce #FutureReady204 #NGSS

What does it take to raise chickens? 4th & 5th Grade English Learners observed real chicks live @zoom w/Patricia Dieball Ponce. We made an “I wonder” Padlet. Chickens are messy, though, and Mrs. Ponce’s shirt was a casualty of one overexcited 🐥! 💩 😂 #FutureReady204 Rafael Segarra

We had a Gingerbread Word Hunt today with our Kindergarten English Learners. They were super excited & worked collaboratively to find (and READ) all the gingerbread people hidden around the classroom! Patricia Dieball Ponce Cowlishaw Elementary School Rafael Segarra Traci Salek

Kindergarten ELs investigated carrot seeds under Plugable microscopes after reading The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss. Then we checked out our RootVue Farm to see carrot seedlings after they FINALLY pop out of the soil. 🥕 🔬 Patricia Dieball Ponce Cowlishaw Elementary School Rafael Segarra

Our Kindergarten English Learners examined pumpkin parts under our Plugable digital microscope after reading an article in 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. Only a few of them wanted to touch the goopy pumpkinness, though.🎃 🔬 Patricia Dieball Ponce Rafael Segarra Traci Salek Cowlishaw Elementary School

English Learners decorating our front sidewalk Cowlishaw Elementary School with beautiful rangoli—lotus flower designs used when celebrating Diwali. We love learning about the many cultures in our community! Rafael Segarra Traci Salek Patricia Dieball Ponce

We went on a leaf hunt with our Kindergarten English Learners! 🍁 🍂 🍃Students described, compared, & discussed leaves w/cooperative structures. They did a great job sketching leaves & writing about color and size! Rafael Segarra Cowlishaw Elementary School #realia #fall Patricia Dieball Ponce

We were lucky enough to have 3 special visitors on Day #7 of ELL Summer School Cowlishaw Elementary School!: ATalley204 & Rafael Segarra joined us while Denise Hall DuPage County Farm Bureau - Ag in the Classroom taught us about cows & dairy products. Oh, & we made our own butter, too!🐄🥛🧈Patricia Dieball Ponce WOW at Indian Prairie Indian Prairie 204