Elkin Middle School

Students in Mr Darcey’s Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship class pitch their “New Cereal” ideas.  Students were tasked with coming up with a new cereal, designing a logo, creating a slogan and identifying their target market.  #gdtbabe

EMS SS Students enjoy a Whiteboard Challenge to review guided notes and boost understanding. #Collaboration #Enhancelearning #Differentiation #WeAreElkin

Jamboards strengthen math vocabulary #collaboration #engagement

Science Students design and build parachutes to better understand velocity and drag  #HandsOn #PBL #Differentiation #WeAreElkin

EMS Students dig  into evolution as they explore a Fossil Dig Lab. #authenticlearning  #PBL #WeAreElkin

Chorus and Sign Language  #differentiation #enrichment #acceleration #WeAreElkin

EMS Engineering Students research and collaborate to construct straw towers. #collaboration#PBL #engagement #WeAreElkin

EMS Social Studies Students use the strategy “Sketch to Stretch” as they listen to a read aloud. #concrete #comprehension #activelistening #WeAreElkin

EMS Students enjoy book tastings in ELA #motivation #sparkinterest

EMS Science Students used Punnett Squares to predict genotypes for “Frankenfish”. #collaboration #engagement #WeAreElkin

ELA Students created and flew paper airplanes as they learned about prepositional phrases #concretelearning

EMS Engineering Students collaborated to create a game that included a rubric and peer assessment. #authenticlearning

Students annotate a primary source during Social Studies. A great strategy for supporting comprehension. #Elastrategy #nonfictiontext

Students play “The Game of Life” to kick off a math unit on Percentages in the Real World. #authenticlearning

EMS Students track their progress and set goals throughout the year in Science. #WeAreElkin

EMS Junior Beta Students in action at the Leadership Summit! #GDTBABE