Muir Elementary

💚💛 Our Student Ambassadors kicked off the school year with their first meeting! 🦅 They brainstormed goals for the year, shared ideas about what they want to accomplish, and participated in fun get-to-know-you activities to build connections with one another. We’re excited to see these student leaders make a positive impact on our Falcon family! #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons

🔟➕ Second graders in Ms. Pahl’s class are making math add up! 🧮 Students used ten frames and counters to practice the make-a-ten strategy for addition, building fluency and strengthening their number sense. Way to go, mathematicians! 💚💛 #Muirmoments #MuirFalcons

🏈🏈 Third graders had a great Muir Moment today in honor of this weekend’s Bears vs. Packers game! 🐻They got moving, played some fun games, and practiced their passing skills while showing off their teamwork! Way to go, Falcons! Who are you rooting for? 🏈 #Muirmoments #dabears #gopackgo

💰🪙 Learning tens and ones with money! Mrs. Jorgji’s class had fun exploring how different coins represent numbers and amounts. Students discovered that a dime is worth the same as 10 pennies! Way to go, Muir mathematicians! 🦅💚 #Muirmoments

✨🪩 Kindergarten Room 115 filled their PBIS chart and earned a DANCE GLOW PARTY! 💃🕺✨ These Falcons celebrated their hard work, positive choices, and great behavior by dancing, glowing, and having SO much fun! Way to go, Room 115! 🌟🦅 #MuirMoments #PBIS #FalconPride

📏✂️ Measuring up in 5th grade math! Our 5th graders practiced estimating metric and customary lengths by cutting string to represent inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters. Then, they used rulers to check their estimates and see how close they were! Hands-on learning makes math come to life! 📐✨ #MuirMoments

Rain or shine, learning never stops! 🌧️🌿 Mrs. Siemieniec’s class didn’t let the rain get in the way of learning and having fun at Spring Valley Nature Center today! Students explored the great outdoors while learning about populations and resources. What a fun day of hands-on learning! 🐦🌱 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons

🌿☀️ Learning outdoors! Ms. Sharko’s class enjoyed the beautiful day at Spring Valley Nature Center while exploring ecosystems and investigating different prairie plants. What a great day to learn, discover, and connect with nature! 🌾🔎 #MuirMoments #springvalleynaturecenter

🎨✂️ Celebrating culture through art! 🇲🇽 Papel picado is a traditional Mexican craft featuring colorful paper with beautiful, intricate cut-out designs. During Hispanic Heritage Month, our kindergarten artists learned about this special tradition and created their own colorful paper versions in art class! 🌟 Great job, kinders! We love seeing your creativity shine! 🦅💚 #Muirmoments #HispanicHeritageMonth #MuirArtists #KindergartenArtists

⚽️ Kickin’ it into a Muir Moment! 💚 Our 6th graders enjoyed some friendly competition, teamwork, and lots of laughs during their kickball game! What a fun way to make memories together! 🦅 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons #6thGrade

📐📊 Scaling up in 6th grade math! Our students investigated what happens when you double a 3D figure and compared how the surface area and volume change. Hands-on exploration helped bring these mathematical relationships to life! 🔍📏 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons #6thGradeMath

🌟 Today we celebrated some of our amazing Muir Falcons at our monthly PBIS Assembly! 🌟 Congratulations to our Famous Falcons, Classrooms of the Month, and Golden Broom winners! 🦅🏆🧹 We are so proud of the students and classrooms who are making positive choices, following the 3 B’s, and helping make Muir a wonderful place to learn and grow! Keep soaring, Falcons! 💚💛 #MuirMoments #PBIS #MuirFalcons

Math in motion! 🧮✨ Third graders in Ms. Rottman’s accelerated math class explored different stations to review, re-engage, and get ready for their first quarterly assessment! They worked together, practiced their skills, and showed off their mathematical thinking along the way. Way to go, mathematicians! 💚🦅 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons #MathInAction

⚡️ Science in action! ⚡️ Our 4th graders built simple electrical systems using a fan, motor, and solar panel! They worked together to figure out how to make their systems work, experimented with making the fan go faster or slower, and finished by creating labeled diagrams of their designs. 🔋☀️💨 So much teamwork, problem-solving, and hands-on learning happening in science! 🧪✨ #MuirMoments #handsonscience #fourthgrade

📚✨ Scaling into some creative learning! Mrs. McClellan’s 6th graders kicked off their new unit on scaling by making Shrinky Dink bookmarks for their journals. Math + creativity = a great start! 📏🎨 #muirmoments

🏕️🐾 4th Grade Camping Day! 🐾🏕️ Our 4th graders became campground detectives, figuring out which animal stole their food! 🔎🦝 Then they designed and built animal-proof tents to keep those sneaky campers out! ⛺️ The adventure ended with some cozy flashlight reading under their tents. 🔦📚 What a fun day of problem-solving, creativity, and learning! 💚 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons

🧸✨ Cozy Muir Moments! Our 6th graders enjoyed PJ & Plushy Day as a special Muir Moment Reward! Comfy PJs, favorite plushies, and lots of fun! 💚🦅 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons #PJandPlushyDay

Positive behavior + a beautiful fall day = the perfect picnic! 🍂🧺 Ms. O’Connor’s class earned a Positive Behavior Award and celebrated with a special snack outside. Way to go, Falcons! 🦅💚 #MuirMoments #FalconPride #PositiveBehavior

🎉🦅 Friday Falcon Drawing Winners! 🦅🎉

Let’s give a BIG congratulations to this week’s Friday Falcon Drawing winners! 👏💚

We are so proud of our Falcons for making positive choices and following the 3 B’s—Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible! ⭐

Keep soaring, Falcons! 🦅💚

#MuirMoments #FridayFalcon #FalconPride #3Bs #FalconFamily

🎶 We’re dancing around parallel lines & transversals! 💃📐 Our 6th graders are moving, learning, and making connections as they explore angles formed by parallel lines and transversals. Math has never been so much fun! 🤩 #MuirMoments #MuirFalcons #6thGradeMath #ParallelLines #Transversals