This student had the highest growth in math in our class, and ranked third in highest growth in math in the whole 5th grade according to iReady. This student is extremely clever and kind. This student has the loudest sneeze you will EVER hear.
Name that student!
Amiri Conner
Miss Gowen often received grief for calling her boyfriend "yummy" in the beginning of the year. You all know her man's first name is Alex, but what is his LAST name, which will be Miss Gowen's last name eventually?
Bolton
What happens right before every fire drill?
The air conditioning turns off!
Everyone knows that Ms. Morris is our Math Coach, but who is our Reading Literacy Coach?
Mrs. Keso
This year, we have learned so much in our CKLA units. Who can remember what our very first unit was about, and what was the project you had to make?
The Personal Narrative Unit, and students had to write a narrative about an experience they had.
This student was the very first Student of the Month this year. They were new to our school, and haven't missed a single Friday Lunch Party. This student is a Playworks Junior Coach, and the kindest heart.
Name that student!
Ariana Acosta
Teaching at Lomas this year was not Miss Gowen's first rodeo. How many years had she been teaching PRIOR to coming to Lomas, and what grade?
One year teaching fourth grade!
Girls on the Run is an amazing program that teaches girls life skills. This year, there were three coaches, one being Miss Gowen. Who were the other two coaches for GOTR?
Miss Lincoln and Ms. Donofrio
Who is Miss Gowen's "twin" at school?
Ms. Ortega
Name THREE different ways you can multiply multi-digit numbers together!
Break apart one number, break apart both numbers, break apart by place value, equivalent equation, standard method
This student has come a long way growing both academically and as a person. This student has superb dance moves and is always making people laugh. This student is someone that Miss Gowen is going to miss very much!
Name that student!
Christian Chambers
This year, Miss Gowen went to Stagecoach because she loves country music. However, there is one country artist she loves above others. Who is this country artist?
Jason Aldean
There are two teachers who switched from teaching 1st grade to another grade the same year. They still work together this year. Who are those two teachers, and what grade do they teach now?
Ms. LaCava and Ms. York both used to teach 1st grade, and now teach 4th!
Who is the youngest teacher at Lomas?
Ms. Johnson
DO THE BONE DANCE!
(check to make sure they get every bone - skull, clavicle, patella, tibia, humerus, radius, femur, fibula)
This student is extremely caring and very sweet. This student always offers to help during their recess. This student loves to play on the computer and is accident-prone.
Name that student!
Dyllan Wadsworth
Finish this sentence that Miss Gowen says all the time: "Use your ...... )
"Use your brain, I know it's hard!"
Which teacher has been at Lomas the longest?
Which Lomas teacher do most people mix Miss Lincoln up with?
Mrs. Schultz
Name the 4 characters involved in a love triangle in A Midsummer's Night Dream.
Hermia, Helena, Lysander, Demetrius
This student is truly a role model for other students, as they are so kind and hardworking. This student is the only student who has PROMISED to come back and visit Miss Gowen next year. This student is also incredibly talented at singing.
Name that student!
Eden Pace
There are a lot of things that Miss Gowen finds irritating. What is the NUMBER ONE thing that drives Miss Gowen crazy?!
Trying to talk over the teacher!!
We are all heart broken that Mr. Gibson, our beloved principal, is leaving us this year. What is the school that he is going to be the principal at next year?
Sierra
Who has been a Teacher, an Assistant Principal, Literacy Coach, and Academic Interventionist, all at Lomas Elementary?
Mrs. Radford
Name the 5 regions of the United States that Native American tribes are grouped in, and name a trait of a Native American tribe that lived there!
Pacific Northwest - totem poles, ate lots of fish, hunted whales, lived in houses made of wood
Plains - used every part of a buffalo, nomadic, lived in teepees
Eastern Woodlands - longhouses, wampum, wigwams, hunters and gatherers, 5 Nations
Southwest - adobe houses, ate 3 Sisters (corn/beans/squash), trade networks
Arctic - lived in igloos, used harpoons, hunted seals, walruses, and whales