Dana Farkas

First Grade Teacher. Highland Park Elementary. Franciscan University Alum.

[Highland Park Elem @HP_Pandas]

Thanks for all the help today teachers and staff!

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Following Gov. Holcomb’s guidance that "non-essential gatherings must be limited to no more than 250 people," which applies to extracurricular school activities - PTO will be postponing our Children’s Museum comes to HP night on 3/31 to a later date.

[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

We loved reading with our 5th grade buddies today! @HP_Pandas @MCCSC_EDU

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This morning our students did a STEM project to build a protective shelter for the inch worm from the book Inch by Inch! #STEM

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Our last two guest readers (Friday and today) to celebrate Dr. Seuss week and Read Across America. Our first graders are now familiar with so many more Dr. Seuss books! @HP_Pandas

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We also had guest readers on Wednesday and Thursday to read some favorite Dr. Seuss books! @HP_Pandas

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And a very special thanks to @IndianaSwimDive for coming in for Read Across America day. These First graders loved asking questions about swimming and adulting! @griffineiber

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[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

Today we we went on a scavenger hunt to find real life 3D shapes!

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We had guest readers on Monday and today to help us celebrate Dr. Seuss week!
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[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

Today we had a guest reader come in to read The Lorax and help kick off our Dr. Seuss week! @HP_Pandas

[Highland Park Elem @HP_Pandas]

Great job student council and @PTOHighlandPark students! You raised over $1K for Australia’s wildlife! @MCCSC_EDU @HT_InSchool

[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

We practiced counting by counting out 120 into groups of 10 using colored cereal!

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We are celebrating our 120th day of school - a milestone for our first grade students.

We divided up 120 cups between four groups to see if we could stack 120 cups all together! @HP_Pandas

[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

Happy Valentine’s Day! We got our February books today ❤️ 🌹

We also did some science experiments with candy hearts - will it float or sink in water, soda, and vinegar??

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[Highland Park Elem @HP_Pandas]

Thank you Mr. Fisher! 10 years of reading with @HP_Pandas students. We appreciate you! Here’s to another decade! @PTOHighlandPark @MCCSC_EDU @HT_InSchool

[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

I had some help after school today setting up our Valentine’s Day reading stations for next week! 💞 CVC/CVCe words.

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[PTOHighlandPark @PTOHighlandPark]

@HP_Pandas - Coin Drive next week

[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

It may have been snowing, but that didn’t stop us at recess today! We had lots of fun examining all the icicles and ice on the mulch. 🧊 ❄️ @HP_Pandas

[Dana Farkas @FarkasFirsties]

We are becoming geologists with our new science unit!

What happens when rocks rub together? @HP_Pandas