#John Greer - Having your child to school on time is the best thing you can do for them during IAR Testing. Our test dates are: April 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14. Mark your calendars!
Mrs. Gress and Mrs. Anderson testing themselves on the Sit and Reach today.
We love to see the teachers try out the different Fitness Tests!
4th grade began their engineering design unit in Science! The first project is designing, creating, and testing paper airplanes!
Concert Band students are working on their final preparations for their Grandparents Day recording session. Also, as we celebrate Music in Our Schools Month, please feel free to share how music has impacted you!
Cadet Band students are preparing for their Grandparents Day performance recording session. We are also celebrating Music in Our Schools Month. We take pride in our music programs that we have in our schools and are thankful for the support our community shows us!
John Greer Concert Band rehearsal and lessons have been canceled for today, Wednesday, March 3.
The John Greer Virtual Book Fair begins today, March 1.
All orders are due March 15. The live link is found below:
https://efairs.follettbookfairs.com/guest/home?classCode=D15D9
5th graders had a virtual visit with a Vermilion County Conservation District Naturalist this morning. We learned about winter adaptations of the animals that are native to Vermilion County.
Reminder - Thursday, 2/18, is a Remote Learning Day at Hoopeston Area due to staff vaccinations. John Greer students will receive a packet of work today that must be completed on Thursday and returned on Friday. The packet must be turned in so you child can be counted present on 2/18.
If your John Greer child is absent today, please stop by today or Thursday to pick up the work packet. Thanks!
Fifth and sixth grade band students are preparing for their upcoming recital performances on February 22 and 25. #cornjerkerpride
As a reminder - Valentine's Day is approaching. Consistent with Maple Elementary, we will not do a student Valentine exchange this year for sanitization reasons. Rather, John Greer is planning a PBIS Ice Cream Social for that day. John Greer will provide all the product needed and students will be individually served.
Practicing our reading text features by doing a scavenger hunt! Fourth grade students are looking through non fiction books to find their text features! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer #readers
Playing reading board games to practice our skills in Ms. Harts class! #johngreerpride #cornjerkerpride
John Greer - Congratulations to our DARE Essay Winners!
John Greer - DARE Graduation - Congratulations to Mrs. Walder's Class!
John Greer - DARE Graduation - Congratulations to Mrs. Gaddis's Class!
John Greer - DARE Graduation - Congratulations to Mrs. Anderson's Class!
John Greer - DARE Graduation - Congratulations to Mrs. Gress's class! Mr. Piggush and his students are also pictured. Congratulations to you as well!
Please enjoy the 3rd Grade & 4th Grade Christmas Program. Thank you to everyone at John Greer for your help getting our students recorded! Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
https://youtu.be/WYoghtCZe4Y
Team 4
Which team will break out first?
Enjoy the Christmas Concerts of the Cadet Band and 5th and 6th grade Concert Band and Chorus!
Cadet Band - https://youtu.be/Dwtf9Ndu1CA
Concert Band/Chorus - https://youtu.be/2Jx_7JnzSO0
Fifth and sixth grade band and choir students recorded their Christmas concert music on Monday this week. The Cadet Band recorded their debut performance on Tuesday. Be on the lookout for the videos that will be posted soon! #cornjerkerpride
The 5th graders are coloring pictures for the nursing home residents. We are helping to spread some Christmas cheer!
Although we can’t be together this year, students are still able to honor our veterans by listening to our high school seniors talk about how important veterans are. Happy Veterans Day and thank you to all who have served! #cornjerkerpride
Fourth graders playing bingo to celebrate their awesome completion of work! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Cadet Band students had their first rehearsals this week! They have had 8 weeks of lessons and now have one rehearsal down in preparation for their first concert! #cornjerkerpride
John Greer - In response to survey responses last spring, all communication sent out from the JG Office during this current remote learning time will be sent through Class Dojo.
Miss Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s students using reference materials to define their vocabulary words.
Mrs. Ailey’s fourth graders are using their reference materials to find their definitions for their new vocabulary words! We’re using google, dictionaries, and glossaries in our textbook :) #cornjerkerpride #jgpride
In Miss Harts class were using mad libs to practice our parts of speech! #cornjerkerpride #jgpride
We’re doing mad libs to practice parts of speech in fourth grade! Mrs. Ailey’s class is doing a great job filling in silly stories with verbs and nouns!
Third graders building balloon cars!
Mrs. Robinson started teaching grammar today! In fourth grade we use a red ball to represent action words :) #cornjerkerpride #jgpride
Miss Harts class playing in their kickball celebration! We also got to enjoy popsicles afterwards for great behavior! #cornjerkerpride #jgpride
Third grade celebration.
4th grade made edible metamorphic rocks this week by applying heat and pressure to starbursts! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Fun Friday in 4th grade math today! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
The John Greer Office stands together to serve your children, along with our entire staff - We're with you! Let us know how we can assist.
Practicing our capital letters in fourth grade! We worked as groups to generate lists of times we use capital letters!! #jgpride #cornjerkerpride
4th Grade started their interactive Science notebooks this week! #cornjerkerprid #johngreer
Mrs. Robinson teaching grammar and capital letters! We love seeing hands raised and kids participating :) #cornjerkerpride
Practicing spelling today in Mrs. Pruitt's and Mrs. Knapp's classroom!
Cadet Band sign-ups have started! Schedule your appointment by visiting the Cadet Band website. There are times available this afternoon and next week. https://sites.google.com/hoopeston.k12.il.us/CadetBand
At 6:30 this evening, there is a meeting for parents/guardians of fifth and sixth grade band and/or chorus members. You can attend in person at John Greer under the tent, or virtually via Facebook live on the Hoopeston Area Music Boosters Facebook page or via Zoom. Meeting ID: 739 4397 3560. Passcode: 8qDRGX.
Third Grade
John Greer has STARS among us.
Mrs. Ailey is reading the book No Talking to her class! A great way to end the first day!! #cornjerkerpride
John Greer staff is standing ready to serve your children during the 20-21 school year!
Teachers are hard at work Monday morning setting up InfoNow!
If anyone has ANY questions about JGs Return to Learn Plan or Policy and Procedures, please call JG at 217-283-6667 and ask for Mr. Walder. This is a time of uncertainty and high stress. If I can alleviate any of this by sharing information, I'm happy to do so.
2020-2021 John Greer's Return to Learn Plan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cT6YlJ0M9WVxPIJp8nGTurGyQ6mK1glD8xJPPjWOuEE/edit?usp=sharing
The 5th and 6th Grade Chorus members submitted videos for a virtual choir this year. I’m very proud of all the students and I believe that their achievements and hard work will be self-evident. It has been a pleasure working with your children and helping them bring out their beautiful voices! Enjoy the show!
https://youtu.be/TMtmdY6IwAM
The Cadet Band and Fifth and Sixth Grade Band and Chorus students present a Virtual Spring Concert! Thank you to all who participated and for everyone’s continued support of the music programs!
Concert Band Woodwinds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsYJ3-TWhyU
Concert Band Brass and Percussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpjy29sufE0
Cadet Band Woodwinds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOYYggyFag
Cadet Band Brass and Percussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJvSZ4xpPI
We may not be at school but kids are still working hard! These fourth grade students turned in their math, science, and reading work last week! #JGinthistogether #JGpride #cornjerkerpride
JG Staff Members are appreciated! #CornjerkerPride
Fourth graders at JG participated in an auction today after learning about economics during social studies.
Fourth grade grandparents day at John Greer! We loved having our families there to share music and memories with! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
One of the performing groups at John Greer Fine Arts Night. #cornjerkpride #cornjerkermusic
Miss Harts class is learning new vocabulary words around the room! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Aileys class visiting the John Greer Library! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
4th grade is enjoying story time with Mrs. Brackmann! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Miss Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s class got to play kickball as a reward for good attendance today! #johngreer #cornjekerpride
Since the 5th grade has been studying food chains, animal adaptations, and how energy transfers from plants to animals, we dissected owl pellets today!
John Greer staff enjoyed a great night of dinner and each other's company at The Barn in town!
Third graders practiced fractions with fraction bingo!
3rd graders in Mrs. Schaumburg AM ELA class use an article to prepare for a debate.
In 5th grade we are learning about volume. Today, we created our own rectangular prisms to see how many centimeter cubes could fit inside. #jgpride
Plan to attend the John Greer Book Fair!
Mrs. Gress and Mrs. Gaddis enjoyed a breakout about the Revolutionary War with two of the 5th grade classes last Friday. The other two classes will get to attempt it in a few weeks!
Fourth graders in Miss Harts reading class did a text structures breakout today! After classifying non-fiction passages, students solved puzzles to find the codes to breakout! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Mrs. Robinson sent 4th graders on a search around the room to find parts of speech. Grammar is more fun when you can lay on the floor to identify parts of speech!!
Miss Hart planned a Breakout activity to practice text structures.
Concert Band students brainstormed ideas of the musical elements needed for a quality performance in preparation for the upcoming recitals. #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Robinson taught our class how to make peanut butter and jelly today! Students had to make sure they included lots of details in their writing to get the recipe exactly right! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Cadet Band students had the opportunity to conduct the band today! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Gooding's class earned a kickball game for their great attendance this year! Today was the perfect day to play it outside! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
JG Lock-In Breakout winners! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
JG Lock-In Breakout winners! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
We broke out at the John Greer lock in! Solving puzzles and riddles! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride #lockin
Doing a breakout at the John Greer lock in! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Enjoying our attendance incentive:)
After constructing their own bridges, 4th grade has been exploring different bridges from around the world through our virtual reality viewers! They get to identify different aspects that make these real bridges strong. #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Today, 5th graders dissected Lima beans to study the different parts of the bean. Then we performed an experiment in which each group left out 1 of the 4 needs of a plant. We will check next week to see how the missing element affects our seed’s growth.
We are working hard on research for our Informational Writing papers in third grade.
For our Engineering Design Process unit, 4th grade designed bridges using 2 pieces of paper and 3 cups. They spent the week building and improving their designs! We moved through the 5 steps: ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve. #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Thank you to Mr. McFadden for being the Mystery Reader in Mrs. Schaumburg’s AM ELA class!
5th graders have been learning how to multiply fractions. Today we are playing Multiplying Madness to practice.
Teachers learning about a variety of topics on our SIP day! #JG #CornjerkerPride #SIPDay
Mrs. Schaumburg’s 3rd grade classes were excited to have Mrs. Root as their mystery reader!!
Mrs. Walder’s 5th grade class is visiting the Safari Restaurant today! #lifeskills #money #+-decimals #cornjerkerpride #JGpride
Mad lib Friday in fourth grade reading! Mrs. Robinson has students practice their grammar words and parts of speech through mad libs and then read them to the class. #cornjerkerpride #johngreerpride
Mrs. Anderson’s 5th graders are at a Safari Restaurant practicing real life skills by adding and subtracting decimals from the menu!
Third grade made LEGO space rover robots
4th Grade has been mastering measuring angles with protractors! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Mrs. Gaddis's 5th grade is learning about plants with Mrs. Walder!
4th grade began their Engineering Process unit with paper airplanes today! Tomorrow they get to improve their creations and retest them. #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Miss Hart started her economics unit in Social Studies. 4th grade students are given money each week, have bills to pay and are allowed to purchase items. They are encouraged to save money for an auction in March. #johngreer
Mrs. Robinson taught adverbs today and the fourth grade students did a great job participating!! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
DARE Role Models & Essay Winners #JohnGreer
Mrs. Ailey’s class did a glossary search today to find definitions to their new vocabulary words! It’s always great to see students working hard to learn at the beginning of a new quarter! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Christmas bingo!
Mrs. Gooding's class has been studying animal classifications. Today they created their own animals with characteristics that matched the classification! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Fourth graders played a text features game to get to know non-fiction books today! #johngreerpride #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Mathewson was the mystery reader for Mrs. Schaumburg’s AM ELA class.
Mrs. Mann was the mystery reader in Mrs. Schaumburg’s PM ELA class.
3rd grade making marshmallow machines to demonstrate forces and motion
Our HAHS DARE role models came to visit our 5th grade DARE classes today. Our students were able to ask them questions about school, sports, and their personal lives.
4th grade is learning about animal adaptations in science. To explore this topic, today they got to do some challenges without their thumbs. #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
5th graders have been learning how to add and subtract fractions in math. Today we got to play some games that other students created for their classmates to practice their skills!
Mrs. Pruitt’s class is finishing their Opinion Writing ✍️
Having fun with science!
Concert band students had their last rehearsal before tomorrow’s concert. They should be proud of the work they’ve put into preparing this music and we’re excited to share it with all of you! #cornjerkerpride #jgpride #hamspride
Mrs. Mann was the Mystery Reader in Mrs. Schaumburg’s AM ELA class today.
Mrs. Walder’s students cracked the math code today and found the pirate’s treasure! #cornjerkerpride #JGpride
Miss Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s 4th graders identifying text structures.
5th graders are using their math skills to solve the problem of Who Stole Santa’s Sleigh!
Mrs. Robinson and Miss Hart’s 4th Graders did a Thanksgiving punctuation escape room today.
4-6 grade band students had the opportunity to hear about college and band from a former Marching Cornjerker who is now a member of the Marching Illini! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Robinson reviewed our grammar terms with a kahoot today! The kids did awesome! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
4th grade has been working on long division for 3 weeks! Today the kids got to use their new skill in a fun way! This virtual escape room was very challenging. #cornjerkerpride #4thgrade #johngreer
Mrs. Anderson’s class enjoyed the board game celebration for a positive behavior reward this afternoon!
Third graders took a virtual field trip to Sea World in San Antonio Texas where they Skyped with penguin & sea lion trainers to learn about animal adaptations!
Practicing summarizing with a partner in fourth grade! We are practicing by reading a book together and then answering questions to make a summary. #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Mr. Walder was the mystery reader in Mrs. Schaumburg’s class on Friday.
Third graders played feeding frenzy today to learn about animal adaptations!
5th grade appreciates our Veterans! Thank you for your service!
Fourth grade students are learning about veterans in preparation for Monday’s holiday! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Third graders went and looked at a strand of DNA using our virtual reality viewers!
Third graders extracting strawberry DNA!
To celebrate our appreciation for how awesome Mr. Walder is, the teachers held some dodgeball games after school! #cornjerkerpride #JGpride #ourprincipalisthebest
Ms. Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s class had a blast with their Halloween themed escape room. They had to put their ELA skills to work in order to unlock their box.
Excellent first rehearsals for the Cadet Band students this week! They’re sounding great together! #cornjerkerpride #jgpride
Mrs. Gooding's class celebrated "Dress Like a Friend Day" for Red Ribbon Week. Friends don't let friends bully or do drugs! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s fifth grade math class is working hard on multi-digit long division to get their pizza slices colored in! #cornjerkerpride #JGpride
Playing some spooky games in P.E. today!
Mrs. Ailey’s class earned some game time in fourth grade! Great behavior deserves some fun rewards! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Ziegler made a mess in the gym this morning. We wonder who's going to clean it up?
Me Ankenbrand loves! using his new technology to instruct 2 point perspective drawing step by step. #CornjerkerPride
Art Teacher Miss Catete instructs a student on proper coloring techniques. #RedRibbonWeek. #CornjerkerPride
Our 5th grade Science classes enjoyed going to the STEM lab to build the constellations they chose to model. They were able to enjoy their results!
Red Ribbon Week. Crazy hair day! I win. #CornjerkerPride
4th grade sharing their state projects.
4th grade practicing vocabulary words
5th grade is learning about constellations in Science by modeling them. Today the students chose a constellation to draw. Tomorrow they will build the same constellation.
Parents of John Greer Students - We would appreciate your feedback through the survey link below. The 15 questions should take less than 15 minutes. Thanks for your feedback!
http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
Mrs. Gaddis and Mrs. Walder’s 5th grade ELA classes solved a mystery today!
Rehearsing and drafting personal narratives in fourth grade! We started by telling our partners a true story about ourselves and now we’re typing them up! #johngreer
Today 5th grade got to participate in a break out during ELA! We used context clues to figure out different vocabulary words. That helped us solve four locks and break out! We even finished under 45 minutes! Great job 5th grade! #JGpride
Flashlight reading in fourth grade! Students earned this reward for working hard in class! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Miss Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s class enjoying the PBIS celebration at John Greer
Mrs. Gaddis and Mrs. Harrier’s class enjoyed the PBIS Celebration today! #JGpride
Mrs. Anderson’s class enjoyed our 1st Quarter PBIS Bingo Celebration this afternoon at John Greer!
Game day with Mrs. Pruitt and Ms. Fuhler!
Playing bingo to celebrate good behavior! PBIS celebrations are always a blast at John Greer :) ❤️
Third graders celebrated positive behavior by playing board games & having a snack!
Trombone Cadet Band students demonstrating good posture and playing position! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
3rd graders researching animal life cycles
Fourth Grade is studying different states in the USA as a part of our first quarter social studies unit! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Third grade students started working on book recommendations for their classmates that they will share in their Book Cafe’ on Monday.
For the last several weeks the 5th and 6th grade students have been working hard to create their own mini STOMP inspired compositions. I wanted to share a few pictures of some of the projects presented today in Mrs. Gress, Mrs. Weeks, and Mr. Soderstrom’s classes. For the project, they had to bring in several non-musical objects to play. Then they created three (or more!) rhythms to layer on top of one another. These percussive creations were thought up after discussing the musical qualities of seemingly mundane objects as demonstrated by the popular group STOMP. The kids really took leadership roles and helped each other learn their parts. You can see a few students really enjoyed taking on the role of the conductor! Great job guys!
Mrs. Gooding's class received their second gift of books this year thanks to some special donors! The kids are so excited to take these books home to keep! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Mrs. Mandel and Mrs. Gooding just ran the pacer test after school! They did awesome! #JohnGreerpride
Celebrating our Cornjerker spirit at the Homecoming Parade
5th grade students creating their own constellations and incorporating their engineering skills! #cornjerkerpride
4th graders worked with partners to solve multiplication word problems. #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Creating “Instagram posts” for one of our main characters in reading. This helped us work on captions! We ♥️ text features in 5th grade! #cornjerkerpride
K-12 teachers hard at work on our institute day! Educating ourselves about ways to utilize technology to benefit student learning!
Cadet Band students proud of their first piece of music they wrote themselves!#cornjerkerpride
5th graders creating their own constellations with a star maker activity.
Dancing in the hallway - Attendance incentive for Mrs. Gress's class
Researching different states around the USA! #johngreer
Mrs. Gooding's and Miss Hart's classes enjoy extra morning recess today for attendance! #cornjerkerpride
Pirate Day as we read Stormalong in 4th grade!
Mrs. Gillins's class had fun at the parade!
Mrs. Gooding's class enjoyed the parade today! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s class is ready for the parade!
3rd graders testing advertiser claims by testing paper towel brands' strengths
It’s a beautiful day for some morning recess! #johngreer
Ms. Hart teaching 4th Graders about Illinois
Folk Art Landscapes #CornjerkerPride
4th grade practicing multiplication facts
Congratulations to John Greer's 5th Grade Girls' Basketball Team for their successful winning season!
Coastal Erosion experiment in 4th Grade
Working on learning dialogue by doing a dialogue search in our books!
Fourth grade loves going to library!
We love library day!!!!!
Part of the 5th Grade girls basketball team ready for game day!
Puzzle time in Ms. Hart’s class!
Mrs. Robinson reviewing vocabulary with a game!
Way to go fourth grade!!!!!
We have some competitive students!
Rounding review
Rounding review
Mrs. Gooding's class loves their new books thanks to some special donors! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Gooding's class loves their new books thanks to some special donors! #cornjerkerpride
The Ice Cube Melting Race: 5th grade got to visit the STEM lab today to do an experiment on changing a solid to a liquid.
So excited to get onto our chrome books to practice our spelling words!
Good News Certificate!! Way to go, kiddo!
We are proud of and thankful for John Greer's Paraprofessionals.
Fun Friday in Fifth Grade- sorting changing matter situations and Kahoot decimal multiplication!
Mr. Smith showing 4th grade students the inside workings of a piano #cornjerkerpride
We’re learning about MLK Jr. in fourth grade! Students in Ms. Hart’s class gave I Have A Dream speeches!
Fourth grade students are studying MLK Jr. We gave I Have A Dream speeches today.
Mrs. Walder’s math classes playing a place value memory match game!
Reading groups 📒
It’s a great day for kickball!
Legendary catches for these two boys, they wouldn't let Mr. Jones on base! #PBIS #kickball #StaffvsAnderson #CornjerkerPride
5th grade practicing a bus evacuation drill
The fifth graders are working hard together reviewing for their math test tomorrow!
Third graders learned how to use our virtual reality viewers!
You know it’s a great book when the students are leaning over the table to get a better look! (Mrs. Brackmann and Mrs. Mathewson’s 4th graders)
John Greer will host its annual Open House on Thursday, September 5. Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy free hotdogs, ice cream, and giveaways. The evening will begin promptly at 6:00 in your child's classroom. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Fourth graders in Ms. Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s class were challenged today to figure out what is in the box without opening the box!
Mrs. Robinson reading our class Mean Jean The Recess Queen!
Reviewing vocabulary terms in fourth grade reading!
Making metamorphic rock in 4th grade science.
5th/6th Band/Chorus Parent Meeting - If you didn't make it, please call the JG Office and we'll connect you with Mrs. Mandel and/or Mr. Smith. We love Fine Arts!
4th grade is excited to learn about being in band this year! Thanks, Mrs. Mandel!
Miss Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s class enjoyed the Book Cafe today! Complete with menus, place cards and book tasting.
Book Cafe to find good fit books!
HAHS Marching Band at John Greer. What an amazing show! #amazing #CornjerkerPride
The Marching Cornjerkers are sounding great this morning at John Greer!
A meeting for parents/guardians of fifth and sixth grade band and chorus members will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, August 27) at 6:30pm in the John Greer library. Please let either Mrs. Mandel or Mr. Smith know if you will be unable to attend. We are looking forward to a fantastic year of music making!
This coming Thursday, August 29, the John Greer Parent Advisory Council will meet in the John Greer Library at 4:00 pm. This is an organization of parents and staff members who work to better our school. We would love to have you become involved. Grandparents are welcome too!
Playing a vocab review game in with Mrs. Mathewson today in ELA!
Mrs. Robinson is so excited to STAR test!
We've had a wonderful start to the school year at John Greer. Today we're thankful that the temperature and humidity has decreased. I also wanted everyone to note that our students are doing a wonderful job getting to school on time by 8:20. Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Ailey & Mrs. Gooding using the JG STEM Lab.
Miss Hart and Mrs. Robinson’s class reviewing capitalization.
Mrs. Ailey and Mrs. Gooding’s classes working hard in the STEM lab.
Fourth grade decorated their writing journals today! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Mrs. Ailey’s class has amazing reading stamina! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Learning about school expectations!
Mrs. Brackmann and Mrs. Mathewson’s morning students are working hard on their independent reading stamina today! 📚
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader Expectations Review for 5th Grade.
Mrs. Brackmann's class and Mrs. Gooding's class review expectations! #cornjerkerpride
Always busy!
Reviewing expectations
John Greer staff greeted the kiddos with special messages.
Creations made out of play-doh! #cornjerkerpride
First day fun with play-doh!
Mrs. Gaddis & Mrs. Harrier's class checking out the STEM Lab at John Greer. #dayone #welcomeback #CornjerkerPride
The Fine Arts Team at John Greer is ready for the 2019-2020 school year!
Check out our new instruments! It will be awesome to see these in students’ hands very soon! Thanks to the district for their support in purchasing these for the elementary band program. #cornjerkerpride
John Greer Teachers being trained in VR! #cornjerkerpride
Virtual Reality Viewer Training
There are many opportunities to volunteer at John Greer. Stay posted. We will be sending you more information.
The JG STEM Lab is taking shape with a 3D Printer, Makerspace Cart, Virtual Reality Viewers, Lego Kits, and more. We're looking forward to an enhanced curriculum!
The Highly Engaged Classroom Training
The Highly Engaged Classroom Training
The Highly Engaged Classroom Training
The Highly Engaged Classroom Training
Reminder: Registration for students in Grades 3 - 5 is set for August 7, 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. One registration form is located at this URL and you could fill it out in advance and bring it with you.
https://www.hoopeston.k12.il.us/o/cusd-11/page/registration-information--28
The Pillsbury Dough Boys/Girls visit JG
Mary Smith - 11 Years of Service - Congratulations!
Kristy Garrison - 29 Years of Service - Congratulations!
Cheryl Overlander - 33 Years of Service! Congratulations!
JG Retirees!
Tag and tug of war! Mrs. Gooding's class #cornjerkerpride
Volleyball with Mrs. Ailey's and Mrs. Gooding's classes! #cornjerkerpride
Top 5th Grade AR Reader - 2nd in School
30 years working at John Greer
Top JG Accelerated Reader Award
5th Grade American Legion Award Winners
300 AR Point Readers
Making slime in fourth grade! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
John Greer attendance reward- Mr Walder is throwing water balloons from the roof!
Fourth grade built free standing towers today!
Mrs. Gillins's class making area and perimeter robots
Math trashketball in fourth grade! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Mrs. Mathewson’s class is working on creating robots in math. This activity reviews perimeter and measuring to the nearest centimeter.
Random Acts of Kindness today!
Third grade is trying to be emperor penguins and keep our "eggs" safe!
Third grade is trying to be emperor penguins and keep our "eggs" safe!
Fourth grade is building boats to test our engineering skills! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Our math class is busy building Volume City.
4th grade engineering project. How many pennies can your boat hold??
Graduation procession!
Great turnout for graduation! #cornjerkerpride
Fourth grade wax museum! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade Wax Museum! #cornjerkerpride
Today we finished our pretend lemonade stands to see how much profit was made!
Today we finished our pretend lemonade stands to see how much profit was made!
4th Grade Wax Museum
Planning and working our pretend lemonade stands to learn supply & demand!
Planning and working our pretend lemonade stands to learn supply & demand!
We had some special visitors in 5th grade today! Thank you Mrs. White for coming and answering all our questions about Middle School!
Van Gogh sunflowers. #CornjerkerPride
5th grade built rectangular prisms. Then they went around the room finding the volume of each creation.
Celebrating a successful school year in band! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade built pasta structures and tested their strength. Future engineers!!
Had fun watching the MS/HS Spring Tour this morning.
Mrs. Walder’s class earned a movie and popcorn for attendance! They are watching one of Mrs. Walder’s favorite movies from when she was a kid, The Emperor’s New Groove! They are also decorating some cards for Mother’s Day so they can celebrate their Moms.
Middle School/High School Spring Tour #cornjerkerpride
Math puzzles
Mrs. Schaumburg’s class is practicing plays they will perform at the end of May.
Kyleigh and Madison were caught picking up trash. #CornjerkerPride
5th grade Field Trip to Lincoln’s New Salem!
More Spring Tour fun 🎶 #cornjerkerpride
5/6 Grade Spring Tour! Great performances! #cornjerkerpride
The 4th grade trip to the Danville Symphony today was fun and educational! It was great to hear a live orchestra performing film music, musicals, and time honored classics! We even had a guest conductor from John Greer—Jennifer England! Great job conducting, Jennifer!
IESA Contest - 5/6 Choir - Division 1 Rating - Congratulations!
Hoopeston Area Concert Band - IESA Division 1 Rating - Congratulations!
Second round of Outdoor School started today for 5th grade! We had a blast!
Field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago!
4th Grade field trip to The Museum of Science and Industry
We enjoyed our last day at Outdoor school by taking a hike to the Nature Center.
Grandparents day!
At Outdoor School, we did an aquatic study. We found fish, turtle, tadpoles, snails, leeches, and more!
We were able to learn about watersheds at the Middlefork and visit a snake hibernatorium at Outdoor School today.
5th grade is enjoying Outdoor School!
The 5th grade is having a wonderful week at Outdoor School.
4th graders preparing lessons about homophones.
We had a great day at Outdoor School!
5th grade having fun while learning at Outdoor School.
Support in the hall after the pacer test! It’s hard running 50 laps! #fourthgrade #cornjerkerpride
Jackie Knapp reads her book, The Adventures of Lilly Huckleberry in Scandinavia, to Mrs. Gooding's and Mrs. Brackmann's classes. #cornjerkerpride
Practicing lettering. #CornjerkerPride
Mrs. Anderson was awarded a $500 grant from EIEC to fund Science Projects. Congratulations!
Carnival Celebration! #cornjerkerpride
An Orange Day at John Greer.
Mrs. Mathewson’s class has been studying landforms. Today the students created 3D models of their very own islands that include at least 3 landforms. After Spring Break, we will paint the models.
Fourth grade writing letters of appreciation to members of the John Greer Faculty
Students enjoying their reading with a snack!
Teachers work hard everywhere at John Greer! #CornjerkerPride
It was a blast introducing bucket drumming to the 3rd and 4th grade classes this week! I’d like to give a special shout out to Sean Hutzel and the custodial staff for providing the buckets! #cornjerkermusic #morefuntocome
Concert band members celebrating their successful recital performances with their choice at rehearsal this morning: We Will Rock You #cornjerkerpride
5th grade worked on their History projects today about events that lead to the American Revolutionary War.
The JG teachers play against BeatBob! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade did word problems today with fractions! #cornjerkerpride
Working together to solve word problems! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s class is working on our calming strategies to get us ready for state testing!
Peer editing Opinion Essays
Fifth and sixth grade band students preparing for tomorrow’s recital #cornjerkerpride
The Skin we Live in #CornjerkerPride
Creating the next big drink. #CornjerkerPride
5th Grade Knockout Champions
Band students preparing for the upcoming recitals. #cornjerkerpride
4th graders looking for parts of speech in text.
Checking on our snails in our pop bottle ecosystems.
5th grade playing a converting measurements memory game.
Glossary war races
JG Family Science Night - February 21, 2019 - 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Book Fair open from 5:00 - 7:30 pm in the JG Library.
5th grade on a text feature hunt.
4th grade is playing a text feature game! #cornjerkerpride
IPA Recognition Breakfast Recipients
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Gooding sent their class on a hunt for their vocab words and definitions today! #cornjerkerpride
Fourth grade reviewing text features by playing a text feature game.
Fourth grade reviewing text features by playing a text feature game.
Mrs. Schaumburg’s class seeing if friction affects distance.
Mrs. Ailey and Mrs. Robinson’s class working together to sort prepositional phrases.
4th Grade enjoying the PBIS celebration at John Greer.
The Fifth and Sixth grade concert band getting ready to warm up with the high school pep band in preparation for tonights’s basketball game. #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Gooding's and Miss Hart's classes enjoyed the PBIS inflatables today! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Gillins' 3rd grade experimenting with magnetic force!
4th grade is working on their disaster presentations! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s class is going on an irregular verb hunt! #cornjerkerpride
Timelines in fourth grade! #cornjerkerpride #johngreer
Reminder - JG After-School Karate Program begins Tuesday, February 5 - Monday is the last day to turn in the permission form and $20 to the JG Office.
John Greer Lock-In dodgeball game! #cornjerkerpride
John Greer Lock-In dodgeball game! #cornjerkerpride
The John Greer teachers are enjoying the lock in!
John Greer Lock-in - 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm - TONIGHT, January 25, 2019 - For students who brought in $100+ for the JG Fundraiser - No $$ needed for the evening - Drop students off at the east gym doors - Please come in and sign them out at 10:00 - Thanks!
The Skin we Live in #CornjerkerPride
5th grade completing a Mystery Science activity about food chains!
Mrs. Schaumburg’s class using teamwork and multiplication to escape the classroom.
Mr. Smith leading Mrs. Schaumburg’s class in singing Kookaburra with boomwhacker accompaniment. #cornjerkerpride
Bingo to review for our assessment tomorrow! #cornjerkerpride #fourthgradefractions
Investigating animal adaptations in Miss Hart’s class! #cornjerkerpride
Fourth grade learning new vocabulary words!
Active engagement with vocabulary with Mrs. Robinson & Mrs. Ailey's students. #CornjerkerPride
Active engagement in General Music...CornjerkerPride
Mrs. Gooding's 4th graders got to play dodgeball with Mr. Walder today as a reward for their great attendance! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Gooding's 4th graders got to play dodgeball with Mr. Walder today as a reward for their great attendance! #cornjerkerpride
JG PTO Meeting - Tuesday - January 15 - 4:00 PM - JG Library - See you there!
DARE Essay award winners - Congratulations! #CornjerkerPride
Graduating 5th Grade DARE Classes - Congratulations...#CornjerkerPride
Graduating 5th Grade DARE Classes - Congratulations...#CornjerkerPride
Mrs. Gillins and Mrs.Schaumburg's class extracting strawberry DNA
Mrs. Ailey and Mrs. Robinson’s class using Hershey Bars to learn about equivalent fractions.
4th grade is on a scavenger hunt for text features! #cornjerkerpride
Cadet Band students participated in a scavenger hunt for music symbols and vocabulary today. #cornjerkerpride
REMINDER - 5th Grade DARE Graduation is set for Tuesday, January 8, at 1:30 in the JG Gym. Doors will open at 1:00. There's plenty of seating for everyone.
Special Karate After-School Program - JG
Mike Webb is again offering an after-school program for John Greer students. Six sessions cost a total of $20. This Program will occur in February. Forms were sent through ClassDojo and are also available in the JG Office.
Thanks to all our participants in Christmas performances! #cornjerkerpride
Another successful Boys' Basketball Season has ended. #cornjerkerpride
I'm blessed to work with these kids each day! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s class enjoying Ice Age in our pjs and enjoying treats for meeting AR goals and improving our STAR scores!
Fourth graders having fun making ornaments #CornjerketPride
Kindergarten crafts. #CornjerkerPride
4th Graders used their math skills to escape the Reindeer Farm.
5th graders love to read! Thank you Learner’s Edge for the free book!
4th grade is beginning some small research projects! #cornjerkerpride
Fifth graders played “Crack the Case” to practice their inferencing skills!
John Greer - 3rd & 4th Grade Christmas Program - Monday, December 17, 1:45. Doors open at 1:15. Students may be checked out from their classrooms after the program.
5th graders working on a Kahoot to practice adding and subtracting fractions.
4-6 Christmas concert
Angles, angles and more angles!
We love to read!
The Cadet Band showing their best ready position as they prepare for their concert next week! #cornjerkerpride
5th grade is working hard on their DARE essays!
The John Greer PTO has decided to extend the Just Give Fundraiser through this weekend. Envelopes will now be due on Monday, December 3. If students have no more donations to collect, they can still turn in their envelope on Friday, November 30. Thanks for your support!
4th grade is learning angles by doing a fun version of the YMCA song! #cornjerkerpride
Selfie study #CornjerkerPride
This weekend presents an excellent opportunity for students to participate in the Just Give John Greer Fundraiser - Thanks in advance for your support!
The 4th graders loved Game Day! #cornjerkerpride
Game Day at John Greer
Uno!!
Prisms! #Cornjerker Pride
Working with prisms In science.
Game day in fourth grade!
PBIS Board Game Celebration Fun!
Mrs. Walder’s class is enjoying game day!
Nothing like working on Christmas writing by a fire with Christmas music. 🔥🎶🎄
Working the concession stand at the 5th grade basketball game
Hanging out with Jerky at John Greer Family Fun Night!
Improving our writing skills! #cornjerkerpride
More band students performing at Autumn Fields #cornjerkerpride
Students performing at Autumn Fields. #cornjerkerpride
Spark decided he wanted to help teach a lesson in Mrs. Schaumburg’s class today. Except the kids had to help him fix the answer. 🧡
5th grade Science STEM project- building models to demonstrate rotation and revolution.
Veteran’s Day Program
Parents are encouraged to take the 5Essentials Survey for John Greer! http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
5th DARE in progress- #Cornjerker
After their Positive Action lesson today, Mrs. Gress’s students took time to create I Am poems. Their poems talked about their wishes, goals, things they believe in, and their dreams!
In Miss Hart’s class we’ve been reading about Romare Beardan and do today kids are making collages! #cornjerkerpride #fourthgrade
4th grade experimented with light energy today! #cornjerkerpride
Drawing examples of our vocab words this week with Mrs. Smith. #cornjerkerpride
Drawing examples of our vocab words this week with Mrs. Smith. #cornjerkerpride
Working on multiplication facts.
John Greer students are wondering! #Cornjerkerpride
Factor day in fourth grade!#johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Linear Perspective #CornjerkerPride
4th graders are hard at work becoming better readers and reaching their AR goals! #cornjerkerpride
Making roller coasters in fourth grade to show kinetic and potential energy! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
November is a great month to read! #johngreer #cornjerkerpride
Drawing forms. #CornjerkerPride
The Skin we Live in. #CornjerkerPride
5th grade practicing multi-digit multiplication in a scoot as a review for our test tomorrow.
Mrs. Brackmann was our guest speaker for writing! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s class celebrated her birthday by creating constellations! They even got to eat them when they were done!
Red Ribbon Week participants #Cornjerkerpride
Seventh and eighth grade band preparing for their concert tonight at 7:00 in the middle school gym #cornjerkerpride
Looking at an amazing artifact of Mary Todd's!
A great day exploring the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum!
Great trip.
A quick game of Kahoot is always a fun vocab review! #cornjerkerpride
Finished pumpkin
Field Trip to the Lincoln Museum
We worked on editing our procedural writing in 5th grade.
We love it when our Scholastic Book Order comes!
We practiced visualizing this week by listening to the radio broadcast of our weekly story "Invasion From Mars."
First Cadet Band rehearsal for woodwinds was a success! #cornjerkerpride
Mike Webb is teaching a John Greer Karate After-School Program. It begins Oct. 30. Other dates are 11/1, 11/6, 11/9, 11/13, 11/15 - 3:15 - 3:45 pm - 20 Students - Cost = $20. If you are interested in enrolling your child in this program, send $20 to the JG Office.
Fourth grade is enjoying pajama day for Red Ribbon Week!
Some of our Marching Cornjerkers with some of the Marching Illini. #CornjerkerPride
Marching Cornjerkers take the field at Memorial Stadium. #CornjerkerPride
Hoopeston Area Marching Cornkerkers at the Illinois Marching Band Championships #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Walder’s class had a guest speaker today! Mr. Mike Webb talked to the class about focus and respect. Even Mr. Walder was learning!
John Greer Parent Involvement Committee Meeting - Monday - October 22 - 4:00 PM - John Greer Library - We hope to see you there!
We are learning to ready our minds. Thank you Mr. Webb!
Going on a multiplication scavenger hunt in 5th grade! Thankful for our scanner and checker Mrs. Lange!
Red Ribbon Week - Monday Theme - Wear Pajamas to School
Drum duet #cornjerkerpride
Practicing reading to each other! #cornjerkers
Mr. Ankenbrand demonstrating paint color mixing to third grade students. #cornjerkerpride
Long division day 3 in four grade! #cornjerkerpride
WOOHOO...For the 3rd week in a row, John Greer attendance has been greater than 96%. This past week at 96.94% was the highest we've had since the beginning of school! Keep up the great work. #CornjerkerPride
4th grade was excited about the PBIS Celebration!
PBIS Celebration
PBIS Celebration
PBIS Celebration
PBIS Celebration
5th grade enjoying their library time.
Working on measuring in grams and kilograms
John Greer PTO Meeting - October 11 - 4:00 PM - JG Library - See you there!
The Marching Cornjerkers are ready to compete at Limestone High School.
Last week, John Greer Elementary had its best attendance week since the first week of school. Our average was 96.67% Way to go, JG!!!!
John Greer teachers learning about and engaging in Social Emotional Learning curriculum: Positive Action
Cadet Band students playing their first notes in their lesson!
Mrs. Walder’s math class working on multi step word problems involving decimals!
Studying with partners for our History test. #cornjerkerpride
We’ve got some great readers at John Greer! #cornjerkerpride
Peer editing in 4th grade helps us improve our writing! #cornjerkerpride
Practicing our multiplication facts!
Mr. Piggush's Class - Best October Attendance - 97.89%
We are so excited for our new books! #CornjerkerPride #lifelongreaders
The Skin We Live In. #CornjerkerPride
The Skin we Live in. #CornjerkerPride
5th grade presented slide shows on landforms.
Third graders practicing elapsed time by scheduling a day at Disney World!
5th grade doing their best on the STAR Reading test.
Fourth grade keep the quote! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade loves writing!!
Mrs. Gooding's 4th graders are hard at work typing their opinion essays! #cornjerkerpride
A writer gathering information for his future Egypt both.
We read The Dot in Miss Hart’s class today to talk about theme! Now students are making their own piece of artwork!
Fourth graders have been getting into the drama! It was amazing seeing them perform! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade performed our weekly story today as a play! We loved the expression the kids had as they read their parts! #cornjerkerpride
Proud of our class.
We read our first play in fourth grade! #cornjerkerpride
Fourth grade enjoys quiet reading time during Library. #cornjerkerpride
Writing about our favorite season in Fourth Grade! #cornjerkerpride
John Greer PTO Meeting - Thursday - September 27 - 4:00 PM - JG Library - We hope to see you there!
Mrs. Mathewson’s class is hard at work learning about Abraham Lincoln in preparation for our upcoming field trip to Springfield!
Drawing half our faces
There is alway one bean farmer.
We are going to need a mower.
It’s fun learning.
John Greer Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) Meeting - Monday, September 24 - 4:00 PM - We hope to see you there!
5th grade going on a text feature hunt. #CornjerkerPride
Mrs. Mathewson’s class practices using an online thesaurus to make our writing more colorful and interesting.
5th grade is working hard on their Social Studies presentations! #CornjerkerPride
5th Grade Boys' Basketball Meeting - 8:00 AM - JG Gym - Friday, September 21 - Band Members can come at 8:15. This is just an informational meeting.
4th grade loves Library day! #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Mathewson's class doing a folk dance to "Tideo"
Mrs. Gooding's class is practicing finding cause and effect with our story this week. #cornjerkerpride
Learning about cause and effect in fourth grade!
Kahoot! math review #cornjerkerpride
Fifth grade scholars working on AR goals
Our Book Box came! #cornjerkerpride
Learning about rocks in fourth grade! #cornjerkerpride
My class completed a text feature scavenger hunt today! #cornjerkerpride
My Librarian Is A Camel: learning about how students all over the world get books to read #cornjerkerpride
Let’s imagine our librarian is a camel! Starting a new story in fourth grade! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade enjoying the homecoming parade! #cornjerkerpride
Homecoming Parade
Mrs. Gillins' class putting on their inventor hats and testing out toys for risks and ways to improve them!
Mrs. Ailey's class, singing the descant, "Last Second Goal" #CornjerkerPride
Mrs. Walder’s math class practicing rounding decimal numbers!
Working together in 4 th grade math class
Creating our wish Scholastic Book Order wish list in Mrs. Gress’s class! #lifelongreaders #CornjerkerPride
The Cadet Band informational meeting is tomorrow, Thursday, September 13 at 7:00 pm in the band room. #cornjerkerpride
Fourth grade students are great at making reading choices! #cornjerkerpride
First 5-6th Grade Chorus Rehearsal - September 13 - 7:30 AM - JG Band/Chorus Rehearsal Room - We're looking forward to a great Chorus start! CornjerkerPride#
Thursday - September 13 - PTO Meeting - 4:00 PM - John Greer Library - Continue discussion on Fundraiser - All are welcome! #CornjerkerPride
Today, Mrs. Walder’s class watched a brainpop video and discussed what happened on September 11, 17 years ago. Mrs. Walder explained how she was in 5th grade, just like them, when it happened. After discussing what happened, why it happened, and how it affected everyone’s lives both then and now, they talked about the heroes that helped.
Mrs. Gress’s class against the staff team in Kickball!
Mrs. Schaumburg’s 3rd grade class discussed why inventions are improved by testing the original frisbee (a pie pan) and a modern frisbee. #cornjerkerpride
The first morning concert band rehearsal for fifth and sixth grade students is Wednesday, September 12 beginning at 7:30am in the John Greer band room. We’re looking forward to a great first rehearsal!
In fourth grade we’re learning about MLK Jr.. Miss Harts class gave I Have A Dream speeches today! #cornjerkerpride
4th grade music with Mrs. Harrier!
Starting my week off with an orange high five! Thanks Orange Frog Team!! #ChooseHappiness #CornjerkerPride
Abstract artists#CornjerkerPride
John Greer Open House - Tuesday - September 11 - 6:00 - 7:15 #Cornjerker Pride
Mrs. Walder’s class brainstorming ideas for sensory details about our favorite foods! #cornjerkerpride
3rd grade busy working on finding text evidence #CornjerkerPride
Mrs. Gaddis’ class on a beautiful day during Phys. Ed.
#CornjerkerPride
Playing a rounding dice game to practice for our assessment. #cornjerkerpride
Mrs. Mathewson’s class is working on array cities. Be sure to stop by during Open House next Tuesday to check out the finished products! #cornjerkerpride
Picking out the perfect book to read during choice time! Mrs. Gress’s class loves when Mrs. Smith comes in for reading!
We love math!!! #cornjerkerpride
John Greer Student Leadership Club workers hard at work in the JG Concession Room.
Let’s go Cornjerkers!!
Mrs. Mathewson’s class working hard in our vocabulary journals. 📚 We will learn over 200 new words this year!
