Curriculum Corner

Early Childhood I can’t believe the year is over! We had an amazing month learning about bugs and butterflies. We have caterpillars in our classroom and we are waiting for them to transform into butterflies. Our theme was author studies about ...

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Curriculum Corner

Early Childhood WOW! Its APRIL already! This month our theme was Spring (despite the snowfall). We talked about spring animals, clouds, rainbows and plants. Some of our favorite books were: It Looks like Spilled Milk, A Rainbow of my own and ...

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Caring Mall

This year Country Trails is going to be participating in a Caring Mall. Each grade level has adopted a charity and will be learning about the charity, the community it serves and the items that are needed. Throughout the month ...

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5th Grade Beginning Band Program

Dear 4th Grade Parents and Students, Greetings from the District 301 Band Program! We are very excited to begin the registration process for another great year of music-making in our 5th Grade Beginning Band program! This letter serves as an introduction ...

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Curriculum Corner

Early Childhood This month our theme was Pets. The kitchen area was turned in an animal hospital, with X-rays, band aids, food bowls, chip boards and many different animals like: an alligator with blue spots, bird, dogs and cats. In blocks, ...

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Curriculum Corner

Third Grade Third grade students created a fraction kite using the concepts that they have been learning about throughout their math unit on fractions.  They have been working on using specific vocabulary when talking about fractions. Some of those important words ...

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Curriculum Corner

Third Grade Third grade has been working hard on problem solving skills in all content areas! We had a great time doing a Valentine’s Day STEM activity working on our communication and problem solving skills. We are also enjoying our new ...

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Kindergarten and New Student Registration Begins March 1st

New student registration begins on Friday, March 1st. Parents of incoming kindergarteners are encouraged to bring registration paperwork and residency documentation to Country Trails Elementary School on March 1st between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. If you are unable to ...

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Curriculum Corner

Early Childhood We had an exciting month. Our theme this month was WINTER! We read many, MANY books, my favorite was 3 Little Kittens however the students’ favorite was the Hat. Students made puppets and were able to retell the story. ...

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CURRICULUM CORNER

Fifth Grade Math:  We have just concluded our unit on division and will soon begin our work with fractions.  During these next few units we will be learning how to add and subtract fractions with different denominators, work with mixed numbers, ...

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