Ms. Elizabeth’s 1st and 2nd grade mathematicians are hard at work building strong number sense! Students are exploring strategies that help them fluently add and subtract within 20. They are using tools, visuals, and hands-on practice to deepen understanding. Their confidence is growing every day as they learn to see numbers in new ways and strengthen their problem-solving skills.
In Ms. Elizabeth’s 4th grade math classes, students are diving into fraction mastery! They’ve been practicing adding and subtracting like fractions and discovering how equivalent fractions help make these operations easier to understand. With collaboration, critical thinking, and lots of math talk, these learners are becoming experts at working with fractions in meaningful, real-world ways.
In Ms. Elizabeth’s 4th grade math classes, students are diving into fraction mastery! They’ve been practicing adding and subtracting like fractions and discovering how equivalent fractions help make these operations easier to understand. With collaboration, critical thinking, and lots of math talk, these learners are becoming experts at working with fractions in meaningful, real-world ways.
DeWitt Elementary School, along with the DeWitt School District, will be closed next week - November 24th - November 28th, 2025. Classes will resume on Monday December 1st, 2025.
🌟 5th Grade Science Spotlight! 🌟
Our young scientists in Mrs. Trenka's 5th grade Science class have been hard at work exploring Arkansas State Science Standard 5-ESS1-2, which focuses on observing patterns of the Sun and stars to make evidence-based predictions.
This week, students used an interactive digital simulator to investigate how the position of the Sun changes throughout the day and across seasons. After experimenting, they applied their learning by creating scientific diagrams to show what they observed and explain their thinking.
We are so proud of the curiosity, focus, and creativity they brought to this activity. Their diagrams clearly show how deeply they’re beginning to understand patterns in the sky! 🌞✨🌙
Great job, scientists! 🔭📘
Set-Up your child's Book Fair E-Wallet! Set up is available until December 12th. E-Wallets are the easiest and most convenient way to send funds for the book fair. If you have any questions please check out the video link. To Set Up an E-Wallet please visit our book fair website.
After completing a unit on Fables, students in Mrs. Lauren’s fourth grade reading class were given the challenge to summarize their favorite fable and include the moral. They also played the role of the illustrator by drawing their favorite part of the fable. We think they did an awesome job!
We are privileged as a school to be able to partner with the AGFC Potlatch Nature Center at Cook's Lake for events. We welcome AGFC educator Wil Hafner, as our guest educator for our 5th grade Hunters Education class today and tomorrow!
Providing our students with Intro to Hunter's Ed and Hunter's Ed is one of the many reasons DeWitt Elementary is an AGFC School of Conservation Leadership!
Share the Fair is the giving program built into the Scholastic Book Fair, empowered by contributions from people like you! These funds support students at our school who need help getting new books. Your contribution helps even more kids take home a book from the Fair—and experience the all-the-feels, read-past-lights-out rush that we call “Bookjoy.”
We were honored to have our very own DeWitt school board member, Mr. Kenneth Graves, as our guest instructor for 5th Grade Hunters Education today!
Set-Up your child's Book Fair E-Wallet! Set up is available starting today and is open until December 12th. E-Wallets are the easiest and most convenient way to send funds for the book fair. If you have any questions please check out the video link. To Set Up an E-Wallet please visit our book fair website.
Students in Mrs. Misty’s class are engaging in word study focused on prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Through this work, they are learning how word parts contribute to overall meaning, enhancing both vocabulary development and reading comprehension skills.
Students in Ms. Quartisha’s 3rd grade class are working very hard in Science. This week they are entering into Unit 2, Inheritance and Traits. In this first lesson, students are utilizing their student handbooks and the “Handbook of Traits” to complete a scavenger hunt. Her students are loving the hands on activities in each lesson!
The DES November Reading Challenge is in full swing! If you are using paper logs, make sure you return your log for Nov 1-9 to DES tomorrow so we can see the progress we have made toward the Snow Cone Party!
The goal is 5000 entries for the month! All it takes is EACH Student participating a minimum of 10 days this month!
We would like to invite you to our musical to honor our veterans!
SALUTE
Veterans Day Program
November 11 · 1:30 PM
DES Cafeteria
"Home of the free because of the brave."
SALUTE
Veterans Day Program
November 11 · 1:30 PM
DES Cafeteria
"Home of the free because of the brave."
In Mrs. Vanessa’s room, the students are learning so much! They are working on letters and sounds, common and proper nouns, life cycles, and the differences in shapes both 2D and 3D!
We would like to invite you to our musical to honor our veterans!
SALUTE
Veterans Day Program
November 11 · 1:30 PM
DES Cafeteria
"Home of the free because of the brave."
SALUTE
Veterans Day Program
November 11 · 1:30 PM
DES Cafeteria
"Home of the free because of the brave."
Mrs. Kim’s 2nd grade class has been working on place value during WIN time. They created skeletons with base ten blocks using hundreds, tens, and ones.
