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For the 2020-2021 school year, the Photojournalism Team will be working remotely.
Their work will continue to be published here.
If ANY THES student wishes to have their work published, please email Ms. Friedman.
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Fourth Grade Art

Fourth grade is working on a winter landscape in art.  Each class is making a variation on it. First fourth grade paints a stormy sky, then we draw and cut out a spooky tree.  Later we will draw mythical creatures and paste them onto our stormy background.

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New Photojournalism Recruits

Sugar Sales is a third grader here at Travis Heights Elementary. She loves to draw and has drawn many pictures. She loves running and loves to play tag. She has also been to many places like the Grand Canyon and would have drawn it for all of us but was only 2 years old.

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New Photojournalism Recruits

Ellissa Ulrich is one of the new recruits who applied to photojournalism. Her favorite animal is a panda, She likes how cute and cuddly they are. She loves both of her teachers but if she had to pick a favorite it would be Ms.Esquivel because of her sense of humor. Ellissa’s favorite sport is swimming, and she would […]

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New Photojournalism Recruits

Genevieve Appl is one of the new photojournalism recruits. Her favorite subject is math and science. Her favorite animal is a coyote. Her favorite color is turquoise because it is blue. She is eight years old. Her brothers are the amazing ELI APPL in 5th and DENZEL APPL in kinder. That’s the end of our […]

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Black History Month

In class we are learning about black history. We have been reading many books about black people who want to achieve their dream and want to get out of slavery.

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4th and 5th Grade Recorder Recital

Ms. King has taught 4th and 5th grade how to play quite a few songs on recorder, such as “Au Claire De La Lune”, “Hot Cross Buns” and many more songs. Special thanks to her for this amazing recorder performance, and to the kids who came to make it possible

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4th Grade: Social Studies PBL

In 4th grade we are doing a PBL (project based learning) on the first Texas missions such as the Alamo, San Juan, and Mission Concepcion.  Did you know that the Battle of the Alamo was 100 years after the Alamo was even built?

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Flowers for Friends

For Valentines Day we are selling flowers. We can buy the flowers for friends, family, and teachers. We are using the money from the Flowers for Friend to raise money for the school. We might buy a swing set or an aquarium.  

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Science Fair

     On Jan, 19 Travis Heights had their annual science fair. Last year it was required for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.   This year it was optional.

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4th Grade Math

In 4th grade we are working on decomposing fractions. Decomposing fractions are reducing them to the simplest form such as make 4/12 into 1/3. We are also doing a lot of GoMath!  We are trying to hit 30 Think Through Math lessons. Think Through Math is an online math             […]

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Fourth Grade Music

In fourth grade music we are learning how to play the  recorders. We have learned “Hot Cross Buns”, “Au Clair De La Lune”, and “Merrily we Roll-a-Long.”

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