Doña Ana Elementary reported that Roadrunner Food Bank, in partnership with Las Cruces Public Schools, hosted a free produce pop-up distribution at the Field of Dreams on Thursday, November 13. The event provided families with access to fresh produce.

Q1. What are the basic research skills that Doña Ana Elementary teaches?

Ans. Students learn how to get information from books, pictures, and guided digital tools, and then they share what they find with simple charts or drawings.

Q2. What can students do to strengthen their listening skills?

Ans. Teachers use call-and-response cues, active listening prompts, and partner recount tasks to help students practice hearing and understanding details.

Q3. What does the school do to get students interested in poetry?

Ans. Students read short poems, play with rhythm, and write their own simple poems to express their ideas in a creative way.

Q4. How does Dona Ana help kids become more independent in the morning?

Ans. Students get ready for the day by organizing their things, doing check-in tasks, and going over the day's schedule.

Q5. What kinds of things can students do to improve their spatial reasoning?

Ans. Puzzles, pattern blocks, and shape transformation exercises are used to help kids learn how to think visually and understand basic geometry.