Fourth-grader Nathaniel Munger plays “Operation” during a reading skills activity where teacher Stephanie Graff turned her classroom into a hospital and operating room at Mars Area Elementary School on Friday, April 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Students from Mars Area Elementary School turned their classroom into a mock hospital operating room as part of a Reading Skills Activity on Friday, April 11.
Wearing surgical hats and doctor name badges, students reviewed key reading concepts in preparation for the English/Language Arts Pennsylvania System of School Assessment.
Participants read passages to “diagnose” their patients, answered questions and cited text evidence related to concepts like theme, point of view, text structure, character traits, context clues and text features. To wrap up the activity, students played the board game Operation to treat their “patients.”
Fourth grader Kendyl Beck plays “Operation” during a reading skills activity where teacher Stephanie Graff turned her classroom into a hospital and operating room at Mars Area Elementary School on Friday, April 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Fourth grade students participate in a reading skills activity where teacher Stephanie Graff turned her classroom into a hospital and operating room at Mars Area Elementary School on Friday, April 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Fourth-grader Austin Steiner gets an X-ray to look at during a reading skills activity where teacher Stephanie Graff turned her classroom into a hospital and operating room at Mars Area Elementary School on Friday, April 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Fourth grade students participate in a reading skills activity and play “Operation” where teacher Stephanie Graff turned her classroom into a hospital and operating room at Mars Area Elementary School on Friday, April 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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Fourth graders Reese Denlinger, left, Harper Carulli and Emme Radens participate in a reading skills activity where teacher Stephanie Graff turned her classroom into a hospital and operating room at Mars Area Elementary School on Friday, April 11, 2025. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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