Mars fourth graders play glow-in-dark math & reading games
Fourth graders at Mars Area Elementary School play glow in the dark Jenga during Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where students practiced their math and reading skills with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Two Mars Area Elementary School fourth grade classrooms were decorated for Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where students practiced their reading and math skills with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Brooks Rodgers, 10, plays glow in the dark tic-tac-toe during Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18. The event offered a fun way for fourth grade students to review their math and reading skills. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Spencer Mahan, 9, (center) writes down his math answers during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where fourth grade students were able to practice their math and reading skills through glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fourth graders play glow in the dark tic-tac-toe during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18. The event offered a fun way for students to practice their math and reading skills. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Ava Niklewicz, 10, laughs with friends during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where fourth grade students practiced their math and reading skills with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fourth grade students practice their math skills by making math shapes with glow sticks during Glow Day at the Mars Area Elementary School on Thursday, Jan. 18. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Ava Niklewicz, 10, (left) and Reese Emanuele, 10, make math shapes out of glow sticks during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where fourth graders practiced their math and reading with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Reese Emanuele, 10 (left) and Ava Niklewicz, 10, make math shapes out of glow sticks during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where fourth graders practiced their math and reading with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Reese Emanuele, 10 (left) and Ava Niklewicz, 10, make math shapes out of glow sticks during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where fourth graders practiced their math and reading with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Quinn Rosswog, 9, makes math shapes with glow sticks during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where students practiced their math and reading skills with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Reese Emanuele, 10 (left) and Ava Niklewicz, 10, make math shapes out of glow sticks during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where fourth graders practiced their math and reading with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Kierstyn Graham, 9, makes a glow in the dark bracelet during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where students practiced math and reading skills with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Quinn Rosswog, 9, makes math shapes with glow sticks during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where students practiced their math and reading skills with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Charlee McMurtrie, 10, plays glow in the dark Jenga during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18, where students practiced math and reading with glow in the dark activities. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fourth grader Spencer Mahan, 9, participates in “glow reading” during the Mars Area Elementary School Glow Day on Thursday, Jan. 18. Glow Day offered a fun way for fourth grade students to practice math and reading skills. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Fourth-grade students in Stephanie Graff and Jamie Waters’ classrooms at Mars Area Elementary School participated in a Glow Day activity Thursday morning, Jan. 18.
Illuminated by black lights, students completed math and reading-related activities at different glow-in-the-dark stations set up throughout the classrooms. Each station required students to complete a learning activity before playing a new game.
