Dear Kindergarten Parents, This week – as always read and list on reading log and report on a favorite story using the Story Map. Use the websites to reinforce math skills, letter word association and listen to read aloud stories. Reading Log Story Map sites: EM 3.10 play Top-it choose Challenge tab- drop down to […]
Welcome to Parent Conferences Week! I look forward to meeting with all of you. We will have three short days, which will impact the amount of work we cover this week. Progress reports go home on Tuesday and conferences begin on Wednesday. The reports look much different from previous years; students are being assessed on […]
Hello Third Grade Families! Trimester 1 “Progress Reports” go home tomorrow and they look very different from the Report Cards of years past. In grades K-5, students are now evaluated on specific grade-level standards. They are scored on a 1-4 scale with the focus being on year-end goals. There will be time at parent conferences […]
Dear Second Grade Families, This week will be parent teacher conferences. Dismissal for students on December 10th-12th will be at 11:30 a.m. Students will receive their “Progress Reports” on Tuesday. I look forward to our conference this week. Flat Mail: Our goal will be to write a letter this week and send a Christmas Card […]
Dear Families, I am looking forward to meeting with everyone this week during conferences. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday students will be dismissed at 11:30. Below is an overview of our week: Math: We will have our unit 3 test on Tuesday. We will also start to review multiplication and division facts and apply basic facts […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Today we attend Mass to celebrate the Immaculate Conception. If you schedule permits, please join us. On Friday we will attend Mass celebrating feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We have three birthdays in our class to celebrate in December! Mary on the 18th, Lorenzo M. the 19th and Lorenzo P. […]
Dear Parents, December 8, 2014 This week in first grade, we are learning… Language Arts: We have a busy week ahead of us! Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”. Our comprehension skill that can help us with the understanding of a story is the sequencing of events. Knowing what happened in the […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Reading together with your children is so important! List books, chapters or magazines on the log. Print the Book Nook form for the reading response. Note EM booklet 2 in red folder – use this for extra practice with math each day. Also do ‘Count Up’ worksheet for Everyday Math. Reading Log […]
As you know, we have adopted the common core standards and last year we introduced a new textbook – Everyday Math – in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. Some of us, in the upper grades find the content difficult, as it is a shift in the way math is taught. Everyday Math is concept-driven. Lessons […]
I hope that all families had a wonderful time with family and friends over the Thanksgiving weekend. This week the fourth graders will be completing Reading logs, due next Monday, and they will be completing three ixL Math skills: A 5, 7 and 9. These are also due on Monday. Many personal narratives have been […]