Dear Fifth Grade Families, We will begin our last week of ITBS testing. We will be testing every morning. Please make sure that your child has a healthy breakfast, plenty of rest, and arrives to school on time. Please have your child wear their P.E. uniform on Thursday. Please feel free to contact me if […]
Dear Second Grade Families, We are entering our second and last week of ITBS testing. I have spread out the testing so as not to be so overwhelming. The second graders are doing their best in all the areas. We are looking forward to our last day of testing on Thursday. I hope to see […]
Dear Kindergarten Parents and Families, Our first Primary Centers was great! I want to thank all who were able to come and help. Your children enjoyed making fall crafts and traveling to the primary classrooms. Their clever creations are decorating our class-but will come home in a week or two. Our next Primary Center is […]
Dear Parents, September 23, 2012 A BIG “Thank You!” to the parents and special friends that volunteered in our classroom on Friday for Primary Centers! The students had a wonderful time! Our reading strategy this week is evaluation and our comprehension skill that will help with evaluating a story is cause and effect. Paying attention […]
Kindergarten Families, Homework packet for this week is math and reading. Understanding graphs provide information and how to record data has been our focus this week. I am sending home a couple of practice papers to continue this skill at home and an interactive web link. Today we cut and assembled a booklet, Octopus in […]
7th grade has been studying Picasso and cubism in art. Their colorful portraits are on display in room 7.
Dear Kindergarten Parents, I would like to invite all parents to our Parent Meeting on Wednesday night from 6:30 to 7:30. I hope you can attend, topics include: CA standards, the transition to Common Core standards and how we assess students in our class and grade levels. Wednesday is a free dress day-please send in […]
Dear Fifth Grade Families, We will begin ITBS testing on September 17, 2012. We will be testing every morning. Please make sure that your child has a healthy breakfast, plenty of rest, and arrives to school on time. Wednesday, September 19 is our Parent Meeting at 6:30 in Biedermann Hall. Wednesday is also a Free […]
This week we will begin our days with ITBS testing (except Friday.) Fourth grade will be testing for about an hour each morning. There will be no spelling words given this week. During testing weeks I try to lessen the academic load a bit. Homework will be very light. We will still have our science […]
Dear Second Grade Families, This week marks the beginning of the ITBS testing or Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Second Grade is the first grade level where we begin the ITBS testing. We will have about 9 days to complete the entire test. Our testing period for each day will be from 8:15-10:00. There are […]