Friday, October 26, 2012

Fall Festival

Thank  you to all our parents who helped out in any way with our Fall Festival!  The kids loved the treats, stories, and games!  You are the best!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Fall Festival

Remember that our Fall Festival will be this Friday, October 26th!  Bring your costume to school, and you will change right before the party.  Remember.... no scary masks!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

October Happenings

Week of October 8th:
Parent Teacher Conferences

October Birthdays:

Isabella- October 10th
Madon- October 10th
Mason-October 10th
Mitchel- October 10th
Colin-October 29th

October Guest Readers:

October 5th- Matt McBirney
October 19th- Peggy McGee
October 26th-Yildiz Ganzhorn

Daily 5

It won't be long until you hear your child talking about "The Daily 5!"  I am very excited about it, and I know they will be too.

The Daily 5 is a way of structuring the reading block so that every student is independently engaged in meaningful literacy tasks.  These research based tasks are designed to have the biggest effect on student reading and writing achievement.  Students are given practice time to read and write independently, while I am able to provide focused instruction to guided reading groups and individuals.

The Daily 5 is made up of:  read to self, work on writing, read to someone, listen to reading, and word work.  We will spend the first weeks working intensely on building our reading and writing stamina.  I will also spend time learning about your child's strengths and greatest needs as a reader in order to plan for each student's instruction.

I am really excited about giving your child the opportunity to be involved in the Daily 5!