Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Dr. Suess Day
Today the students celebrated Dr. Suess' birthday. We started the day with a story read by Mr. Mardis, the former mayor of Evansdale. Then the students rotated in our wing and spent about 20 minutes in each class doing activities connected to Dr. Suess. Our class started by making Cat in the Hat hats. We had a great day before a long weekend!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Feb 27-Mar 2
Be sure to check out our pictures from Valentine's Day. We had a great time making Valentines out of hearts that looked like butterflies. The students enjoyed passing out their cards as well!
This week is a short week due to conferences on Thursday and Friday. Be sure to look in your child's folder for a reminder about your time. Our class had 100% of parents present for Fall conferences and I would love to have everyone attend again! Miss Hilbert, one of our UNI students, will be sitting in on some of the conferences on Thursday.
Last week during our reading time, I was listening to the students read their bedrock words. The bedrock words is a list of 250 words that are seen in most children's books. I also did a fluency probe where the students read a story for one minute and I count the words correct per minute. All students made some gain from the 2nd quarter to this quarter. One thing that helps students improve their fluency is listening to reading. You can help with this by reading to your child at home.
In math, we are working on addition strategies. During conferences, there will be math displays in the cafeteria showing some of the things we are working on in class and some of the things you can do at home. Be sure to stop by before or after your child's conference time!
This week is a short week due to conferences on Thursday and Friday. Be sure to look in your child's folder for a reminder about your time. Our class had 100% of parents present for Fall conferences and I would love to have everyone attend again! Miss Hilbert, one of our UNI students, will be sitting in on some of the conferences on Thursday.
Last week during our reading time, I was listening to the students read their bedrock words. The bedrock words is a list of 250 words that are seen in most children's books. I also did a fluency probe where the students read a story for one minute and I count the words correct per minute. All students made some gain from the 2nd quarter to this quarter. One thing that helps students improve their fluency is listening to reading. You can help with this by reading to your child at home.
In math, we are working on addition strategies. During conferences, there will be math displays in the cafeteria showing some of the things we are working on in class and some of the things you can do at home. Be sure to stop by before or after your child's conference time!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Feb 13-17
I hope everyone enjoyed their extra day off last week! We had a great end to the week in class. There were quite a few students who were able to move their clip up on Wednesday and Thursday! If you haven't seen it yet, our stoplight has been re-done. Students can still move their clips down to yellow (warning), orange (note home and recess), or red (office visit and recess). But now students can move their clip up to pink (2 extra purple tickets), blue (treasure chest), or purple (good note or phone call). If a student is on purple and is still on TRCC, I take their clip and put it on my nametag for everyone to see as we walk around the building!
This week got off to a good start with Miss McAtee back in our room! Mrs. Schneider, the guidance counselor, also came to our class today. She presented Take Charge of Your Body. Students learned how to deal with situations that make them feel uncomfortable by first saying "no", then leaving the situation, and finally telling a trusted adult. They also learned how to tell if someone is a stranger. It is suggested to have a secret password between you and your child. If a stranger approaches your child, they ask "what's the password" and if the person does not know, then the child knows they are a stranger and should not go with that person.
Tomorrow is our Valentine's Day party! Be sure to look for pictures later this week! Miss Hilbert will be joining our class in the afternoon, helping with math and with our party. Students will be doing activities throughout the day to show how they care for others, decorating bags to place Valentine cards in and having a few treats.
Conferences are quickly approaching! They will be Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2. Notes went home today with the same time slot that you had in the Fall. Please let me know if this time no longer works for you and I will do my best to switch things around. If you have any concerns that you would like me to address before conferences, please let me know! Our class had 100% attendance at Fall conferences and I would love to see you all for Spring conferences!!!
This week got off to a good start with Miss McAtee back in our room! Mrs. Schneider, the guidance counselor, also came to our class today. She presented Take Charge of Your Body. Students learned how to deal with situations that make them feel uncomfortable by first saying "no", then leaving the situation, and finally telling a trusted adult. They also learned how to tell if someone is a stranger. It is suggested to have a secret password between you and your child. If a stranger approaches your child, they ask "what's the password" and if the person does not know, then the child knows they are a stranger and should not go with that person.
Tomorrow is our Valentine's Day party! Be sure to look for pictures later this week! Miss Hilbert will be joining our class in the afternoon, helping with math and with our party. Students will be doing activities throughout the day to show how they care for others, decorating bags to place Valentine cards in and having a few treats.
Conferences are quickly approaching! They will be Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2. Notes went home today with the same time slot that you had in the Fall. Please let me know if this time no longer works for you and I will do my best to switch things around. If you have any concerns that you would like me to address before conferences, please let me know! Our class had 100% attendance at Fall conferences and I would love to see you all for Spring conferences!!!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Feb 6-9
Our new game, doodle, is going over very well in class. The students really seem to be enjoying practicing their words in a different way! We've found that this game works on more than just their sight words, too. Students build trust because they have to be honest by not peeking when picking.
Miss McAtee was back in our class today! She was a great help as the students took a test on measuring. We've been working hard on using different units of measurement and realizing that we don't need to use as many if the the unit is bigger. Miss Hilbert will be in our class again tomorrow. She'll be helping the students practice telling time to the hour. One or both of our fantastic UNI students may be sitting in on conferences, depending on their schedules. This is a great opportunity for them to see what a parent/teacher conference looks like. We are lucky to have so many cooperative parents who allow our UNI students to sit in and observe something that they don't teach in any college classes. As always, if you do not want them to sit in, there is plenty for them to work on while we meet.
We had guidance with Mrs. Schneider today. The students are working on handling situations when someone is bothering or bullying them or a friend. There are three ways to handle a situation. You can be "hot" by screaming at the offender; you can be "cold" by giving up on the situation; or you can be "cool" by either taking a break and resolving the conflict later or by telling the offender how you feel. Next week, Mrs. Schneider will be presenting "Take Charge of Your Body".
***Reminder: No school on Friday***
Miss McAtee was back in our class today! She was a great help as the students took a test on measuring. We've been working hard on using different units of measurement and realizing that we don't need to use as many if the the unit is bigger. Miss Hilbert will be in our class again tomorrow. She'll be helping the students practice telling time to the hour. One or both of our fantastic UNI students may be sitting in on conferences, depending on their schedules. This is a great opportunity for them to see what a parent/teacher conference looks like. We are lucky to have so many cooperative parents who allow our UNI students to sit in and observe something that they don't teach in any college classes. As always, if you do not want them to sit in, there is plenty for them to work on while we meet.
We had guidance with Mrs. Schneider today. The students are working on handling situations when someone is bothering or bullying them or a friend. There are three ways to handle a situation. You can be "hot" by screaming at the offender; you can be "cold" by giving up on the situation; or you can be "cool" by either taking a break and resolving the conflict later or by telling the offender how you feel. Next week, Mrs. Schneider will be presenting "Take Charge of Your Body".
***Reminder: No school on Friday***
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