*Parent newsletters from several classrooms sharing "blurbs" about Bucket Filling and information about our new math program so parents can help at home (Make sure you're also sending those parent letters from the math book).
*A first grade class took their first unit math test and all did really well. It was great to see how excited they were!
*Kindergartners were excited to recognize some of their "star words" on the SMARTBoard in music class.
*4th Graders were starting to write persuasive essays on my favorite topic...which candy should be given out at Halloween. ;)
*Everyone was full of school spirit throughout Homecoming Week, the Pep Rally, the Parade, and the game. It was so awesome to see so many of our elementary students leading the crowd through cheers and entertaining with their baton twirling (thank you Stacey!) A huge thank you to everyone on the Homecoming Committee!
Events this Week:
Monday: Probationary&Mentor teacher meeting in the Media Center at 3:05
Tuesday: I will be out of the building 11:45-2:15 for Elementary Principals DART Meeting
Wednesday: K-12 All certified staff meeting in the Media Center (this is a new addition to the calendar)
Thursday: Student fundraiser forms are due. Please send them to the office.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*If you took any great pictures during Homecoming Week that I can include in my next website update, please email them to me or put them in the shared drive.
*Classroom teachers: as you finish up your Benchmark assessments, please make sure to complete the "Class Reading Profile" sheets to bring to our grade level meetings (or better yet, make me a copy please!)
*Firefox and Safari web browsers are set up in the computer lab for student accounts to go to the Dodgeland Website as the homepage. Please make sure to thank Mr. Modaff for making this change.
*If you check out an ipad/laptop cart, please have your students take the same #ID device each time. The iPads do not have a # on the cover of them (you just see it when you first turn it on). There is a little trick to find it on the ipad screen at the end of using it--just ask Mrs. Porter or myself to show you. Otherwise, it's just easy for them to each take the same # each time.
*Did you know that our school media center system (Alexandria) has 24 books you can view on your SMARTBoards? From our website, go to: Elementary School, Media Center, Alexandria Online (which opens up a new website) and then click on Capstone Interactive. Thank you to Mrs. Porter for sharing this resource!
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