Popsicles on a warm day!

Homework Aug 31-Sept 3

Monday: Math Flash Card Practice
Tuesday: Timed Math Fact Practice (return on Wednesday)
Wednesday: Math Flash Card Practice

Peek At Our Week Aug 31-Sept 3

This week we will be finishing up all individual literacy and math assessments. Also, first year students will have their final week of literacy lab. During math this week, we will continue flash card practice by adding in +2 & doubles +1, dice skills, count nickels, introduce dimes, count by 5’s around the clock, & write by 5’s, 10’s, 2’s, & continue timed “Multiage Math Masters.” We will take our Math Masters assessments on Thursday. During Literacy we’ll talk about nouns, “visualizing”, non-fiction, & the reading strategy “Lips The Fish, saying the first few sounds of a word.” We delve deeper into our Butterfly unit. The next two weeks will be four-day week so we’ll begin spelling September 14th. I hope you and your family have a happy & safe Labor Day weekend!

We Are Unique & Special!

Last week we read the book Elmer. He is a unique & special elephant. Each day this week, we discussed why each of us are unique & special!

Student Sparkle

STUDENT SPARKLE
starts the week of August 31st (show & share)

Mondays: Allyson, Arissa, Ashley, Bradley, Brooke
Tuesdays: Cody, Ella, Emily, Erin, Ethan
Wednesdays: Kate, Keaton, Kyle, Maggie, MaKenzie
Thursdays: Dylan, Neida, Peyton, Rudy, Shaw

Homework for August 24-28

Homework begins “phasing in” this week. Your child’s vinyl homework bag is in their backpack. This week it will contain:

Monday: Math Flash Card Practice
Tuesday: Timed Math Fact Practice (return on Wednesday)
Wednesday: Math Flash Card Practice
Thursday: Word Sort &
Timed Math Fact Practice (return on Friday)

The Homework Bag should remain in your child’s backpack when not in use. Any nightly homework your child has will go in their bag. I take up the bags EVERY FRIDAY morning.

A Peek At Our Week August 24-28

We are back to another great week in the Multiage! For the next two weeks our first year students will be attending Literacy Lab from 8:30-9:00. They will review prior “lit lab” skills with the literacy assistants & reading specialist. While they are away, the second year students will take reading comprehension placement & fluency assessments. During math we will begin daily flash card practice: +0, +1, & doubles. In addition we will continue our dice skills & begin our timed “Multiage Math Masters” program. The overall goal is memorizing our math facts without having to add them. During Literacy we will discuss nouns, author’s purpose – “visualizing”, what the term “non-fiction” means, & discuss our first reading strategy: “Lips The Fish, saying the first few sounds of a word.” If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me.

Picture Day!

INIDIVIDUAL student pictures will be taken on Tuesday, August 25th. The pictures will go into the school yearbook!

Ice Cream Thursdays

The cafeteria will begin selling Blue Bell ICE CREAM treats every Thursday! The treats sell for 30 cents each.

Welcome families to another great year! We have 11 returning Multiagers and 9 new fantastic students! We spent the first three days of school getting to know each other and learning/reviewing new classroom procedures. We discussed our first comprehension strategy "visualizing." We also began odd and even numbers & practiced using bar graphs. We learned how to use our new MEAD board. It is a wonderful new learning tool for our classroom. Be sure to stop by and check it out. This week I will be assessing each student in phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, sight word recognition, & math skills. This will give me greater insight into each student's strengths & areas of need. We will begin our first poetry lesson, begin handwriting practice, start on leveled addition using dice, & begin our look at butterflies. Thank you for looking in your child's BEE notebook and signing it nightly. We were 100% for the first 3 days of school! YEA!! Our school wide Gorilla Pride assembly has moved from Monday's to Friday mornings at 8:00. Also making news last week was Tahlequah's API score from the State Department of Education. Greenwood scored a perfect 1500!!! Our faculty was so excited about the news! Have a great week! If you have any questions feel free to contact me. My scheduled planning time is 2:10-3:00 pm daily. :)

Yea 4 Our New MEAD Board!

Learning about bar graphs. Mackenzie is graphing her hair color. Boys & Girls Bar Graph - Dylan is graphing another one for the boys.
The results are in...12 girls & 8 boys! 20 students total!!

Last week we learned how to use our MEAD board. Using the pen takes a little work but we adjusted quickly. We put one of our new math vocabulary words (bar graph) into action by graphing on the MEAD board. We also practiced reading our high frequency words, & even watched a 4 minute video on hot air balloons (Balloon Fest). It is a wonderful addition to our classroom. We would like to thank Terry & Robert for installing our MEAD & projector. We plan on using it daily!!

Last Week Of Summer!

Hello everyone! It is the last week of summer for all the Gorillas. I hope everyone is ready for a new school year. I sure am!! I look forward to meeting our new family members and catching up with second year students during the Summer Social on Monday, August 10th from 4:30-6:30 pm. Our room is ready with some new changes! I will be sending out classroom information packets via the US mail beginning Aug. 3rd. Please take time to fill out the papers included in the packet & bring them with you to the Summer Social. You may also bring your supplies with you & put them in your cubby. We will unpack them on the first day of school. See you all next week! Love, Mrs. J