Thursday May 26th, 2016

Today is the last day of school for 1st-5th grade students. Hard to believe! Early release is at 1:10.

This will be the last blog post until closer to the new school year starting. 

Thank you to everybody for helping with the carnival, especially Mrs. Sweet! We had great weather, happy smiling children, and several fun activities. Here are pictures, which is nice to see if you were at one station during the event:

Spring Carnival Pictures

Here is one last weekly post of pictures. Instead of a graduation, Kindergarten had a fun day of learning. There are also pictures from the rocket math assembly, May student leaders, and office leaders:

Pictures This Week

Like past years, here is a list of book suggestions for summer reading. I picked out just a few that stood out from books I have read this year, and one might catch your eye:

Summer 2016 Book List

Here are the book lists from past years:

Summer 2015 Book List

Summer 2014 Book List

Have a great summer sharpening the saw with your friends and family! Like the following frog, relax! Please remember to send a picture of you sharpening the saw over the summer break, for our August staff video:

Thursday June 4th, 2015

Like last year, here is the suggested reading list for the summer. Just like we expect our students to be learners, so should we as educators. This is a list with some of the books I've read this year, and at least one should catch your eye. These are excellent resources for learning. They match our school goals and needs as well:

Summer Book List

Like past years, we can always use help the first day of Title 1 summer school.  If you are available Tuesday July 7th, we could use your help from 8:00-9:00 am. We have students from all 7 elementary schools, and students usually need assistance finding their classroom. It's a little bit on the crazy side the first day, but it's a great experience.

The staff blog won't have postings until August, but feel free to join the summer school blog:

Title 1 Summer School

Please remember to save a picture of yourself sharpening the saw during the summer, for a staff video in August.

Have a great summer with your friends and families!

Tuesday September 17th, 2013

Next week on Tuesday the 24th, we will have the Read Like an Eagle assembly with athletes from CSI. I turned the flyer into a book, since the theme is reading. You can share the book with your class between now and the assembly. Have the sound on for cool page turning sounds, click on read, and turn the pages at the bottom.

StoryJumper doesn't work well with iPads due to the flash. You can download something like the Puffin browser app. Other website ideas for making books with your class are storybird or flipsnack.

Read Like an Eagle Book

I put a post on the school website letting parents know that we are always taking donated clothes in the office, particularly pants and socks.  Sometimes milk spills at lunch, a student decides to be the first to go down the slide at recess after it has rained, or other accidents.You can cut and paste the post right into your school newsletter, classroom blog, or group email to your parents.

Mrs. Enders has started a second grade blog for her classroom!

Blog for Mrs. Enders

And lastly some entertainment for your day. I brought home a bag of stuff from helping my dad clean out his garage. My school report cards, school pictures, other items, and this math paper from first grade. Yes, it says to only circle groups of ten. No surprise I was doing my own thing thinking outside of the box. Looks just like math we are teaching kids right now, and my handwriting hasn't changed at all.