Yesterday was another great day in Room 12. We started the day with a short math assessment on addition fact fluency. The goal is for every ELPS third grader to be able to do 100 problems in 6 minutes or less and is a goal will be working on daily. This fact fluency allows the students to use more of their mental capabilities for complex problem solving. We followed that assessment with a math game called Race to 100 that reinforces place value concepts.
After math, we had a great read aloud and snack time. We read the story Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola. We also completed part of a Reading Baseline test. We had a five star day in music followed by a great lunch and recess.
Our afternoon started with a subtraction fact fluency assessment, which was followed by our first day in gym, where we received only two stars out of five. Mrs. Skubinna reported that we needed to work on listening to directions and keeping our hands and feet to ourselves. After last recess, we had our first writing lesson of the year.
Homefun due today: Locker tags, name tags, and quarter circles (many of you haven't seen the quarter circles because we have been working on them all week).
Open House is this Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 pm.
One last note worth mentioning... the bathroom is an ongoing issue at the beginning of every year, and we have very long mornings. Many students use the bathroom as a work avoidance tactic, and we are trying our best to balance our work and trips to the bathroom, without there becoming an endless stream of bathroom trips. Please know that we will continue to make adujstments as needed, but please talk with your child about taking a couple of minutes out of their long recesses (30 min) to take care of their personal needs (bathroom, filling water bottles).
After math, we had a great read aloud and snack time. We read the story Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola. We also completed part of a Reading Baseline test. We had a five star day in music followed by a great lunch and recess.
Our afternoon started with a subtraction fact fluency assessment, which was followed by our first day in gym, where we received only two stars out of five. Mrs. Skubinna reported that we needed to work on listening to directions and keeping our hands and feet to ourselves. After last recess, we had our first writing lesson of the year.
Homefun due today: Locker tags, name tags, and quarter circles (many of you haven't seen the quarter circles because we have been working on them all week).
Open House is this Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 pm.
One last note worth mentioning... the bathroom is an ongoing issue at the beginning of every year, and we have very long mornings. Many students use the bathroom as a work avoidance tactic, and we are trying our best to balance our work and trips to the bathroom, without there becoming an endless stream of bathroom trips. Please know that we will continue to make adujstments as needed, but please talk with your child about taking a couple of minutes out of their long recesses (30 min) to take care of their personal needs (bathroom, filling water bottles).