Writing Goals, Coding Practice, Measuring in Non-Standard Ways, and More

We established new writing goals this week, and will work toward attaining them and moving up this chart (numbers shown do NOT reflect this year's goals for our students). We learned how to measure with non-standard units, and played a game with a few extra minutes during WIN Time that teaches children the process of coding (a technology skill for creating computer programs). Our friend Mrs. Anderson stopped by for a quick visit (LOL) when the students were trying very hard to be "serious," and we received a visit from Firefighter Chris, who taught us about fire safety. Pics of that visit came through Seesaw.

Be on the lookout this week for videos submitted by students, stating their cases for which is better: Dogs or Cats!

Welcome Mr. Gaspar, School Board Member

Mr. Gaspar is a representative on the Batavia School Board. Like all board members, he is assigned to a BPS building, to have his finger on the pulse of what schools are like. He is a retired teacher himself, so filling in as a Guided Math helper for the morning was a natural fit. We look forward to hosting him again in the future.

Literacy Stations Taking Shape

We develop Literacy Stations so that students have meaningful activities to engage in while the teacher is knee deep in Guided Reading Groups. We added a new strategy called Read to Someone, where we share our reading with a peer, sitting "Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee." Making these experiences meaningful has been both fun and easy. They are naturals!

This Week in Photos - 9/11

We had our school photos taken this week, wrote new stories about things we can do, and pushed our Guided Math Workshop to three stations. Only Teacher Time is left to add in... next week! We began Literacy Stations this week too. It's coming together.