Together is Better

Part: 3

Fountas & Pinnell

Fountas & Pinnell Training took place this past month. Thanks for coming and joining in on such great discussion! Remember to have your coding sheet with you while benchmarking to help remind you of what needs coded.

Ask Kelley, Cheri, or Tonya for help as you begin benchmarking your students anytime between December 11th and January 12th.

"A comfort zone is a beautiful place but NOTHING grows there."

To Inspire Change, Make Learning PublicI sat with a group of teachers recently who were frustrated and couldn’t see how the projects and examples that we were looking at would work in their classrooms. No matter how much we talked about…

If You Want To Be A Difference Maker, You Have To Be A Risk TakerI recently learned of the story of John Berry Meachum , a figure in Missouri history I previously knew nothing about. He was born into sla...

"Your positive energy and vision must be greater than anyone's negativity. Your certainty must be greater than everyone's doubt."

-Jon Gordon

Student-directed learning is apparent in Amy's room with the use of Seesaw. Seesaw is a great technology tool for formative assessment and a way to share a student's learning with parents. Ask Amy for more information!

The goal-setting taking place in classrooms around the school is exciting. Melissa's students in second grade are so enthusiastic to lead their learning. There are still copies of The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo if you are interested in learning more!

Number talks beginning in Kindergarten is a great way to build a solid foundation for Number Sense! Ask Melissa if you are interested in getting started!

Have you had the opportunity to conference with a student on their math thinking? Jen is learning a lot about her student by asking how he would solve the problem and asking him to try solving it a second way. Reach out to Jen for more details.

Why do you love Monon Trail?

Please take a minute for your students to write why they love Monon Trail and place their post-its on the new bulletin board in third grade hallway!

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