Tuesday, October 20, 2015

One of the most difficult things to teach your children to do is to tie their shoes. I found this great video that may help. It is a different, and I think easy, way to tie your shoe. Maybe it will help your child. This video was made by Ross Elementary PTA.
Image result for tying shoe clip art

Friday, October 16, 2015

Play Computer Games At Home

Play Study dog at home
http://student.studydog.com/









Play Starfall at home
http://www.starfall.com/ 





 Read on Raz Kids at home
https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login

To login to your child's class type in the following 
for the teacher username:
Mrs. M.: kmeisenhelder
Mrs. Augenstein: kaugenstein1
Mrs. Placek: splacek
Mrs. Tucker: rtucker
Mrs. McWilliams: kmcwilliams1


Monday, October 12, 2015

What Is W.I.N. Time?

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"What 
Need"


 
          W.I.N. stands for "what I need" and it's a set time during the day where students get instruction tailored to their individual needs.  We have both a Math WIN time as well as an ELA (English/Language Arts) WIN time daily.  We use data from district assessments and classroom observations to determine the skills each student needs to work on and then group them with students of similar needs.  Each WIN time block is a half hour outside of core curriculum instruction where they will be doing activities in a smaller group to work to strengthen their skills.  We have several math, reading, and instructional support teachers who work with our grade level, so your child may stay with their homeroom teacher, or go with one of the other teachers for WIN time.  The groups are flexible as well, so as the year progresses, your child's group may change as their needs do.   Please always feel free to contact your child's teacher should you ever have any questions.