Category Archives: Just for Parents

Time                Student Conference 8:00                 Rebecca 8:30                 Elior 9:00                 Itamar 9:30                 Zach 10:00               Evelyn 10:30               Drew 11:00               Jonah 11:30               Liam 12:30               Marianna 1:00                  Jamie 1:30                  Ben 2:00                 Zoe 2:30                Ethan 3:00                Yoni

To enhance my lessons, sometimes I use videos from the internet that are 2 to 3 minutes to illustrate a lesson. For this week in Wordly Wise, we are reading a story about the Albequerque Hot Air Balloon Festival. In … Continue reading →

Please check out Mrs. Yollis’s blog and tell me your thought about 2 classrooms from opposite parts of the continent learning about each other’s community. Do you realize the information that is shared between these students? Journaling after the Skype … Continue reading →

So, who is responsible for making sure your child’s homework is complete? Is it your student, or should it be the parent? Or, should it be both ? This is a question that is up for debate. I feel that … Continue reading →

Dear Parents, Have your student show you the map on the third grade blog and they will show you who has read our blog. In February there will be some changes since we will be starting our third semester. Today, … Continue reading →

When I am checking homework, I see that Ben and Savonnie are always checking their homework blog. Their parents have printed the blog and the children keep it in their homework folder. I would suggest printing two copies. One for … Continue reading →

Dear Parents, Lately I have had very sleepy children in Seminole Swamp. I have to remind my students to lift their kepes (Yiddish for heads) off their desks. Although we do stop and do several stretching exercises throughout the day, … Continue reading →

As a teacher, I am asking for your help with snacks. It is very difficult to teach your child if they do not have a snack consistently at school. Our snacktime is exactly at 9:50 every morning after pe and the … Continue reading →

Children need and actually desire daily routines. Routines give a child structure and it actually promotes self confidence and success. By accomplishing goals such as daily homework makes your student feel positive that they completed a task. So, what is … Continue reading →

Do you remember learning your multiplication tables? What grade were you in? Who was your teacher? How did you remember all those facts? Today, there are so many games on the computer for your student to play. You can also … Continue reading →