NWEA MAP Report Coming Home

NWEA - MAP (Measure of Academic Progress)

This week the children have completed the NWEA. A report is coming home with your child today. This is a growth measure tool; it is only 1 measure and this does not determine success or failure for a child.  This is just one piece of data that helps me to see when I can strengthen my teaching practices with the children.  If you have any questions about the report when it comes home  please do not hesitate to contact me. 

This is a sample of what the report will look like

Growth Mindset Words / Phrases

We used these question prompts to practice choosing the right words from our Growth Mindset side of our bulletin board.  It was quite hard for some of the kids.  In fact for question #1 I had some children answer that he should "give up or quit."  We will be working on this life skill for the whole year:)

These are the phrases and words we are practicing with ourselves and each other! Our class is encouraging the Growth Mindset not a Fixed Mindset.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me!
Your partner in education,
Michelle

District Homecoming Spirit Days

Spirit Days 2017: Rivalries Week

Monday, October 2nd-Friday, October 6th

Monday:   Adidas vs Nike vs Under Armour

Tuesday: Camo vs Preppy

Wednesday:   Class Color Day

                        Freshmen (Pre-K, K, 1st & 6th)  Green

                        Sophomores ( 2nd,3rd & 7th) Gold

                         Juniors (4th, 5th & 8th) White

                         Seniors: Black

Staff: Tie Dye

Thursday:   University of Michigan vs Michigan State

Friday:   Green vs. Gold Day!

Constitution Day

Constitution Day Activities-

We listened to the story John, Paul, George & Ben.  We then talked about how every person was once a child.  We then looked at our classroom promise and how it is similar to the constitution of our country.  And we ended our lesson by watching School House's Rock Preamble video. (see below)

Please click on the book over to hear the story

Click to hear the song

Your partner in education,

Michelle

Next Week - Growth Mindset

NEXT WEEK...Growth Mindset

Example of growth mindset!  Keep trying!

The Mysterious world of Neurons

Ned The Neuron

Growth mindset for parents

Your Brain is Like a Muscle!

The Magic of Mistake

The Power of Yet

Mojo puts it all together!

Brown Bag Biography

This is the Brown Bag Biography I shared with the kids today😊 This is a project that helps us build our classroom community.  Please help your child with 5 pictures or objects that help describe him or her.  I will add their presentation to their student journal on Seesaw for you to see!  Have a great weekend!

Your partner in education,

Michelle

Painting Self Portraits

The Colors of Us and Painting Self Portraits and Seesaw

We had a wonderful 3rd day of school! The children have been busy smiling, laughing and making new friends.  Today we did an activity using the book The Colors of Us.

Click on the photo above to hear the story

Seesaw

Tonight your child is bringing home a paper copy of the seesaw invitation.  Please sign up ASAP.  This allows you to see what your child is doing in our class.  Today each child read the piece they did yesterday during writing.  We shared what we did over the summer.  We used the anchor text How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague.

Click on the book cover to hear the story

Your partner in education,

Michelle