September 30th, 2014

Update: We have included some more weblinks on our class webpage. These are specifically for extra spelling practice for students.   Our Class Website LINK

Grade 3 Parents: We are sending home some information on the SLA's that we will be doing over the next three weeks with the grade 3's. Please read this information as it illustrates why we are administering them and what they replace. The grade 4's will be participating in a variety of other 'connected' activities in math and writing during these times SLA's times.

Book Orders have been placed and will be coming home as they are sent to us from Scholastic. Normally it takes a week ;0)

A reminder for students to dress for the weather. 

September 29, 2014

We started our day with a very focused Daily 5 time.  We successfully engaged in 20 minutes of write to self, 20 minutes of read to self and 20 minutes of buddy reading.  Please remember that we have started our home reading program and students are expected to be reading 15-20 minutes everyday at home.  We are asking that the students please keep their home reading book in the home communication folder everyday so the book is at school when we have parent volunteers here to read with them.

Mrs. Cooper's class had a few moments to play a little math game while Ms. Rauser's class finished up some word work.  We played Around the World using a website on the Smartboard.  Some students were asking for the link so we are including it in today's blog.

http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/roundtheworld_eng_launcher.html

We are starting to work on number operations this week so students are encouraged to practice basic facts at home using the above link or Mathletics.  Math work is made easier for students when they know the basic facts.

The students spent time this afternoon, working on changing jot notes into sentences.  We are preparing the students to be able to make jot notes and then use these notes to create final projects that will be presented for their inquiry question.

In writing, we are finishing out final copies of our Getting To Know Me paragraphs.

We are beginning a new project on Wednesday which will involve a walk in the community to make observations to use visualization when writing about fall. We leave the school at 2:00 pm and return by 3:00 pm.

September 26, 2014

The students worked on some art work for the first page of our art journals.  Ms. Rauser did a lesson about shades.  We discovered that if you add white to a color it makes it a lighter color and black makes it a darker color.  We used this technique to make a ripple effect on our page with paint.  We will later be adding our school inquiry quote along with water drops.

We had a great time with our grade 1/2 buddies this morning.  The buddies learned more about each other by asking each other questions and then creating a Venn Diagram to show how they are alike and different.  We are excited to have met our buddies and look forward to doing many activities with them throughout the year.

Mrs. Cooper's students now have a home reading book in their folder.  After your child reads it each time at home encourage them to put it back in their envelope pocket so that it remains in their folder when coming to and from school.  We have a few parent volunteers that will be coming in throughout the week to read and exchange the books as needed so it is important to have the book at school even if it doesn't need to be exchanged.  A big thank you to the wonderful volunteers that have offered to help us out with home

***Helpful Hints for Parents: Home reading books can be used in a variety of ways. Students should read the book outloud (to practice fluency and expression) the first time. The next night they can take the same book and read it again to their parents. Parents...after this reading ask your child to retell the book with 'detail and description'. This is an area that many children require further practice. Short answers lacking specifics from the book indicate that full understanding of the story may not be present.  The next night the student can look for words that they may not have fully understood and can use a dictionary to find the meaning or a thesaurus to find other words that mean the same thing.

September 25

The students have been asked to practice the dance move they learned in dance class today.  The step is:

BACK, SIDE , FRONT

Scholastic book orders are due September 29th.  Please remember to pay with a cheque made out to Scholastic.

The students practiced taking jot notes after watching a Reading Rainbow video.  This is a skill that they will be using when they begin their investigation into their chosen inquiry topics.  

We posted a few pictures on our website from the Terry Fox run yesterday so check them out!

We are very pleased with the stamina that the students are building in Daily 5 and we had a very successful full hour of Daily 5 doing Read to Self, Write to Self and Buddy Read.

September 24, 2014 *BIG NEWS*

BIG NEWS: I (Ms. Rauser) will be having a baby on Valentines Day-ish! My family and I are very excited about this news. It does sadden me though that I will not be teaching the entire year but rest assured we will find an amazing teacher to fill my spot for the remainder of the year. The plan is to work into the new year and as close to February as possible! Until then we have many exciting plans for your students in both Mrs. Cooper's and my class. 

Ms. Rauser's class started home reading yesterday.  Students are asked to keep their home reading books in their communication folders to go back and forth between school and home everyday.  There are tips on the communication folder to help students have success with home reading.  Students are asked to read their home reading book for 15-20 minutes everyday.  Students can also read other books from home and the library.  Once we have passwords set up for Raz Kids, students can use it part of home reading.

Mrs. Cooper's class is still looking for a parent volunteer to help with the home reading program.  If you can help out please let Mrs. Cooper know. (cacooper@cbe.ab.ca) 

The students enjoyed our hot dog picnic lunch today.  A big thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteers that helped out with this.  It was a great day for the The Terry Fox run and the students showed great support by running and bringing in donations.  Thank you!

September 23

Students have been asked to bring home their "Getting to Know Me" writing to complete and edit at home.  We have the computers booked for Wednesday and Thursday so that students can do the good copy on the computer.  Students are asked to follow the below process for editing their writing:
1. Read the story out loud to make sure it makes sense and has enough detail.
2. Read it again finding and fixing spelling errors.
3. Read it again to check to make sure uppercase and lowercase letters are correct.
4. Read it one more time to check for punctuation.
Students are encouraged to ask their parents to help with the editing process.

Tomorrow is the Terry Fox Run and hot dog picnic.  Students are asked to wear comfortable clothes for running and to bring a blanket or towel to sit on for the picnic. Parents are welcome to join us for the run at 2pm.  Please remember to bring in any money that you have fundraised for the Terry Fox Run.

In math, the students continued to be challenged to solve some problems.  We talked about some strategies that we can use to solve the problem that we started yesterday.  Please remember to check out Mathletics with the password taped inside your folder.  

September 22

We had a very peaceful day as we discussed and celebrated World Peace Day.  We started our morning  with some inspiring videos about Peace and a great book called The Promise. Students spent time today reflecting and writing about what Peace means to them and what they will do this year to make a change or difference.  We completed our Peace celebration with an assembly outside with the whole school holding up their peace pinwheels.

We had 3 math problems today that we worked on with partners.  One of the problems was finding the pattern to figure out how many sit-ups Mrs. Cooper would have to do on Saturday if Monday she did 20, Tuesday 30, Wednesday 50 and Thursday 90.  It's a lot of sit-ups!!

We accomplished 10 minutes of Write to Self this afternoon and then finished our day with Read to Self.  We are very proud of our students for how well they are building stamina in our Daily 5 activities.

Just a reminder that Wednesday is the Terry Fox run and hot dog lunch.  If your child did not order a hot dog please send a lunch for them to enjoy for our  outdoor picnic.  We will be doing the Terry Fox run to the windmill at 2pm after the hotdogs have time to settle!  Families are welcome to join us for the run.

Have a wonderful evening and enjoy the beautiful weather:)

September 18th, 2014

We are looking forward to meeting all the parents this evening at our 'Meet the Teacher' night.  Parents are asked to sign up for a session time that will take place in the gym.  Following the session presented by Mrs. Kinsman, students will be asked to bring their parents to their classroom to meet the teacher. You are encouraged to meet both Mrs. Cooper and Ms. Rauser as your child is often taught by both throughout the day. There will be many families in the classroom at one time so we will not be sharing student's progress at this time.  You will receive emails and scheduled conferences at various times throughout the year to address student progress and any concerns.  

A reminder that students do not have school tomorrow as it is a PD day for teachers.  

Students now have their MATHLETICS username and password taped into their 'Home Communication Folder'. We ask that at Cranston school students use this site at home at least 1-2 times a week to practice math skills in a fun and educational manner. 

We are hoping to have the usernames and passwords for Razkids taped into the 'Home Communication Folder' early next week.  

September 17th, 2014

Picture Day -> OCTOBER 7th, 2014!! 
Check your child's folder for the specific background and pose choices. Please fill out and return this small sheet prior to picture day. 

Today our school had a Terry Fox assembly in the morning. Students learned about this famous Canadian figure and the difference he made and continues to make in his absence today for Cancer research. A fact sheet is coming home with each student. On the back of this sheet is a pledge form. IF you would like to participate, please use this form to record pledges and any funds donated. All donations will go directly to cancer research. Our school has set up a GIGANTIC jar in the front office. If students come to school with cash pledges they will have the opportunity to bring this pledge to the office and drop if off in this jar. 
Our Terry Fox run will be held next week on WEDNESDAY in the afternoon. We are inviting families to come and join us for the run to the windmill and back if they are able to make it. The school will also be having a school picnic for students. During this time hotdogs that were purchased for our Terry Fox Fundraising lunch will be handed out to those that have purchased lunch. For students who choose NOT to purchase a hotdog...please send your child to school with a suitable snack they can eat outside for this picnic.  
**Students are invited to bring a small towel or blanket for them to picnic on outside next wednesday.

Each child set a couple goals for themselves on IRIS in regards to their learning and work habits. Check out your child's IRIS page to see what they think they personally need to work on and the strategy they have come up with to help them succeed with their goal! 
IRIS can be accessed directly through our school website (there is an IRIS icon on the left hand side). Students will need their school ID number in order to log into their IRIS page. This has been written on a label and put into your child's home communication folder.  The password is the last 4 digits of their school ID number.  

There is a STUDENT VERIFICATION REPORT in your child's folder. Parents please check this sheet to ensure the school has accurate information for your family and child on file. Any changes please make directly on the form. If everything is correct...please indicate this as well and return it tomorrow or bring it to Meet the Teacher.  Thanks so much!

September 16th, 2014

Ms. Rauser's Class Parents: We have found the owner to the funds found on the floor yesterday. Thank you! 

We have one parent volunteer to help us out with getting our art journals ready and we would love to have one or two more to help out.  If you can come in either tomorrow or Thursday to help out, please let Ms. Rauser or Mrs. Cooper know.

Please remember to book your time for Meet the Teacher on Thursday, September 18.  To book your conference  go to http://www.cbe.ab.ca/Parents/fees.asp  click on MY CBE ACCOUNT or you can go to our Cranston School Website at http://www.cbe.ab.ca/b408 and click on Meet the Teacher.

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Dear Cranston Families,

Cranston School will be participating in the Terry Fox Celebration this year.  The focus of this year’s celebration will be participation and the awareness of the accomplishments of Terry Fox and the need to keep his dream alive.  This is our fifth anniversary of our school run.  For this reason this year’s goal is to raise $5000 as a school.  Students will have three opportunities to raise funds:

1.)   Bring a donation to the school to put in our fund raising jar.

2.)   Pledge forms – these will go home on Wednesday, Sept. 17

3.)   On-line pledges - go to http://www.terryfox.org  -click on donate to a student or school and follow the links.

Please only give what you feel comfortable with.  Every little bit counts!

            Our theme this year is “Spread the Word.”  Our students will be sharing their learning about Terry Fox in their classrooms.  This year our school run will be on Wednesday, September 24^th.  We would like to make this event a Family Run.  We encourage all families to join us at the school at 2:00 pm for a quick assembly and a special run through the Cranston pathways to the windmill.  We hope that the weather cooperates and we will be sharing some of our writing along the route.

            We are also having a Terry Fox Hot Dog Picnic on Wednesday, September 24^th.  If the weather cooperates we will be having our hotdogs outside with our classmates.  If the weather doesn’t cooperate we will have our picnic lunch in the school.  We ask that students bring a small blanket or a beach towel for their picnic lunch.  The money raised from the hot dog lunch will go to our fund raising effort.

September 15th, 2014

PARENTS IN MS. RAUSER'S CLASS: 
There was a small ziplock bag found on the floor with some money in it but the students do not seem to know to whom it belongs. Students take out their 'home communication folder' in the morning and put it in our basket. We are thinking that it fell out when it was taken out of a backpack this morning. IF you sent your child to school with a small ziplock bag with money in it....please email Ms. Rauser (cerauser@cbe.ab.ca) and verify the amount that was sent so that we can apply it to the rightful student. Thanks so much!!! 

Students have been learning about team work and cooperation in phys.ed. Mr. McDougall has been teaching the students a variety of games to encourage and develop these important skills. Ask your child what they have been doing with hula-hoops and today with 2-3 balls! 

We finished off our wonders and questions that we had from the books and pictures we have been looking at in class. Students re-visited the specific books and pictures that had interested them and had inspired wonders. We will now look at grouping students according to their interests and questions and begin they will soon begin looking into their big questions. 

In our class novel that we are reading...our main characters did something AGAIN today that they were not allowed to do. Ask your child what happened to 'Kendra and Seth' in our book Fablehaven.

We are continuing to get to know each of your children really well to meet their individual needs in all subject areas. In math today, students did a small 'show what you know' activity to help us see where they are at with their number concepts. We will begin our math groups hopefully near the end of the week according to student needs in this area.

Our students were fabulous during Daily 5 today and we successfully did 'Read to Self' for 20 minutes and 'Buddy Read' for 15 minutes.  Amazing group of readers!!

SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS: due September 29th

Friday, September 12, 2014

Ms. Rauser introduced us to an art project that we worked on for a good part of our morning.  We are designing a cover for our art journals using definitions and pictures to begin our inquiry work.  Ms. Rauser taught us how to use watercolor pencils and we started to practice the techniques she modeled for us.  Once we have completed the cover for our art journal we will be looking for some parent volunteers to help out with taping them to the front of our art journals. It's a time consuming process so the more volunteers we get the easier it will be to get them done!

We are also looking for a parent volunteer from each class to help out with home reading.  Home reading volunteering involves coming in one day a week to read with the students and to help keep track of books coming and going.  It takes a little over an hour to get through a whole class.  If you are interested in helping out with this, please contact Mrs. Cooper or Ms. Rauser.

Ms. Rauser's class had gym and Mrs. Cooper's class had their first choir class.

Student's loved hearing about the new discoveries that occurred in our novel read of 'Fablehaven'. Ask you child what the character Kendra and her brother Seth have been up to!


Have a great weekend!

Thursday, September 11

Our whole school is contributing to a bulletin board so we worked on our contribution to it.  Students each traced and decorated both of their hands and then as a whole group we brainstormed to complete the sentence:

I am one person but with my two hands I can__________________________________.

As part of our discussion about what we can do to make a difference in our school we read the book Anything is Possible.  This great book led us into a discussion about how working together and with persistence, we can accomplish our goals and dreams.  

Both of our classes had dance and music today.

Scholastic book forms are going home in your child's folder today.  These book orders are an excellent way to build your child's home library.  September book orders are due September 29th.  Please pay for the scholastic book orders with cheques only made out to Scholastic Canada LTD.  We can not send cash in the mail so book purchases can only be made by a cheque.  Thank you

There are 2 forms coming home today - one is for the Terry Fox and Hot Dog fundraiser and the other note is information for booking your time on Thursday September 18th for Meet the Teacher/Open House.

Wednesday, September 10

The students were very involved this morning as they began to record their questions and wonders in the inquiry notebooks.  In the afternoon the students did a survey using tallies to determine what topics they are most interested in.  Tomorrow we will learn to use the tally information to create a graph.

In writing, each student chose one topic from their 'Me' web to write a very detailed paragraph about.  We talked about the difference between list writing(robot writing) and interesting detailed writing.  For the rest of the week, we will continue to practice writing detailed paragraphs with all five topics from our 'Me' webs.

Wow  Room 79 and 80 are a group of amazing readers! We did 'Read to Self' easily for 15 minutes today.  We introduced 'Read to a Buddy' and practiced it for 8 minutes successfully.  Mrs. Cooper and Ms. Rauser are very proud of our students.  

From the Office

As you know, at Cranston School, we practice 'borderless' classrooms, which essentially means that our students use all of the school as a learning space, not just their own classrooms.  It has come to our attention that we have several students in our care who have severe allergies and require the use of an identification bracelet as well as an Epi-Pen or asthma Inhaler. We are asking that these students have a fanny pack in which to store the EpiPen or asthma Inhaler, so that they may take it from place to place throughout the school as well as on fieldtrips.  We also suggest that a back up EpiPen should be supplied to the office in case the first EpiPen malfunctions.  Co-op medical supply offers small fanny pouches that are slim and can be worn under the shirt.  Lastly, many students wear funky bracelets that declare their allergies and are trendy, thus making them feel less awkward.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated in this matter and we will assist you in whatever manner we can.  

Thank you.

  

Important information

• The Entertainment Book sale is on going and ends on Sept 22. (Remember to return your book if you do NOT want to purchase it)
• Please remember to dress appropriately for this weather!
• If you have not completed your school fees and forms please do so ASAP.
• Milk order forms went home today, if you would like to order milk for your child please fill in the forms and payment ASAP.
• September 18th- 4-7 pm Meet the teacher open house. (read the Monday Message to see information about how to register for this evening)
• Friday, September 19th- PD NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Our students were quick to adjust to our new entry and exit procedures.  Just a reminder to parents that our students now enter and exit at door #2.  Students are asked to line up as soon as the bell rings because we are now the first classes to come into the school.

Students are starting to discover a variety of areas that they are interested in and some wonderful wonders are starting to surface.  We have heard many questions around the topics of endangered animals, ocean pollution, oil spills in Alberta, dinosaur extinction and fossil discoveries, global warming, pollution, and native traditions and survival.  We are excited to meet as a whole group to share our wonders.

We continued to work on our web about ourselves so that we have at least 5 interesting topics to write paragraphs about ourselves.  We will begin writing our detailed paragraphs tomorrow.

Ms. Rauser continued to read Fable Haven and today a new character was introduced in the book.  The author used very descriptive detail so that we could have an image of the character in our mind.

In math we continued to work on the problem that we were introduced to yesterday.  Many of the students found an answer by using guess and check, drawing or using manipulatives.  It was a tricky problem and we are very proud of the students who persevered and kept trying until they found a solution.

Daily 5 - We are thrilled that the students successfully did 'Read to Self' for 10 minutes two times today.  We are excited to increase this time throughout the rest of this week and then begin introducing Buddy Read.  Students are encouraged to read every night for at least 10 minutes.  Once we have a parent volunteer for doing home reading, we will begin sending home books with the students.  Students are always encouraged to also read their own books at home.

Stay warm and dry!

Monday September 8, 2014

It was great to see our students back ready to learn for our second week.  Hopefully everyone got out to enjoy the beautiful weather on the weekend.  Looks like the students will need to pull out their warmer clothes for this week though.
**As our classes are the LAST to come in our doors in the morning it is important that students dress for the weather. Please help your child remember to wear more than just a sweater or light jacket in this weather. We had many shivering children as they didn't anticipate how chilly it would be and that there would be a light rain. 
OUR LINES WILL LOOK  DIFFERENT TOMORROW and our students will come in door#2.  We will line up on the compound.  Door #1 has been closed for safety reasons.  Teachers will be outside tomorrow helping students find their new line. 

We are spending time this week to discover what our students are interested in and excited about.  Last week we used many interesting photos to spark wonders and conversations and today we started looking at books of many different topics.  We will continue to give the students time this week to explore these books as we listen and ask them about their wonders and interests.  Encourage your child to share with you what they are excited to learn about this year.

                                               

Students were introduced to 'Making Words' today.  They used letters to make words beginning with short words and continuing with bigger words until the final word was made.  The final word included all the letters they have.  With this activity, students discover letter-sound relationships and learn how to look for patterns in a word.

Our writing project for this week is an autobiography that the students will write about themselves answering at least 5 questions from the interview questions we brainstormed last week.  We started today by making a web to organize our questions and thoughts before we begin writing.  We are excited to learn more about each of our students from this writing project.

In math we learned a new game entitled 'Greedy'. Ask your child how to play it!! Students were then challenged to a math brain teaser about Grandmas and Trolls. They worked in partners to solve this problem that involved strategy and thinking skills!

Entertainment Books --> If purchasing any of these books, please make cheques payable to CRANSTON SCHOOL

Friday September 5, 2014

We had a wonderful Friday and were thankful to have a sunny day for our Welcome Back Breakfast.  A big thank you to our Parent Council and parent volunteers for providing all the students with yummy muffins and cheese strings.

Our students started the day with a spelling assessment that will help Ms. Rauser and Mrs. Cooper provide word work and small group work to improve spelling skills.

Following our spelling work, we continued to work on our writing If everybody in the classroom.... We are ready to move onto another writing project on Monday so a few students need to bring home their journal to complete the writing for Monday.  If your child needs to complete their work, there will be a red journal in their communication folder.  Please see below for the assignment that they were given.

If everybody in the class _______________then ___________________
If everybody outside ___________________then __________________

Students were asked to do two positive and two negative behaviors for each frame sentence.

Ms. Rauser introduced our students to our Art journals and we used a sponge painting technique to start our first pages.

The day flew by quickly and we only had a few minutes to read our novel at the end of the day but we are getting excited to find out what will happen next in the story.

Have a fabulous weekend! See you on Monday:)

Thursday Sept. 4th, 2014

It was another wonderful day with our students! We were busy and working hard all day.  The students continued to explore, discuss and wonder about pictures that we started to look at yesterday in small groups.  They have many interesting questions about rain forests, different kind of pollution, oil sands, animal extinction and the impact we have on the world.  We are excited to begin exploring some of their wonders and questions further.

Ms. Rauser's class learned the game that Mrs. Cooper's class played yesterday, Race to 100.  We gave the students a challenge to find the value of their names.  Some students did their first name and others did their last name or both.

We learned an interesting word, 'antiquated', during our read aloud today.  We used the computer to look up how to pronounce it and then the meaning of it.  We discovered that when you come to a word that you do not know in a book it is good to find out the meaning so that you understand what you are reading! Ask your child if they remember what the word means.  ;0)

Things to remember

1. You had a very important document package come home yesterday.  If you did not fill it out and send it in for today, please do that as soon as possible.

2.  Make sure you bring back your Home Communication Folder every day!

3.  Make sure you bring in indoor shoes if you haven't already.

4.  Entertainment book fundraising is from Sept. 5th to Sept. 22nd.   We had a kick off assembly today to introduce the fundraising to the students

5.  Thursday Sept 17th, from 4 to 7pm, there will be a meet the teacher evening.  

A note from the Office:

There are 3 bells in the am and the pm.  

The first bell is a warning bell at 8:13 am and 12:10 pm which sends teachers outside for supervision.  The next bells are at 8:24 am and 12:23 pm and these bells bring in Kindergarten children only.  The final bells at 8:27 am and 12:25 pm bring in the grades 1-4 children. 

Wednesday September 3, 2014

It was great to see our students back for day 2 with enthusiasm and a readiness to learn.  We started our day using the questions we made yesterday to learn more about each other by doing quick student interviews.  We learned a lot about all of our students and the students also found out more about Mrs. Cooper and Ms. Rauser.

We enjoyed a book that reminded us about the importance of following rules.  The class generated and agreed on six rules that we will all follow to help us have a successful year.

1.  Be kind, respectful and helpful to each other

2. Listen to others when they are talking

3. Keep the classroom, school and playground clean - always pick up after yourself

4.  Be responsible and honest

5. Be safe and keep your hands to yourself 

6. Always try your best and work hard

We then did a written activity where students used the below sentence template to incorporate the above rules in actual scenarios and locations. 

After reading If Everybody Did, we started a writing project following the format of: 

If everybody in the classroom ___________________ then _________________.

If everybody outside _________________________ then _________________.

Mrs. Cooper's class played one of our favorite math games - Race to 100.  Your child can play this game with you - all you need is two dice.  It's fun and great for practicing basic facts and adding two digit to one digit numbers.

Ms. Rauser's class looked at some interesting pictures, quotes, graphs, and cartoons. In groups they followed the following group generated structure:
1. Observations
2. Questioning the picture
3. Is there a reason the picture was taken or created?
4. What is the solution? Can I think of anything creative that can be done about it?

Tomorrow each class will switch with these two activities.

Students learned about 'Daily 5'  READ-TO-SELF today. Most are familiar with this at Cranston school. We reviewed different ways you could read a book (e.g., read and talk about the pictures, read the words, retell a previously read book to yourself, etc.). This was then put in practice for 5 minutes. Each day this will increase in time. Students also learned how to pick a 'just right book'.

  

Tuesday Sept. 2nd, 2014 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

It was very exciting to meet our students today in both of our classes. Students participated in a variety of get to know you activities and discussions. We read the following two picture books to get us collaborating around rules and routines and treating others respectfully as well as to retell our exciting adventures from our summer!

Students were given a 'home communication folder' at the end of the day. This folder will come home each day. It will contain school communication and forms that need attention as well as classroom notes and work. Sometimes it might come home empty! This is so that you have access to Mrs. Cooper's or Ms. Rauser's email address at all times, your child has access to username and passwords for Mathletics and RAZ-Kids (these will be taped in hopefully by next week), and allow you to safely store your child's home reading in the envelope pocket (this too will start up in the next couple of weeks). 

Each day students will travel back and forth from Ms. Rauser's class and Mrs. Cooper's class as lessons and activities are often taught together. This team teaching will happen throughout the year giving your child the opportunity to have not one but TWO teachers.

Please check the BLOG daily as we update it with important information. This is our main avenue of communication with parents and guardians.

We will also be updating our website for both rooms (combined) often throughout the year. This is another great place to check out what your child has been doing in class and at school. There are already many helpful links to websites for your child to explore and use at home! Its a good idea to bookmark both the BLOG web address and the below webpage address on your home computer to make it easy to access! :0)

Our Webpage's Address --->   http://room79and80.weebly.com