Highlights from Back To School Night

It was great to see many of you at Back To School Night.
Beth, Brian and Whitney went over many aspects of the 1-2 shared curriculum.
If you are interested in exploring more about some of the underpinnings of the reading, writing and math curriculum here you go:
Reading: Growing Readers
Math: Investigations by TERC-
overview of 1st grade
overview of 2nd grade
Writing : About the Authors

A really great thing I learned was that Beth uses "The Silent Thumb". Instead of raising hands like we all probably did when we were in school. Beth said that research has shown that some kids give up on problem solving when other kids raise their hand first. So she uses the "silent thumb" technique, which is less intrusive and has been shown to keep kids problem solving longer. Who knew?

VOLUNTEER UPDATES:
We are setting up the volunteer schedule for those folks that signed up to help out on a regular basis THANK YOU!
Juli will confirm your volunteer time with you soon. Your commitment begins the week of October 5th through December 20th. Again thanks so much and contact Juli with any questions about volunteering!
Other volunteer opportunities:
A couple of parents are needed for the SLEEP UNDER on October 1st from 6:00-8:30 to help with games and overall fun. Please contact Juli to volunteer for that!