Posted on January 31st, 2012 by cummings6th
Grand Valley State University will be offering the Science Technology & Engineering Preview Summer (STEPS) Camp for Girls again this summer. The Seymour and Esther Padnos College of Engineering and Computing will be hosting the two consecutive weeks of camp on June 18-21 and June 25-28, 2012. STEPS is an all-girl day camp introduction to [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2012 by cummings6th
Good news! I have a wonderful new program for our classroom library! Also, I have over 900 books for students to choose from! Bad news! Much time is needed to find the reading level (lexile level) for each book and to orgranize them so that we know where each book if found within the room. [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2012 by cummings6th
Way to go Clark homeroom; I think you made the difference
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Posted on January 9th, 2012 by cummings6th
We hope that you and your families had wonderful, relaxing, rejuvenating time together over the Christmas vacation. All three of us had a great break, but it sure was nice to see all the kids again. Do they look older to you? They sure do to us! Reading– So, how many books has your child [...]
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Posted on January 5th, 2012 by cummings6th
Nothing is better during the winter mid-week at school than having a cup of hot cocoa. “Mmmm…, Mrs. Clark, for some reason this tastes better than at home!” I get told this several times on Wednesdays. Currently, we are out of Styrofoam cups (8 oz size) needed to have our hot cocoa next week. Also, [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2011 by cummings6th
Posted on December 19th, 2011 by cummings6th
We are so thankful to have students (and their families) who care! We were able to provide all that was asked for and more! Merry Christmas to All!
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Posted on December 6th, 2011 by cummings6th
This is the season full of bustle both at home and at school. Here is what we’ve been up to! READING: So, have you noticed your student reading? Have you been discussing books with him or her? We’ve gotten immersed into Reading Zone. As always, homework in reading is 30 minutes of reading each night. [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2011 by cummings6th
Here is the list of the children for whom our class is providing Christmas gifts. We are excited to begin wrapping these and put them up under our Christmas tree we set up this week. The items are requested by the children’s parents. As you will notice, they are asking for very practical, needed items. [...]
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Posted on November 24th, 2011 by cummings6th