Two Days

Ms. Leom attended two days of Benchmark Literacy training. It included an entire day about teaching reading and a second day that looked at the Word Work and Writing components of the new learning. Although she was out of the classroom and attending her workshop in the high school, she was very involved with what was happening in the classroom.

Students are working on Fluency, or reading smoothly and their Complex Plurals Word Work for BML Days 11 and 12.

Ms. Leom also hung the first set of family pictures. The door of images is the first sight Ms. Leom sees when she enters the room in the morning, the images she sees throughout the day, and the last images she sees when she leaves at the end of the day. It reminds her that each student is part of a family. He or she is special and important in unique and individual ways - not always collected in data from testing. These are MY students when they walk through this doorway, and I respectfully appreciate the opportunity, responsibility, and accountability to each family represented.

Not all our families are pictured at this time. Mr. Greninger's families will also be featured when the opportunities develop.

Ms. Leom sent home copies of pictures for students and their families today. In the ten months, Ms. Leom had two former students pass away. Two alumni lost a parent, and another student lost a sibling. Being able to reprint and share these moments with the families from our one special year together matters.

Ms. Leom communicated missing work with Mr. Greninger's help.

For her homeroom students, Ms. Leom communicated student's recent test results, the fourth grade goals, their flex teachers, and overall learning plans. Detailed information was sent in an email. Please contact Ms. Leom (her contact information is on the top right corner) with any questions.

Looking forward to returning to our classroom and daily routine! Missed MY kids!!