Sipley School Parent Newsletter
Week of Monday, December 5, 2016
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays! It is difficult to believe that the holidays are around the corner. It is my hope that during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, you have a blessed holiday with family and friends.
This month is surely one of the exciting months of the year for most of our kids. It is the holiday season and this is a fitting time for all of us to teach our students to be thankful and show them the value of generosity and kindness. This is also a month that we have more days out of school. We have some students using Lexia, which is accessible online. All students can read independently as they have time away from school. They can also practice their math. I will place some links to our math curriculum below where you can see the math facts for each grade level, which students can practice.
We appreciate and thank you for your continued support in all our endeavors to ensure your child's academic success.
Math Fact Fluency
Authors of RtI Is a Verb, Chris Weber and Tom Hierck, share that “One key to number sense, as emphasized in next-generation standards, is a deep understanding of place value and the base-ten number system – students must not simply know math facts fluently, they must know them with automaticity.”
Here are the math quarterly assessments that are available online. This is a great visual showing what students need to know and be able to do for their grade level. Keep in mind that these are timed test, which brings in the authors point of automaticity.
Grade 1 - http://d68curriculum.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/3/5/21352546/1stgradequarter1mathfactsrevised2016.pdf
Grade 2 - http://d68curriculum.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/3/5/21352546/grade2_quarter_1_fluency.pdf
Grade 4 - http://d68curriculum.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/3/5/21352546/fluency_prob_1_2017_.pdf
Grade 5 - http://d68curriculum.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/3/5/21352546/q1_math_fluency_summative_2016.pdf
Grade 6 - http://d68curriculum.weebly.com/uploads/2/1/3/5/21352546/fluency_prob_1_revised_2016_.pdf
Outside Recess
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Winter Musical and Choral Performance
Behavioral Update
Parent Survey
If you haven't logged on to take the Illinois 5 Essentials Survey, please take a few minutes to provide your feedback. Log on at https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/login/
Enter Dupage for the county and then John L Sipley for the school. Both parents can take the survey. We appreciate your time.
A Glance at the Days Ahead
Friday, December 9 - STP Parent Night Out - See the flier that is going home
Tuesday, December 13 - STP No Cook Night at Papa's Pizza!
Wednesday, December 14 - STP Meeting at Sipley - 6:45
Friday, December 16 - STP Assembly for Students
Monday, December 19 - Winter Break Begins!
Monday, January 2 - No School
Tuesday, January 3 - Students return from break!