Discovery News
Week of June 1
Weekly News
Tuesday- Grade 1- Nelson Farm 8:30-2:00
Grade 2- Southway Bowl 8:45-10:30
Wednesday- PAKRAT Assembly 8:00 AM
Lunch Outside K-5
Thursday-Weather permitting, all specials will be outside playing games and being active!
Please have your kids outside at the basketball courts at your scheduled time.
8:25-9:10 Kindergarten
9:15-10:00 Grade 5
10:05-10:50 Grade 4
11:40-12:25 Grade 2
12:25-1:10 Grade 1
1:10-1:55 Grade 3
If weather is not good all classes will be in the gym
Friday- Breakfast 8:00
Happy Birthday!
Joy Anderson Barrett 6/12
Marisa Mayer 6/15
Jolene Kiffmeyer 6/26
Bonnie Molitor 7/7
Julie Barkley 7/10
Sue Jansen 7/15
Linda Nelson 7/20
Amy Johnson 7/27
Danna Gohman 7/30
Ashley Mattson 8/11
Ann Meyer 8/15
Diane Schneider 8/21
Kim Johnson 8/31
K-5 Math Curriculum Adoption
McGraw Hill's "My Math" has been adopted as the K-5 Math curriculum
resource for District 742!
An initial introductory training session is happening on Thursday, June 25 for half of a day. This training is voluntary and will be a half-day stipend. Morning and afternoon session grade bands will be determined from the teacher registrations.
Please click HERE to RSVP in the coming week (YES or NO) for a half-day session.
All elementary classroom teachers and co-teachers are invited. Teacher editions will be provided at the training. Those teachers who cannot attend will be able to sign-out their TE from Mickie at the DAO after June 25.
Namasté,
Karen M Bengtson, PhD
Math and Science Coordinator, ISD 742
320-253-9333, ext. 1265
Summer PD
June 9
7:30-11:00 Mindfulness at Tech
11:00-12:00 Lunch, on your own
12:00-3:45 at Discovery Vision and Team-building, Committees, Co-Teaching / SIOP Overview
Non-extended day licensed staff are invited to attend. Please let me know by Wednesday, June 3rd, if you would like to attend. You will receive a stipend.
June 17
7:30-3:45 CLR at St. Ben’s
Foundation Level-Change Mindsets:
Journey to Responsiveness: A Focus on Culture and the Instructional Benefits
Lunch provided
*Non-licensed and non-extended day licensed staff are invited to attend. -Please let me know by Wednesday, June 3rd, if you would like to attend. Non-licensed staff will time card their hours; non-extended day licensed staff will receive a stipend.
August 17
7:30-3:45 CLR at St. Ben’s
Foundation Level-Change Mindsets:
Responsive Classroom Management
Responsive Academic Vocabulary
Lunch provided
*Non-extended day licensed staff are invited to attend. Please let me know by June 3rd if you would like to attend. You will receive a stipend.
August 18
7:30-3:45 SIOP at Tech
Lunch for 1 hour, on your own
August 19
7:30-11:00 Math
11:00-12:00 Lunch, on your own
12:00-3:45 Literacy