FHSD Elem Math/Science Info
October 2019
Important Dates to Note
November 1-11: 4th Grade Topic 6 Performance Task
November 5: District PD Day (8 am-12 noon)
November 8-18: Kindergarten Topic 5 Performance Task
November 18-December 20: K-5 Classroom STEAM Challenge window (more info coming via email soon!)
November 27-28: Thanksgiving Break
Math K-5 Standards Crosswalks
5th to 6th Grade Math Placement Info/Timeline
- Amy Ridling will soon be sending out information about math placement. Classroom teachers will be filling out the skill checklist; this checklist along with MAP scores and benchmark data will determine initial recommendations for 6th Grade Math Placement.
- In order to have things ready in Infinite Campus, we will be asking 5th grade to complete their benchmarks in the first two weeks of December, by December 12th. This is still a tight timeline, giving content leaders only a day to get information ready for IC, so it will be imperative that all data is available by December 12.
Free ebook
FREE EBOOK FOR RED RIBBON WEEK: Listen, Lucy! Listen! A Red Ribbon Week Adventure is ready in PDF format. It's completely free as an ebook if you become a member of the author's (Margo Dill's) newsletter list- and she is a former FHSD teacher! (Click to sign up here) Officially, Red Ribbon Week is October 23 to 31 from the National Family Partnership. This book is a fun, free resource that teachers and parents can use with preK to 2nd grade (or any age really). It's a fiction story about a little girl who has trouble listening during Red Ribbon Week.
Article on Discourse
Most kids don't like to talk in class. Here's how to engage them. School Library Journal, October, 2019.
Great PD Opportunity - Project-based learning
For questions about information in this newsletter, please contact Dr. Sherri Lorton
Email: sherri.lorton@fhsdschools.org
Location: District Learning Center 1405 Highway D, St Charles, MO, USA
Phone: 636.851.5328
Twitter: @sherrilorton