Week of January 12, 2015

Children are busy learning at Willow Glen!
Here are some classroom highlights:

K5 - Kindergartners are learning about word families, vowel sounds, winter animal adaptations, and they are writing "All About Animals" books.

Grade 1 - First graders are learning about biographies and autobiographies.  In math, they are adding and subtracting, and they just completed a unit on food chains in science class.

Grade 2 - Second graders are writing "gripping fictional stories"!  They are learning to describe characters, and are beginning a new unit on food chains/predator/prey.

Grade 3 - Third graders are learning how to blog.  They are also working on their Native American projects and building displays.

All grade levels will be participating in MAP (Measurement of Academic Progress) testing this month.  We assess students 3X per year in the areas of reading and math, using this online assessment tool.  Teachers use the data to plan for instruction, in an effort to meet the needs of all their children.  If you would like more information on this, please visit our school website, or contact your child's teacher..

Also, please know that we are very focused on safety at Willow Glen.  Just a friendly reminder to stop in the office and get a visitor pass, if you would like to walk your child to his/her classroom (or pick them up).  We have precious children in our building, and want o ensure safe visiting practices for all!

Our next PTO meeting will be held on January 21.  Watch for more information in your take-home folders!