Thursday, January 30, 2014

Specials Schedule - Second Half

Here is our specials' schedule for the second half of the year!

Monday - Music
Tuesday - PE*
Wednesday - Health
Thursday - Art & Library**
Friday - PE*

*Please remember to have your child bring sneakers every PE day!
**Please remember to have your child bring his/her library books.

Reading Eggs


Have you heard about Reading Eggs? It is a program that motivates and excites students about reading – especially for reading homework! Your student will have easy access to the program at home or anywhere with Internet connection.

Reading Eggs is an educational and fun program that is full of interactive activities that focus on reading. The site has a huge variety of reading lessons, activities, books, and games.

This program also has a feature that allows you to be a part of your child’s literacy development. You can gain access to reporting tools and track your child’s progress. The first time your child signs into his/her Reading Eggs account, it will ask if you want to be a part of the development with updates on your child, if you want to skip the step for now, or if you do not want any updates about his/her progress.

I hope you all have the opportunity to check out this exciting new program. Be sure to ask your child about his/her experience with Reading Eggs in our classroom!

Pebble Go!

We used Pebble Go this week. You can access this amazing resource by clicking the link below or going through the TBPS library page. 

Pebble Go is a wonderful child-friendly resource for kids to learn and explore science and social studies. They can listen to the text being read or read it themselves. They can look at maps, watch videos, and see nonfiction text features (like glossaries). They can even listen to sound clips from animals and people! 

Check it out and enjoy the learning experience!