Ms. Steichen

First off, just a reminder! No school on Monday, 2/20. We will have school on Friday, 2/24. On Tuesday, 2/21, we will be working with ECO outside. Please dress for working outside on Tuesday. Bring a pair of boots if possible and a raincoat/warm jacket.  Our science unit Magnetism and Electricity is going very well…. [Read More...]

Last week we started our study of Lewis and Clark. We left the Corps of Discovery at Fort Mandan for their first winter and will resume their travels this week. Hopefully students will be able to express why Lewis and Clark went on their expedition, what the Louisiana Purchase was and its importance, and some… [Read More...]

I sent home a paper update today. Please ask your child about it if you didn’t receive one. The following information is from the version sent home. A few reminders: If you are needing to pull your child out of school early or change their end of the day routine, please let me know via… [Read More...]

Last week was a great start to the new year. We began a new writing project, centered around the book The Dreamer. Using the wonderful and visual writing of the book as inspiration, we are focusing on quick writes in response to the poetic prompts throughout the story. Once we have completed the book we… [Read More...]

Hard to believe it is almost December! We had a busy last week two weeks making baskets, masks, and skits, in addition to our regular art, math, writing, and reading work. And now it’s only two and  a half weeks until break. We will fill our next two weeks with many fun activities, including learning… [Read More...]

We are still looking for shoeboxes, so if you have some at home, please send them in. On Wednesday, 11/16, the Funky Monkeys are performing for the Grade School from 11:50 to 12:20. This assembly is open to Funky Monkey parents, so please feel free to come by and see what the group has been… [Read More...]

Do you have shoe boxes around the house that you would like to donate? We’d love to have them! Boot boxes or larger than usual shoe boxes are gladly welcomed as well. If you have extra time between 2:30 and 3:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays and would like to read with students, please let me… [Read More...]

Monday is Halloween but please leave the celebrating for outside of school and keep costumes at home. Last week we finished our second read aloud book of the year: Five Children and It  by E. Nesbit. Ask your student what she/he thought about this classic story of adventure, imagination, and siblings entertaining themselves. This week… [Read More...]

Last week we began our timed multiplication tests. Every Monday and Wednesday students will have 3 minutes to complete 60 multiplication facts. We started with 2 facts and already have 21 students successfully move onto 3s. Students can use their multiplication table for a practice fact sheet on Monday and use Wednesday’s fact test to… [Read More...]

Conference reminders were sent home on Monday. If you did not receive a reminder and do not remember when your conference is, please let me know. If you have a conflict and need to adjust the time and/or date of your conference, also let me know. Some students were sent another student information sheet home…. [Read More...]