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Happy New Year!
School is back in session and we are back at school learning and working on our Common Core standards for 3rd grade. I know how excited the kids are after a long break and I wanted to give them a couple of opportunities to share in fun ways. First I told the class they would…
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Objective Assessments
Are tests the only objective assessment of student learning? “If assessment is to be a positive force in education, it must be implemented properly. It cannot be used to merely sort students or to criticize education. Its goals must be to improve education. Rather than ‘teach to the test,’ we must ‘test what we teach.’”…
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Drug Free is the Way to Be!
Next week is Red Ribbon Week and my class made a poster for the school-wide contest. I had to find a way to get tech involved so I had the class make a movie about the effect of drugs. There is a QR code on our poster that will lead those who scan it to…
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Red Ribbon Week
Hello Families! Next week is Red Ribbon Week at Dorothy Grant Elementary. The image above is what we have planned for the students to do to celebrate and reinforce the importance of being drug free. It is important to note that on Tuesday for sports attire day that we ask students to avoid wearing anything…
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3rd Annual Target Sports Lunch
Hello Families, Tomorrow we will have Target visiting us at lunchtime to teach the kids new games to play at recess. Please send them dressed ready for activity (sneakers, no sandals). Please click the link below for full details. Target Sport Lunch ~Mrs. Ruiz
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Grading
Hello Families, Since we have adopted the Common Core, our grading and scoring have changed. One of the more noticeable changes will be the lack of letter grades. In primary, you were likely used to seeing Outstanding (O), Satisfactory (S), Needs Improvement (N) and Unsatisfactory (U). Once you receive your first progress report (which you should this…
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International Space Station
We have some exciting news at DGE today! Our 2014 Teacher of the Year and HAM Radio Club advisor Beverly Matheson has made it so that our HAM Radio Club students are making contact with the International Space Station today! The whole campus is abuzz with excitement and you can view the contact from home via Ustream:…
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Hispanic Heritage Month
The Fontana Teacher’s Association has released information that its Hispanic Heritage Month Contest is now open! Hispanic_Heritage_Month_Flyer_2014 Hispanic_Heritage_Month_Guidelines_Rubric_2014 I will be working with the class on entries for the essay and multimedia categories for sure, but you are more than welcome to work on an entry at home with your child and send them to…
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Class News for May 16th
Hello Families! As we come up on the last several days of school I have decided there will no longer be any “official” homework. Instead I am sending home easy to do science projects and math art for students and families who still want something to work on. Any work completed will be worth ClassDojo…
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Homework
Hello Parents and Families, I am curious as to your thoughts on homework for the last 13 days of school. Please reply to this survey. If you would like to make a comment on the subject, please do so in the comments area of this post. Thank you! ~Mrs. Ruiz
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