Muffins & Math

This morning at 7:30 our students and their parents joined the Hawthorne Staff for muffins, bananas, and juice.  This is our third annual "Muffins" event and this time we integrated our new math  program.  At 8:00, our instructional coach Amy Schuhmacher delivered an excellent program for parents.  She modeled math lessons and examples that are much different than the way parents were taught math.  Our social worker Katie Nielsen organized the entire event and with the help of the amazing Hawthorne Staff, we all had a great time with our Hawthorne families.  Thank you to all of you who were able to join us!

At 2:00, we will have our Be a Buddy Assembly to celebrate the positive behaviors we see everyday.  Students will join their Hawthorne buddy for some shared reading time, and our in-house detective will make a visit!

Math Stories, Reading Strategies, & Reading Stamina

One of my favorite things to do is to visit classrooms throughout the week.  Today, I had a chance to view one of our Intervention Teachers, Jenny Sarff, as she taught a math lesson.  Students told stories using pictures and connecting-blocks to show math representations of their numbers.  In Ms. Noack's room students circled up to share the reading strategies they observed themselves using while reading books from their "Just Right" book box.  Ms. Miller's room was a haven of reading and relaxation, as students spread out on the carpet and chairs, completely immersed in their books.  I always love to see what they are currently reading, and feel very connected to their literature from my years as a 5th grade teacher! 

Great learning is happening at Hawthorne School!

Fire Prevention Poster Contest

Two of our fifth graders, Sophia Brownlee and Ava Cunningham were the 1st place and 3rd place winners of the Fire Prevention Poster Contest.  Well done girls!

Reading and Math

We are now in the 4th week of school and our students are well into their schedules!  Here is Mrs. Jerdee's class reading books independently and at their level.  Each of them has a book box that holds their favorite titles.  Students work on increasing their reading stamina during the first month of school.  Ms. Noack's class (2nd picture) is already up to 23 minutes of independent (and focused!) reading.

Ms. Busch's class is working on a math lesson in our new enVision Math program.