Mrs. Pellin's Post
December 8th - December 12th

This week I will resume progress monitoring with all three grade levels. Progress monitoring will continue until the holiday break.

I will begin implementing guided reading for the first graders this week. Guided reading has the students reading stories that both engage the student's interest and are appropriate for their reading level. We will also write about the stories we read.

The second graders will also be continuing guided reading this week. They will be "making words" with magnetic letters. They will write about the beginning, middle, and ending of the stories they read.

Center Cass School District # 66 is in the process of implementing an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) mandate, Response of Intervention (RTI). RTI is an array of procedures that can be used to determine if and how students respond to specific changes in instruction. RTI provides an improved process and instruction for school teams in designing, implementing, and educational interventions.

Mrs. Pellin's Post
November 24th to November 25th

I wish all of your families a very Happy Thanksgiving and I will be back to school the week of December 1st.

Center Cass School District # 66 is in the process of implementing an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) mandate, Response of Intervention (RTI). RTI is an array of procedures that can be used to determine if and how students respond to specific changes in instruction. RTI provides an improved process and instruction for school teams in designing, implementing, and educational interventions.

Mrs. Pellin's Post
November 10th to November 14th

This week my first grade students will learn about the consonant sounds "J" and "Z". We will be reciting a poem about jackets, zippers, and zoo's. The vowel we will work on is u and umbrellas. The poem is:

Jackets have zippers,

Jungles have trees,

Zoos have zebras,

Zookeepers have knees!

The second grade students will continue to work on guided reading and write summaries in their journals about the stories we are reading. We will also write about the things for which we are thankful.

As I continue to progress monitor for the RTI program, I am happy to see how much progress is being made by our students.

Center Cass School District # 66 is in the process of implementing an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) mandate, Response of Intervention (RTI). RTI is an array of procedures that can be used to determine if and how students respond to specific changes in instruction. RTI provides an improved process and instruction for school teams in designing, implementing, and educational interventions.

Mrs. Pellin's Post
November 3rd to November 7th

This week my first grade students will learn about the consonant sounds "Y" and "V". We will be reciting a poem about violets in a vase from "me to you." The children will sort picture cards to match them to the beginning sounds of "V" and "Y" . We will also learn the short "E" sound by reading about Ed the Elephant. The elephant on the right is eight days old.



The second grade students will continue to work on guided reading and write summaries in their journals about the stories we are reading. We will work on the differences between fantasy and realism. For example, realism is "After school Tom walked home." Fantasy is "After school Tom flew in a rocket to his house on the moon." We will also play spelling games from their weekly spelling lists. The students will make words using magnetic letters.



Center Cass School District # 66 is in the process of implementing an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) mandate, Response of Intervention (RTI). RTI is an array of procedures that can be used to determine if and how students respond to specific changes in instruction. RTI provides an improved process and instruction for school teams in designing, implementing, and educational interventions.