Mrs. Pellin's Post
January 5th - January 9th

Winter break will be from Monday, December 22nd until Friday, January 2nd. Have a wonderful holiday! I look forward to seeing you again on Monday, January 5th.

During the first week back, I will be administering the winter benchmark test to the kindergarten, first and second graders. This is part of the state mandated RTI program and will be used to assess each student's progress.

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
December 15th - December 19th

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

I will resume 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. The students will write about activites they hope to do over the holiday break.

The second graders will be reading and learning about different Christmas customs around the world. I will be assisting the second grade teachers with activities associated with these different cultures. On Thursday we will be caroling at the Fairview Retirement Home in Downers Grove.

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
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.