Mrs. Pellin's Post
February 23rd to February 27th

Monday, March 3rd is Casimir Pulaski Day. Here's what he looks like! There is no school! Have a great day off!

This week the first graders will continue their own personal "Word Wall Chart." Each day two new words will be added to their chart. At the end of each week, they will read all of their "Word Wall" words. We will also be reading baby and mother hippos. They will learn how the mother protects its baby. The children will start to write the beginning, middle, and ending of the stories we read.

This week the second graders will read about a dinosaurs and how a Triceratops scares away a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Sometimes being brave is more important than being large. The second graders will start to write summaries of this story independently with the aid of story guide words.

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.