Mrs. Pellin's Post
April 13th to April 17th

This week the first graders will read a book about a family going on a summer vacation. Unfortunately, Dad cannot find his sun hat! We will read the different ways his family attempts to help him and make predictions about where it could be.

This week the second graders will read about a ship who gets into trouble with big waves in the ocean. We will make predictions about the best way to save the ship called the Naughty Ann.


Both of the reading groups will continue to work on their writing project about "Who am I?" The children have finished their rough draft and this week will finish their final draft with illustrations. The children are very excited to have their parents guess which self description belongs to them. The children will also continue to work on "Word Wall" words and we will play spelling games. The students are mastering many words from their "Word Wall" list.

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.