Archive for December, 2009

A New Way of Assessment!

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Mr. Laatsch, our new Curriculum Director, paid a visit to our classroom this week to experience our Social Studies interviews.  He has created a blog entry about his visit.  Click here to read the article! -Mr. Foster

Seasonal Stories at Houghton School

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

On Wednesday, December 9th, our students had the opportunity to visit Houghton School to read their created seasonal stories.  It was the culmination of weeks of hard work for our sixth graders. It was a process that included brainstorming tasks, prewriting activities, revising and editing, typing using Microsoft Word, and ...

Madelyn Arrives!

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

On November 27th, at 8:10am, Madelyn Elizabeth Foster was born!  She weighed 6lbs. 7 oz. and was 18 inches long.  She has been a bundle of joy! As you can see below, she's all set and ready for the holiday season! -Mr. Foster

Seasonal Stories

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

For our seasonal stories we had to think of six ideas about wintertime then pick one idea that you liked the best.   Then we had to write a rough draft and get it fixed by six people and your parents.   After that we typed the story. Finally, we started and finished ...