ISTEP Saturday Tutoring Routes
The tutoring routes begin Saturday, January 23, 2010. You can views the routes in the attached PDF, which you can print for your reference.
Donors Choose:
Reading into history
Mrs. Buchta's fourth grade classroom theme for the year is "A Year of Independence."
In order to utilize this theme in her literature and guided reading curriculum, she picked various novels to use with her fourth graders, including Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
"This novel was a favorite of mine as a young student, and I truly believe that my fourth graders will love it just as much as I did!" said Mrs. Buchta.
But, in order to begin her language arts literature curriculum, she turned to Donors Choose for 31 copies of Number the Stars by Lois Lowry so that the class can begin reading the book as a class. [READ MORE]
Pacers visit FCA, read to achieve
The Indiana Pacers have developed an All-Star Reading Team as part of its Read to Achieve Porgam and last week they visited they visited Fall Creek Academy. The Team features players, coaches, local dignitaries and celebrities who volunteer their time and knowledge to bring awareness to the value of reading. [VIEW MORE PHOTOS]
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Using whiteboards for math
December 23, 2009
 Mr. Hakim was looking for some teaching tools for his Title I math classroom. He teaches math to students in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades that love being able to show their work in class.
One of the best ways for them to show him what they are learning is through mini white boards. In his math class, the students need to be able to show that they understand what they are learning during a lesson. He wanted to provide the classes with mini white boards and sets of dry-erase markers. [READ MORE]
Homecoming Dress Up Day
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