Inter-Lakes School District

Parent to Parent Support Group Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

6:30 – 8:00 PM I-LES

Topic: Tips on managing your child’s behavior at home.

Presenter: David Freschi, Simply Good Ideas

RSVP: Maribeth Ryan, 279-3144

Child Care Available

Science/Social Studies: This week the children worked in small groups to learn more about and create a life-sized picture of one of the 17 penguin species.  When all of the groups are done creating the groups will be sharing their pictures and information they learned.
Reading:  We continue to integrate the topic of penguins into both our daily read-aloud and reading groups.   In reading groups we have been working with informational text about penguins and in our read-aloud we have been enjoying the fictional stories of Mr. Popper’s Penguins and Tacky.   We continue to build reading and spelling skills through the Fountas and Pinnell word study program. Recently we have been working on identifying vowel sounds in oo, oi, oy, ow, aw, and au words. 

Last week was a big week for the SCS Spartans. At our first math-a-lon, the sixth graders came in second place with 133 points. Inter-Lakes took first place with 134 points and Gilford was right on our heels with 132 points. We were all very excited with our performance and are looking forward to the next math-a-lon in March. Thank you to all the parents who supported us with your presence and your vehicle.
Math: Both the sixth graders and the veterans are moving through their respective Unit 5 at a good clip. The veterans are currently making connections between decimals, fractions and percents.