Holiday Break Reading Race!

We have seen some wonderful progress in our students since the beginning of the year.  We have decided to do a holiday break Reading Race! Our goal is to have every student reading at home everyday so they will not regress all the progress we have made.  We are sending home a chart for your student to fill out after they have read.  They will be racing with their other Title 1 classmates to see who read the most minutes over the holiday break.  The winner will receive a prize! We have sent home book bags to those who indicated to us they needed books to read at home.  If you have any questions please call us at 379-5130 or email me at ajensen@albetlea.k12.mn.us    We hope you and your student will enjoy the holiday break and enormous amounts of reading!

Recent pictures

Parents learning about GOLD Standards during Math Night.

Kindergarten students learning their letters and letter sounds.

Kindergarteners working on counting with objects.

Kindergarten students making patterned scarves.

Kindergarten and 1st grade students made patterned scarves.

Title One Parent Advisory Council Meeting

You are invited to attend the District Wide Title I Parent Adivisory Council meeting on December 9th at 5:00 p.m. at Halverson School in the conference room.  We will be reviewing the Title I parent involvement policy, review questions for the parent survey, and discuss planned parent activites for the upcoming year.  We hope you can attend.

Math Night at Hawthorne

Our first Title One Math Night on November 18th was a small turn out. It was held at Hawthorne Elementary school. We had 25 students K-3 from all three elementary schools attend. We enjoyed eating pizza with the families, giving presentations about the GOLD Standards and sharing math bags with the families. These bags had math games and manipulative for the families to take and use at home.

We are looking forward to the next Math Night that will be at Sibley in the spring.

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

Title 1 Math Night

Title One Math night is coming up next week! On Thursday, November 18th at Hawthorne Elementary School.  From 5:00-5:30 K-1st grade families will eat and the parent class will be from 5:30-6:30. From 6:00-6:30 2nd and 3rd grade families will eat and the parent class will be from 6:30-7:30.    Parents will learn about math gold standards for their student's grade and ideas of math games you and child can play at home. 

Pictures of student projects

Our Kindergarten students made patterns with pumpkins.

We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the students made caterpillars with the numbers 1 through 10.

Last week our 3rd grade students read a story about the pumpkin life cycle. Here are their storyboards they made.

Conferences: November 1st, 4th, and 5th

We look forward to meeting with you during Fall Conferences.   During this time we will provide the accommodation plan to you and your student and help set goals for your child to accomplish during the school year.  We will also have all individuals who are responsible for your child's success sign our Title One Compact.


Mark your calendar for our first Title One math night at Hawthorne Elementary School, November 18th.  More information to come.

Our New Addition to Title One

We are excited to have a new Title One Para, Amy Johnson, with us this year. Mrs. Johnson is married to Clayton Johnson, who works as an MRLA leader for the USDA-NRCS.  Amy is new to the area but comes to Sibley with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Animal Science) and a two year degree as a surgical technologist.  Amy will be working with students in Title 1 and with us each day.  Her primary focus will be providing additional time and one-on-one interventions to students. " The reason I took this job is to help children with their education." said Mrs. Johnson.  Welcome to Sibley Elementary School and Title One.

 

Professional Development Conferences

During the week of October 4th-8th we attended two conferences. The first conference was on Special Education Reading Interventions. This conference was taught by Dr. Jane Anderson, Ph.D of Saint Mary's University. We enjoyed this conference and learned many new interventions we can try with our students. One of the interventions we are going to implement is Repeated Oeal Assisted Reading (ROAR). This conference is a three day conference, we will be attending two more sessions; one in December and the third in February.

On Thursday and Friday we attended the Minnesota Association of Administrators of State & Federal Education Programs  Conference (MAASFEP). There we many sessions for us to choose from. We each had the opportunity to go to four sessions. We learned and took away useful information from this conference too.

Welcome Back with Title One

About us:

Amber Jensen

Hi! Some of you may have seen me here at Sibley Elementary last school year as I was a long term replacement in 2^nd grade.  I am very excited to be working full time in the Title I classroom this year. Some of my hobbies include running, boating, and being active with my children.  I look forward to seeing your smiling faces.

Kirsten Reed

Welcome back to school! This is my 2^nd year teaching Title I.  Most recently I have taught in the Mounds View Schools.  Amber Jensen and I will be working as a Title I team this year. Your child will have the opportunity to work with both of us. When I am not at school I enjoy crafting, reading, and spending time with my friends. I look forward to working with you this year!

What is Title:

The goal of Title I is to provide a high-quality education for every child. The Title I program provides extra help to students who need additional help in the areas of reading and math. Title I instruction is in addition to the regular classroom instruction.

You as parents influence your child’s education.  You can boost your child’s achievement in school by taking an active role in Title I.  Let your child see that education is important to you not just to them.

Being parents, you know your child better than anyone else does.  Feel free to share information about your child’s likes and dislikes with me or your child’s classroom teacher. 

Always share a love of learning with your child.

Set a good example for your child.  Let them see you reading, writing letters, and making lists. 

Make learning at home just as fun as it is at school.  Work on building language, reading, and math skills.  You can do this by playing games and reading signs when you are driving or shopping.

Limit your child’s television time and have your child read to you or you read to them.  As you are reading together, stop and discuss what is happening in the story.  Make predications about what might happen next.