First Grade
Reading
High Frequency Words
done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, work
Target Skills
- Using context clues
- Reading with Intonation
- Synonyms
Math
Learning Targets
- Study, organize, and manipulate numbers within 40
- Compare quantities and begin using the symbols for greater than, less than, and equal to.
- Addition and subtraction of tens
- Add two-digit and single-digit numbers within 40
- Use place value to add two-digit numbers
Second Grade
Reading
High Frequency Words
also, fly, gone, have, horse, look, river, said, saw, something
Target Skill
- Understanding characters
- Infer and predict
- Pronouns
Math
- Record category counts and organize and represent data by drawing both picture and bar graphs
- Use information in graphs to solve addition and subtraction problems and compare results
- Apply knowledge of coin values and place values to find the total value of a group of coins or bills.
- Build on previously learned measurement concepts to work with inches and yards.
- Use addition and subtraction to compare two lengths
- Use drawings and equations with an unknown to represent addition and subtraction.
- Generate measurement data and represent it with a line plot
Third Grade
Reading
Target Vocabulary
prairie, rough, slick, batted, clattered, fetch, sniff, rustle, thumped, buzzing
Target Skills
- Point of view
- Story structure
- Adverbs that compare
Math
Learning Targets
- Learn to manipulate a given number of objects to create equal groups.
- Organize equal groups into arrays where either a row or column is seen as the new unit being counted.
- Using arrays to develop spatial reasoning skills.
- Work with doubles and even numbers to set the stage for learning multiplication in 3rd grade
After a quiet summer at home Tim is ready to come back to the classroom! He is excited to share his tank makeover with the students.
We always say that we work in the most beautiful place and it’s confirmed every morning when I drive into town. I don’t think anyone could ask for a better view from their classroom windows!
I am excited to start my 18th year teaching at Index Elementary! I graduated from Central Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and an additional endorsement in reading. I have since received a Master’s Degree in Education, with a focus on reading and literacy. I came to work in Index in January of 2006, teaching preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. With more recent changes I am now teaching Kindergarten through Third Grade.