Upcoming Events
March 15-17 Half Days & Conferences
Kindergarten
Reading
High Frequency Word
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Target Skills
- Genre
- Text and graphic features
- Action verbs in the present tense
Math
Learning Targets
- Classify objects and county the number of objects in each category
- Identify and describe shapes
- Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations
First Grade
Reading
High Frequency Words
been, brown, know, out, never, off, own, very
Target Skills
- Sequence of events
- Commands
- Organization in writing
Math
Learning Targets
- Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to and taking apart
- Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object
- Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points
Second Grade
Reading
High Frequency Words
against , along , bird, different, morning, hold, girl, night, part, someone
Target Skills
- Text and graphic features
- Fact and opinion
- Opinion writing
Math
Learning Targets
- Use place value strategies to add and subtract within 1000.
- Share and critique solution strategies for addition and subtraction problems.
- Composing and decomposing tens and hundreds within 1,000.
- Work to solve one and two step word problems of all types
Third Grade
Reading
Target Vocabulary
recycle, project, dripping, carton, complicated, pollution, rubbish, hardly, shade, global
Target Skills
- Adjectives and articles
- Using context cues
- Reading with intonation
Math
Learning Targets
- Represent and solve problems within 100 to solve word problems
- Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers
- Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply or divide
- Fluently multiply and divide within 100
- Solve two-step word problems using the four operations
- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic
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.