Greetings Cooper Families,
I’m thankful for the opportunity to share some information with you in this month’s newsletter. I’m a member of our school’s Shared Leadership Team and wanted to let you know a bit more about our work. Our team carefully evaluates our school’s data, considering how we can work together to increase the learning of all students. As part of Cooper’s Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP), Mrs. Stariha has already shared that we’ve chosen to focus on both reading and math this year. I’d love to share with you what this looks like.
At Cooper, teams of teachers get together before the school day, on a weekly basis, to focus on this work. During this time we evaluate the tests and work of our students, discuss teaching best practices to be sure we are helping all students, and collaborate and share ideas with each other. It is so important to us to meet our learners’ needs, and this time together allows us to do just that. We discuss both reading and math learning goals during this time.
This year teachers are using a brand new reading program, called Benchmark Advance. I personally have found it to be fun, interesting, and challenging. It allows all students many opportunities throughout the day to practice a variety of learning skills such as fluency, vocabulary and comprehension development, and writing.
Conference nights are approaching quickly. They are held the evenings of Thursday, October 23rd and Tuesday, October 28th at Cooper. We look forward to sharing your student’s progress with you soon!
Don’t forget all are welcome to join us the evening of October 29th from 5:30-7pm for Trunk-or-Treat, fun music, and dancing. Hope to see you there!
Mrs. Baker
3rd Grade Teacher
