Wow!! We have made wonderful gains!!

We would like to brag on our students!! The MAP and DIBELS scores are in and everyone made gains from the beginning of the school year! We are so proud of all of our boys and girls and the progress that they have made. I hope that you enjoyed receiving their test scores in their folder last week. Please discuss these scores with your child.

We will take the MAP and DIBELS tests again at the end of the school year. Here are a few things you can work on at home with your child to help with these tests:
- Time your child to see how many letters they say in 1 minute - ex: M t  d  K p F -- The goal at the end of the school year is 40 letters in 1 minute.
- Time your child to see how many nonsense words they can read in 1 minute - ex: cuz, dib, wej.
- Practice segmenting words. ex: cat = c/a/t
- Practice rhyming words. ex: What rhymes with dog? Do dog and cat rhyme?
- Practice popcorn words and the word bag daily. Return the word bag to school when they know the words.
- Practice writing the popcorn words in a sentence.
- Practice counting to 50.
- Practice writing numbers to 20.
- Practice patterns. Ask your child to identify the pattern. -ex: XOXOXO is an AB pattern.
- Practice identifying the names of the coins and their worth.


Thanks so much for your support at home! It is greatly appreciated!

Thanks - Valentine's Day

Thanks to everyone for providing items for our Valentine's Day party. The students really enjoyed eating their snacks and looking at all of their valentines!

Study Island

Deep Springs has recently acquired a new computer program. The program is called Study Island. This is a great program to help prepare the students for our computerized MAP testing. You can use this program at home!! Simply go to http://www.studyisland.com/. Then, type in your child’s username and password (see below) and select either Reading or Math. Then, select a section you want them to work on and make sure it is in “Test Mode.” This website also includes printable worksheets and games that can be used at home. We will also be using this program at school. Your child will have greater benefits if they are using this program at home AND school. Thanks so much for you help!!

User name: First name. Last name. dse            ex: Katie. Snodgrass. dse

Password: dragon