Iowa Assessments

Students in grades 3-5 are participating in state testing in reading, math, science and social studies . We have all worked together to meet our growth goals. We have a plan and are taking charge of our own learning. 

March Reading Madness

Our students decorated their doors to celebrate reading. March is our Mad About Reading ,month long celebration of reading. Students have been recording their reading each night and competing class to class to see who can read the most minutes. The winner will participate in a Book Bash Party! 

Check out some of the doors!

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Mad About Reading around Hanawalt

We are celebrating our love for reading all around the school!

We have mystery readers.

A very competitive book challenge

And reading everywhere

March Mad About Reading

Ask your child about all the activities going on around the school in March to focus on reading. We have a Minutes to Win It Challenge going on in some classrooms,   Owls in the Family, a school wide read-a-loud, a Mad About Reading Challenge Bracket where students are voting on their favorite books, a Twitter Challenge, guest readers, book trivia and more. It will be a month full of reading joy!

Ms Linebaugh's class voting in the Book Challenge!

Minutes To Win-it Challenge

Read, Read, Read!

Some classrooms are participating in a Minutes to Win It Challenge. This is optional for teachers to have their classroom participate. Students will record the minutes they read at home. Minutes will be calculated per class and turned into the office each Friday. The class with the most minutes at at the end of March will win a Book Bash party on April 1st! 

Habit 2 Celebration

We had our monthly Celebration today. Each month we meet together as a community to celebrate models of Leadership. Today was focused on Habit 2- Begin With The End in Mind. This habit is about having a mission, setting and tracking goals and taking ownership of your efforts. We are so proud of our  students who  were recognized at today's Celebration as models of Habit 2.

We are so excited to celebrate!

Practicing being a good audience.

A Suessical Trio!

Ms Carpenter is Mad About Reading