This week is Exceptional Children's Week-
Check out www.exceptionalchildrensweek.org for more information
Our students at Neuse Charter are certainly all exceptional and work so hard.
Some of my students have planted some herbs, sunflowers, and pansies in the garden in
the front of the school. The herbs are Rosemary, Oregano, and Mint. Our garden is under my
office window. You are welcome to visit our garden!
May 12th - Big Yard Sale at schoo for the Booster Club!
and Grease is playing at NCS that night!
Have a great week,
Mrs. Peele
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Happy May Day/ Cinco De Mayo
Happy May Day and Cinco De Mayo
The Exceptional Children's Department held their third and last meeting for the Continuous Improvement Plan Committee (CIPP) for 2011-2012 on April 24, 2012. The minutes were as follows:
Mrs. Peele welcomed everyone and opened the meeting at 3:30.
Reviewed progress toward improvements:
- accommodations schart aaccessible to teachers in Google Docs
- improved communication with support services(speech, OT, psychologist, etc.)
- improved record keeping at NCS and CECAS
- improved communication between EC and eachers
- designated SAT Team and referral process
- better parent/EC communication
- communication with State Monitor
- quarterly EC district meetings
- minimize distractions in areas used for pull-out testing(eg. media center)
- students need t know test location prior to tst
- more immediate communication with new teachers
- communicate betwwen teachers and subs if testing is planned
- communicate to teachers as schedules change and as IEP's change
Mrs. Beaumont and I will be attending the area wide district EC meeting with the state tomorrow in Rocky Mount. We will receive training and updates about pertinent and important information concerning our department.
I hope you all have a great week,
Mrs. Peele
peelencs@gmail.com
Sunday, April 15, 2012
On Written Expression
Some students have difficulty with written expression. The writing process is so complex. We rarely think about all that is involved in writing a story but for a student with a writing disability writing steps don't come together easily. PBS has a great page called Misunderstood Minds where you can go to different pages and see what it is like for a student with a specific disability. Go to http://www.pbs.org/ and type in Misunderstood Minds. It is very informative and I hope will be of help to many of our parents with students with disabilities.
As we continue to prepare our students for EOG's, I will be trying to instill in them a love for learning despite the dryness of the testing situation. They all know so much about so many things. It is just amazing. The testing vocabulary is very tricky and many times we, as adults, can assume that our students understand all that is asked of them in the instructions. Parents, you can go to the NC Schools website and get samples of EOG questions and see what your student will be asked in general. For example, the word selection is used many times instead of story and that would be a good word to make sure your child understands depending on their age.
I hope you all have a great week and don't forget about the Talent Show!
Mrs. Peele
PS Another great website for organizing and for writing is http://www.readwritethink.org/
Also please don't forget about http://www.spellingcity.org/ for fifth grade spelling,vocab, and science words.
As we continue to prepare our students for EOG's, I will be trying to instill in them a love for learning despite the dryness of the testing situation. They all know so much about so many things. It is just amazing. The testing vocabulary is very tricky and many times we, as adults, can assume that our students understand all that is asked of them in the instructions. Parents, you can go to the NC Schools website and get samples of EOG questions and see what your student will be asked in general. For example, the word selection is used many times instead of story and that would be a good word to make sure your child understands depending on their age.
I hope you all have a great week and don't forget about the Talent Show!
Mrs. Peele
PS Another great website for organizing and for writing is http://www.readwritethink.org/
Also please don't forget about http://www.spellingcity.org/ for fifth grade spelling,vocab, and science words.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Looking for Excellence!
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This spring in the EC Department we are looking for excellence in our students and finding it too!
The fourth grade students have been working hard on finding the Main Idea in selections using the tool of a graphic of a hand - who, did what , where , when , why.
The 4th graders have also been busy studying EOG vocabulary. Often we take it for granted that studets know and understand all the words in the directions given on any test and that is just not so.
Many of the 5th graders are also reviewing the meaning of different genres. It is so easy to get the meaning of fiction and non-fiction reversed. We have been looking at different books, titles of books, actual books that are fiction and non-fiction. We have been talking about ways that will help all students remember how to keep them straight. One idea was to remember a title of a fiction book and a title of a non-fiction book to put with each genre.
5th grade is studying area and perimeter. One activity that helps assess the students' understanding of measurement is to give them a ruler and see what they know about measuring objects such as their desks. We will continue to explore measurement using a ruler and calculator this week with my 5th grade math students.
In science, the 5th grade is continuing to study ecosystems with Ms. Rennie. I will be uploading their vocabulary into www.spellingcity.com/peele where they can study for their tests on WEDNESDAY.
I will be looking for excellent grades from each of my students. Parents and students just go to the spelling city website and look for the science list.
Thursday 4/5 will be "Break the Code" day to raise money for Relay for Life. If your student decides to dress out of code they will have to give up $2.00 for breaking the code which will go to Relay for Life.
I hope everyone has a great week, a blessed Easter/and or Passover, and vacation.
Mrs. Peele
Monday, March 19, 2012
First Days of Spring
Spring is a great time of year! A time of new beginnings and new hope. I love spring.
I found a new website. It's free and parents, you can join it too to help your readers improve.
www.readworks.org Great EOG concept lessons and activities all connected with the Standard Course of Study.
Our new garden looks fantastic out in the front of the school! It is beautiful already and it's not even finished.
Thursday, March 22 , and Friday, March 23rd are teacher workdays!
IEP report cards will be going home with your students' general education report cards next Friday.
I hope you all have a great week and join in the games at the Community Park this Tuesday after school with the different spring sports teams from 4:00 on.
Mrs. Peele
I found a new website. It's free and parents, you can join it too to help your readers improve.
www.readworks.org Great EOG concept lessons and activities all connected with the Standard Course of Study.
Our new garden looks fantastic out in the front of the school! It is beautiful already and it's not even finished.
Thursday, March 22 , and Friday, March 23rd are teacher workdays!
IEP report cards will be going home with your students' general education report cards next Friday.
I hope you all have a great week and join in the games at the Community Park this Tuesday after school with the different spring sports teams from 4:00 on.
Mrs. Peele
Monday, March 5, 2012
Homework and Projects...HELP!
Tips from the Trenches!
So many students have trouble with organization and getting homework done! Wow! It is challenging to keep all those papers in the right folder or in the right place in a binder or accordian file. As you check the teachers' blogs with your children at the same time, it will help you, as well as, your children to acknowledge what has to be done and how long they have to do it.
Making a schedules on a 3x5 card of all the due dates and what is due, next to the date will help.
Another idea is printing out a calendar page from your Word-type program and then filling it in by hand or on the computer and then printing it out is also helpful. Using different colored highlighters for different subjects will draw your child's eye to the paper and help him/her refer to material due for each subject. Printing out the calendar in a color will help the student keep track of the paper and inserted in a plastic sleeve and clipped in a binder would be excellent:)
Packing up material the night before and going over the calendar each night will only be advantageous to you and your child.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Peele
So many students have trouble with organization and getting homework done! Wow! It is challenging to keep all those papers in the right folder or in the right place in a binder or accordian file. As you check the teachers' blogs with your children at the same time, it will help you, as well as, your children to acknowledge what has to be done and how long they have to do it.
Making a schedules on a 3x5 card of all the due dates and what is due, next to the date will help.
Another idea is printing out a calendar page from your Word-type program and then filling it in by hand or on the computer and then printing it out is also helpful. Using different colored highlighters for different subjects will draw your child's eye to the paper and help him/her refer to material due for each subject. Printing out the calendar in a color will help the student keep track of the paper and inserted in a plastic sleeve and clipped in a binder would be excellent:)
Packing up material the night before and going over the calendar each night will only be advantageous to you and your child.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Peele
Monday, February 27, 2012
February 27th
Last week some of my students practiced writing sentences with correct subject/predicate agreement using pictures for
the noun in the subject, the verb, the direct object and the indirect object. Using the Linguisystem approach, we will progress
in writing with correct agreement, as well as when they write their own sentences. This week we will also be studying inferences in
several reading selections. I use the game "Win Lose or Draw" which helps with inferences and figurative language.
A question came from a third grader today.... "What does spangled mean?" Now that was great.
From the American Heritage Dictionary - spangle-n. "a small piece of shiny metal or plastic used esp. on garments for decoration.- clasp".
In math I am working with time and money this week, as well as word problems where the student would have to choose the correct
operation.
I hope you all have a great week.
Mrs. Peele
peelencs@gmail.com
the noun in the subject, the verb, the direct object and the indirect object. Using the Linguisystem approach, we will progress
in writing with correct agreement, as well as when they write their own sentences. This week we will also be studying inferences in
several reading selections. I use the game "Win Lose or Draw" which helps with inferences and figurative language.
A question came from a third grader today.... "What does spangled mean?" Now that was great.
From the American Heritage Dictionary - spangle-n. "a small piece of shiny metal or plastic used esp. on garments for decoration.- clasp".
In math I am working with time and money this week, as well as word problems where the student would have to choose the correct
operation.
I hope you all have a great week.
Mrs. Peele
peelencs@gmail.com
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