CPE kids rock! Though every teacher will tell you that standardized/state test scores are overrated when it comes to identifying quality schools and quality classrooms, it’s none-the-less gratifying when we do well. State test scores were just released and CPE–once again–outperformed its neighboring schools (and by a wide margin). Great job, Roadrunners! A summary of the scores will be sent home soon.
In class this week students are going on their first Adopt-a-Street field trip. We’ll be leaving the school at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday to clean-up Hopkins Street, stopping by Van Horn Park for a recess break on the way home. These clean-ups are a lot of fun. The class is divided into competing groups, which turns the event into something like and Easter egg hunt–but for trash. Consider joining us. We need a few chaperones to pull this thing off!
Also this week, students will be embarking on a new set of class plays. They’re to read and reread their lines at home every night as part of their homework reading. Kids enjoy doing plays, but the real science behind them has to do with the way kids become fluent readers when they’re still preschoolers–by repetitively reading. The brain research behind it is profound. Here’s the math homework for this week: Monday, Oct. 13; Tuesday, Oct. 14; Wednesday, Oct. 15; Thursday, Oct. 16.