Dr. Seuss Celebration in Second Grade

First grade celebrated Dr. Seuss day with guest readers and trying green eggs and ham! YUM!  They learned many interesting facts about Dr. Seuss and read many of his great rhyming books!  What a fun day!

Students of the Month

Check out some of our Students of the Month from Driggs School!  These videos show pictures of our model students who follow SOAR behavior on a regular basis!  Great job!!!

Video 1

Video 2

Here are some individual shots of some of our fantastic Driggs students!

Math Practice at Home!

Here are some resources that you can easily access at home by clicking on the links below!  These links will be helpful for math as parent resources.

These resources are Common Core Mathematics Information

National PTA - Parent Guides by Grade
http://www.pta.org/ 

Common Core Development Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute

Short video explanations of mathematical strategies by topic
http://www.ck12.org/arithmetic/

Common Core Information in English and Spanish
http://get2core.org/

Articles and parent tips for math
http://www.nctm.org/resources/families.aspx

Math Practice and Games for Kids

All students at Driggs School also have a username and password for FASTT Math which is leveled to work on students fact fluency.  You can download an app on your Smart Phone called Sushi Monster which is part of Scholastic.  You can access FASTT Math by clicking this:
 https://h100002171.education.scholastic.com/slms/studentaccess/fmng

http://www.ixl.com/ 
http://www.abcya.com/kids_math_games.htm
http://www.mathchimp.com
http://powermylearning.org/education/learning/educational-games-activities


Happy math practicing :)

Welcome!

Welcome to the Driggs Elementary School Blog!  All teachers have access to this blog and are able to post pictures, videos, and captions about what they are doing in their classroom or around the community!  This is a great way for all of the students and staff to get a sense of what is going on around the building!  Parents are able to access this blog from home as well!  We hope you enjoy the Driggs Elementary School Blog!