Welcome to Room 5's Classroom Blog!

We are off and running! New routines are in place, new friends have been made and we're ready for all the incredible learning that will take place over the next few months!

Liz Denn teaches in the mornings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as well as full days on Friday. Mari-Lynn Wilson teaches in the afternoons on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as well as full days on Monday. We communicate daily and believe that consistent classroom routines as well as a positive climate are vital to your child's success here at school. We work closely together to provide a smooth and consistent classroom in terms of behavior expectations, teaching styles and curriculum. You can contact either one of us anytime!


In the morning, the students will be busy doing a variety of literacy activities. In reading, we will focus on learning new decoding and comprehension strategies, "reading how we speak" (reading fluently) , finding connections with the text we read and learning to choose a "just right" book. During writing workshop, we will begin to help the students find their own voices through their writing as well as the tools necessary to get their beginning stories down on paper.

In the afternoon, we study math and more! We spend everyday in math routines and reflexes as we use the Everyday Mathematics curriculum. This is a wonderful program that helps the students to start "thinking" mathematically. We spend at least an hour a day in Math. In Social Studies we focus on the four district strands: Citizenship, History, Maps and Globes and Cultural Awareness. Our science curriculum touches on Air and Weather, the Human Body, Magnets and Plants and Seeds.


Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions or concerns. Feel free to reach us by email or we can be reached by phone at 763-745-5965. Anything shared with one teacher will be communicated with the other so if sending an email, please address it to both of us. Thanks!