Monday, November 14 at 8:30am - 9:30am & Wednesday Noveber 16 from 7:00p.m. – 8:00p.m. there will be an updated presentation at Washington School on a proposed AUSD magnet school – Global Education ...more
Get involved! Join the PTA!
The next PTA meeting will be on Thursday, Dec. 1st. from 7:00pm - 8:00pm. Childcare is provided.
FaceBook: Washington Elementary Alameda Online
Washington Word: Please check with your child on Wednesday for our weekly newsletter. It will also be posted on our website: www.alameda.k12.ca.us/washington
Congratulations to our 2011 Teacher of the Year — Ms. Liza Young!
Our very own Ms. Young was awarded the 2011 Alameda Teacher of the Year! “Liza is an enthusiastic and creative teacher that makes a lasting impact on students’ lives.” Judy Goodwin, principal at Washington Elementary School, states, “When I visit Liza’s room and ask a student what they are working on they know the task, why they are learning it and how it links to the standards. Liza has created this instructional environment through a great deal of work and planning. However, when you watch her teach, it is with an ease and clarity well beyond her professional years.”
CLASSROOM SHOWCASE— Mr. Paltrineri Room 4
The students in Room 4 are working very hard these days! In Language Arts, we continue to improve our reading skills every day. Right now we are focusing on learning new words in the books we are reading by using context clues. We are also practicing ways of reading unfamiliar words and summarizing the stories we read. In addition, we are learning proper grammar through our daily language practice.
In Math, we just finished up a long unit on multiplication, although we will continue to practice that throughout the year. Right now we are focusing on money. The second graders are mastering identifying the different coins and their values while the 3rdgraders are learning to add and subtract money in different ways.
We are incorporating Science and Social Studies into our everyday reading. When there is time we are perfecting our kickball skills to fill our extra PE time . During our weekly Community Meeting, we talk about Washington’s various life skills. And for some reason, Mr. Paltrineri keeps playing some mysterious music during class. Why is he doing that?