Fluency Tutor

Students were introduced to the Fluency Tutor, an extension of Google, which allows them to make a recording of themselves reading a leveled passage.  They will do this once or twice a month as a way of increasing their oral reading fluency skills.  Please be sure your child has headphones here at school for use with Chromebook activities and assessments - thank you!

DASH in Classrooms

Thank you to all DASH volunteers!  Parents recently facilitated DASH sessions in fourth grade classrooms as students increased their awareness of invisible differences and the "many kinds of smarts" each of us may have.  We enjoyed the activities in class and loved hearing first-hand from a Masco student who shared his personal life experience and struggles in school due to his own invisible difference.  

Science Hands-On Investigations

Science Hands-On Investigations

Students first investigated how the speed of moving water affects how fast soil erodes and then worked together to set up a controlled investigation.  They formed hypotheses and conducted an investigation to learn how the steepness of a slope affects the downhill movement of soil.

This was messy, but fun!!