Welcome toMrs. Okula's Class "Daring to go where we've never gone before"Mission: PossibleMission Statement:
Granite Quarry Elementary School will develop “future ready” students through partnerships and a rigorous and relevant twenty-first century curriculum that challenges students to excel and to achieve mastery skills development, lifelong learning, and healthy, active, and ethical lifestyles.
12 Powerful WordsTRACE, ANALYZE, INFER, EVALUATE, FORMULATE, DESCRIBE, SUPPORT, EXPLAIN, SUMMARIZE, COMPARE, CONTRAST, PREDICT
This year in reading the children will have weekly spelling words and vocabulary words. They will have weekly spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension tests. We will also have nightly homework assignments. In addition to written homework the children are expected to read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night Our reading curriculum is challenging. The students are now expected to make inferences and judgements. They will no longer just recall details.
Important dates
January 5th Students return to school
January 18th Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
January 20th End of the second quarter
January 21 and 22 No School for students Teacher workdays (possible snow make-up days)
February 2nd Second Quarter Report card issued
