Response To Intervention (RTI) is a 'Hot Topic' currently in education - and this is a great thing for your child!

RTI ensures that teachers try many scientifically proven methods of teaching your child, collecting evidence of effectiveness along the way, before recommending your student for Special Education services. Teachers are now, more than ever, held accountable for each child's learning.

It's not just your child's classroom teacher that's on his/her side, of course! The RTI team consists of the principal, the special education teacher, the guidance counselor, the speech and language pathologist, the reading specialist, and, of course, you as parents!

There are many facets that comprise the RTI framework. Consider this graphic from the National Center on the Response to Intervention: http://www.rti4success.org/

If you are interested in how RTI may effect your child, give me a call at school!

Currently, this is the schedule for Differentiated Reading Groups:

8:15 - 8:45am  -  Multi-Grade Invervention

8:50 - 9:30am - 1st Grade

9:30 - 10:10am - 2nd Grade

10:20 - 11:00am - 3rd Grade

2:00 - 2:45om - 4th & 5th Grade

Reading Parties!

Did you know that time spent reading is one of the biggest predictors  of school success?

Did you know that children who are good at reading spend more time reading and thus grow better than their peers, quicker?

The staff at BRMES is excited to start Reading Parties this year! These parties are designed as motivators to encourage reading at home. If your child reads up to (or past) the expectations set by his/her grade level, AND a parent or guardian signs the reading log, your child will get to attend the party!

If your child does not meet the grade level's expectations for home reading, s/he will not get to attend the party. If s/he is disappointed , encourage him/her to work hard the next month so that s/he is able to attend the next party! This is the beauty of the party - getting children to work hard towards a valuable goal.

Please call your child's classroom teacher or Crystal Culp (Reading Intervention Teacher) with any questions or comments.

The first reading party will be held the week of October 15th!

The Reading Team has the same behavior expectations as the rest of BRMES:

1. Take care of yourself.

2. Take care of others.

3. Take care of this place.

Thanks to the students for all of their hard work on these important rules!

The State of Idaho requires that all students in grades K - 3 take a fluency based assessment called the Idaho Reading Indicator. Please see the following links for more details, or see our State Assessment site.

KINDERGARTEN         FIRST GRADE          SECOND GRADE          THIRD GRADE

The State of Idaho also requires that all elementary students in grades 3 - 5 take the Idaho Standards Achievement Test. Please see the Sate Assessment site for more information.