Lisa Newton » Schick Staff Directory

First of all, I love working here at Schick Elementary! I am fortunate to have fabulous students, supportive families, and dedicated coworkers.

Ever since I was in Kindergarten, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I even asked for a chalkboard for Christmas that year! 🙂 I earned my Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with minors in Reading Education and Special Education from Lock Haven University in 2006, and I recently completed my Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Penn State University in 2015.

Some of my favorite hobbies include reading, making crafts, and traveling. I also like to take pictures, play ball with my dog (Ozzie), and spend time with my amazing friends and family.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns and feedback. I look forward to hearing from you!

Classroom Rules & Procedures

In our classroom and our whole school, we strive to be LANCERS! 🙂

“We could learn a lot from crayons!”

Some are sharp, some are pretty,
and some are dull.
Some have weird names,
and they are all different colors…

but they have all learned
to live in the same box.

Homework Information

Homework is a valuable instructional tool!  🙂

• Homework reinforces skills and concepts taught in class.
• Homework ndicates areas of instruction that need to be retaught or revisited.
• Homework allows family members to observe what their student is learning in school, and interact in the learning process.

Most nights, students will have two (2) homework assignments.  Students will record their homework each morning in their agendas.  This indicates that students are taking responsibility for their assignments, and the agenda serves as a communication tool between home and school.

I do not grade students’ homework with a percentage grade because I do not expect students to achieve perfection every night—after all, homework is for practice and reinforcement!

Instead, I grade students on a simple 2 point scale. I am looking for evidence of the skill being assessed, the student’s ability to read and follow directions, and the student’s “bestest” effort.

Fun Websites & Games

http://www.studyisland.com
This website is currently used in the school curriculum to review Math and Language Arts content that will appear on the PSSA.  Students can work through lessons in various topics and play games to reinforce skills and concepts at their own speed and ability-level.

Note:  Students in 3rd grade and higher are trained to complete the log-in procedure independently.  If needed, just remind them that their user names are their “lunch numbers.”  🙂

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
This is our new favorite resource for practicing mathematical skills.  It has tons of cool games!!!!
Fractions, time, money, patterns, measurement, place value…you name it, this site has it!  Plus, most games include options to adjust the skills levels.

Additional games are available for other topics:  Science (life cycles, animal classification, etc.), Geography (identify states & rivers, etc.), and fun brain-games (seek-and-finds, memory, etc.).
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
This is our new favorite resource for practicing grammar skills!

It has some cool games that reinforce capitalization, editing, and identifying parts of speech.
Also has some brain-teasers like crossword puzzles, word scrambles, and hangman.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
This gaming site features language arts, math, and geography games.  You can practice synonyms & antonyms, parts of speech, state capitals, money, time, addition, multiplication, etc.

http://edupup.com/
This site comes highly recommended by all the third graders in our class!  🙂  It has loads of games to address many 3rd grade skills, including:

• Multiplication
• Word meanings
• Spelling

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html#12
This literacy website is jam-packed with plenty of games to keep kids entertained…and keeps them learning, too!

You can practice spelling, prefixes & suffixes, homophones, compound words, and much more!
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/
Check out this interactive model of the water cycle!!  🙂

http://mathnook.com/
Students are loving all the math games on this site!  They can practice:

• Identifying geometric shapes
• Counting money
• Rounding/Estimating …and much more!

Design-Your-Own-Seussical Quote! 🙂

You’re going to love this! 🙂  http://www.redkid.net/generator/seuss/3.php