Perry Instructional Information
Posted on 09/02/2014
Resources for Parents
The Iowa Department of Education has produced the "Iowa Core Parent Guides"
in English and Spanish. There is one guide for each grade level
Kindergarten through grade 8 and a guide for high school. Each guide is 4
pages and provides very useful information about the concepts and
skills in Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and 21st
Century Skills taught at that grade level.
There are five Characteristics of Effective Instruction
that are part of the Iowa Core. These characteristics include
student-centered classrooms, teaching for understanding, assessment for
learning, rigor and relevance, and teaching for learner differences.
Perry teachers work hard every day to ensure that these characteristics
are present in every lesson.
Here is a Parent's Guide to Healthy Sleep that might be helpful. Every child needs good sleep for healthy development, growth, and
learning. As parents, it’s your job to help children establish good
sleep habits for a lifetime. Children learn how to sleep from their
parents, so the habits you establish today can help them maintain
healthy sleep not just in childhood, but for the rest of their lives.