About Mrs.
Linssen
Mrs. Jan Linssen has been at
Waggoner for 18 years and in the Kyrene School District for 20 years, all
spent in first and second grades. Until May 28, 2005 when wedding bells
rang for her and Dave Linssen, she was known as Ms. Schafer. She has
a background in Special Ed. and Speech Pathology and an M.Ed. in
Elementary Ed. She is the proud mom of 3 grown sons and is now the step-mom
of two more grown sons. Her favorite sport is figure skating. She
has two very pampered Shih-Tzus named Wicket and Gizmo.
About Mrs. Babic
I grew up in Wisconsin
where I received my bachelor's degree in Elementary Education
and my
master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of
Wisconsin. During my 20 years at Waggoner, I have
taught
first, second and third
grades--
the last 10 years at the
2nd grade
level.
I LOVE teaching 2nd graders!
We love our teaching partnership!
Our Class
Mrs. Linssen and Mrs. Babic's 2nd graders are awesome! We have 22 boys and girls. We do our BEST to practice becoming a person of character. We know Character Counts! We love to read, write, do math, explore science and learn about our world. We love our school and are proud to be a Waggoner 2nd grader!
We're Having A
GREAT
2007 - 2008
School Year!
Projects/Events to
look forward to this year
-
Field Trips
-
Art Masterpiece Presentations
-
Field Day
-
Waggoner Carnival
-
Science Units --
Solids & Liquids, Air & Weather, Insects, Mammals -
Parties - Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, & End-of-Year
Class Schedule
MORNINGS -- Reading, Writing, & Language Arts,
and
Music, Art, Library and Computer Lab
AFTERNOONS -- Math, Science, Social Studies, Health & Safety,
PE, and Computer Lab
Our Class Links
(Here are some web sites that we have found to be
useful for our class)
Homework
Each week the children receive a homework contract. It explains the weekly assignments in reading, writing, and math. Also included is our weekly classroom news that describes what's going on in our class along with upcoming projects and events.