Recent pages from Miss Courtney Spurgeon

I share room 207 (which is in the 2nd and 3rd grade hallway) with 3 other teachers: Mrs. Young (Reading Intervention Specialist for 3rd-5th), Ms. Watts (5th Grade Intervention Teacher), and Ms. Snyder (4th Grade Intervention Teacher) . You are welcome to stop by and say hello.

To contact Ms. Spurgeon, you may call 317.803.3182 or email me at cspurgeon@teamcfaindy.org. If at all possible, email is often the best way to reach me throughout the school day.

Please visit my “Links” page to discover many math resources you and your child can explore at home or at the library!

D'Angela

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:08:14 GMT

Websites for D'Angela

Reading:

Must Do:

Compass Learning Odyssey (Language Arts Assignments)

RAZ-Kids

May Do: (After you complete 1 Language Arts assignment on CLO and 1 book on RAZ-Kids)

Starfall

Math:

Must Do:

Compass Learning Odyssey (Math Assignments)

May Do: (After you complete 1 math assignment on CLO)

IXL (use your login; choose skill)

Science:

Compass Learning Odyssey (Science)

Social Studies:

Compass Learning Odyssey (Social Studies)

Photo Albums

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:08:13 GMT

Check out some of what we've done at CFA over the years:

Ms. Spurgeon: Pets & Hobbies

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:08:12 GMT

Pets

Below are some pictures of some of my pets:

Horses I grew up with: Foxy, Ginkgo, Forrest, Irish, and Porter

Current dogs: Dyson and Dagsy

Hobbies

Some of my favorite hobbies include playing ice hockey and hurling as well as traveling.

You'll find a few pictures of me playing polo, ice hockey or hurling.

You'll find a few pictures of some of my travels:

Scotland: During my summer studying abroad at the University of Strathclyde, I got to do quite a bit of sight-seeing and fun stuff like whitewater rafting!

Ireland: Ireland is such a beautiful country.

Meet Ms. Spurgeon

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:51:17 GMT

Ms. Courtney Spurgeon

This is my sixth year at CFA. I taught third grade for my first two years here. This will be my fourth year as an Intervention Specialist. This year I will primarily be working on Math with 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. I grew up in Indianapolis, attending Decatur Central High School. After graduating with honors, I attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where I received a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 2002.

In college, I was on the Varsity Bowling team, the Equestrian team, and the Polo team (pony polo, not water polo!) I also volunteered for a therapeutic horseback-riding program called CHAPS.

After graduating, I studied abroad at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. I recently earned a Master's degree in Special Education at IUPUI.

I have 2 dogs, Dyson and Dagsy.

I play ice hockey. I’m a goalie most of the time although I play defense as well. One of my women's hockey teams, the Indy Speed, competed in Nationals in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2010!

I also play the Irish sport called hurling or camogie. Camogie is the women's version of hurling. My camogie team went to San Francisco, California in September, 2011 to compete in Nationals! I played full back, which is pretty much the last line of defense in front of the goalie. We won the Shield Cup for Junior Camogie, which is like 3rd place. We competed against teams from Washington D.C., Seattle, and Denver.

Have you been practicing your math facts recently? Remember--just 5 minutes per day will really help improve your fact fluency!

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:59:21 GMT

Have you been practicing your math facts recently? Remember--just 5 minutes per day will really help improve your fact fluency!

RAZ-Kids.com

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:45:02 GMT

Try it at home:

All students I work with now have access to RAZ-Kids.com, where they can read leveled readers, record and listen to themselves reading them, then take a quiz over the story.

A microphone is required for the recording part and headphones or speakers are required for the listening part.

If you have an iPhone or an iPad, you can download a free App that lets your child access all of the books from RAZ-Kids.com on the iPad or iPhone.

See the chart on this page for teacher usernames. Each child has an account under his or her classroom teacher's username.

If you have any questions about RAZ-Kids.com, please see me or your child's classroom teacher.

reading a great article about how important it is for children to get a good night's sleep: http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-your-kids-health-making-sure-your-children-get-enough-sleep-20120822,0,5012387.column?track=rss

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:11:50 GMT

Back to School!! :-)

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:12:23 GMT

Back to School!! :-)

Additional Links

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:12:03 GMT

*PARENTS---Please note that I cannot vouch for the content on any of these websites. These are just websites that I believe might be of interest to you and/or your child. Please check each site yourself before allowing your child to use it.

READING & LANGUAGE ARTS:

SpellingCity

(Practice spelling and vocabulary words online)

Vocabulary Building Games

(Build your vocabulary by playing games!)

Starfall
(Practice Beginning Reading Skills)

Handwriting Worksheets

(FREE Handwriting Worksheets)

Study Zone
(Study Skills & Test Preparation)

Internet4Classrooms

Merriam Webster’s Word Central

EduPlace
(Wacky Tales; similar to Mad Libs)

Student Activity Center
(Vocabulary, Phonics, and Word Study)

Learning Games for Kids

(Math, Reading, Science, and More)

TYPING SKILLS

Peter’s Online Typing Course
(Learn valuable typing skills such as home row and increase your words per minute)

Super Hyper Spider Typer
(Practice your typing skills in a game setting)

Learning Games for Kids Typing Games

(Learn how to type properly)

SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND MORE:

World Almanac for Kids Online

Google Earth

Rome

Ancient Rome-Social Studies for Kids

Ancient Rome-History for Kids

Ancient Rome-Kids Connect

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS OR PARENTS

Indiana Department of Education

Indiana Standards

(includes both Indiana Academic Standards and Common Core Standards)

U.S. Department of Education

Core Knowledge Foundation

Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Donors Choose 2008 & 2009

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:52:04 GMT

Our class has been awarded with 3 separate proposals fully funded on DonorsChoose.org
These pictures show the materials we received.

Reaping the Rewards

webfeedback@teamcfa.org (Miss Courtney Spurgeon) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:52:04 GMT

Some students enjoy the rewards of hard work and perseverance.

Partner Read 2009