Sunday, August 30, 2015

Monday News


Monday News

Hello Families,

Please read this with your child.

The Monday News will serve as the Newsletter for our classroom. It will also be the time when the bloggers (class job) post pictures and a short paragraph about the happenings in our classroom. This week I will post the pictures.
Please note: I will only use students’ initials on this blog. Please do not use students’ names if you post a comment.

The homework folder will come home Monday with the students first official homework. I will keep track of completed homework and there will be a grade that reflects completed homework on the report cards. You will notice that I do not expect a reading log from students. I believe that reading is part of our everyday lives and it should be enjoyable. To create reading lives, I do not want a timer set for reading. I have a guideline of a minimum of 20-30 minutes of reading each night. This can include reading recipes, reading directions to board games, reading poetry, reading picture books, reading series, etc. It is also important to listen to reading. Please enjoy books alone and with each other. Find a comfy place in the house and make reading a daily routine that everyone looks forward to!

With that said, there needs to be some accountability that students are reading at home. Therefore, there will be monthly book reports about a book from home. If students are not reading, they will not have a book to report on.

The homework this week:
Math: 3rd graders – page 6 and 7
4th graders – pages from workbook
Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes each night
Writing: Comment on the blog. It will not show immediately. Please give me time to publish your post.
3rd graders – 1-2 sentences on the blog questions
4th graders – 2-3 sentences on the blog questions

Homework is due Friday, September 4th


Questions:
What did you enjoy about the first week?
What are you looking forward to this week?
What are you excited about for this school year?

Other news

  • Carrie Askren will lead the students in reading enrichment Tuesday afternoons for 40 minutes.
  •  I will be out Friday. My college roommate is getting married in Maine. Grace Freeman will be the guest teacher.
  •  We will start reading Stone Fox this week. We will use the text to guide us in reading and comprehension strategies during Reading Workshop. 

Enjoy your week,


Mrs. Carter

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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