Good afternoon, Trojans!
I hope you had a restful weekend. There are a lot of
announcements this week, so please read through carefully.
AR Update
- 25%
of AR goals are due today. 50% of AR goals are due Mon. 8/25
- The
following students are below 25% as of 9:30am:
- 4, 10
- 2, 3, 8, 19* is reading a longer book and has until 8/25 to meet
their goal
- Over
25%:
- 1, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 25, 27
- Over
50%:
- 6, 15, 17, 21, 24
- Over
75%:
- 9, 5, 13, 29, 30, 31
- Over
100%:
- 18, 20, 28, 29
- 1st
Quarter due dates:
- 75% due Tues., Sept. 2
- 100% due Wed., Sept. 10
- Students
not meeting AR benchmarks will be reading during recess time to catch up
on reading. Please make sure your child reads for at least 30 minutes
each night to keep up with their reading progress.
Parent Math Workshop:
·
Thank you for all who came to the Parent Math
Workshop on Thursday! We hope that you found the time and information valuable.
Like we said, we plan on doing one a quarter. Stay tuned for more information
on the second quarter workshop!
·
Below is the link of the video for those who were
unable to make it as well as those who want a little refresher.
o https://vimeo.com/103644196
·
As promised, below are links for math resources
that can help you and your student at home.
o Eureka Math- http://commoncore.org/parents
o Learn Zillion- https://learnzillion.com/
o Khan Academy- https://www.khanacademy.org/
Edmodo HW:
- Each
week your child will be asked to respond to a question on Edmodo
regarding what they have learned that week in reading. Students will be
engaging in online discussions using Edmodo. Your child's username and
password is written on the front page of their planner.
- We
have changed the due dates/times!
- The
first post is due every Wednesday morning at 8am.
- The
response to a classmate's post is due every Friday morning at
8am.
- If
your child does not have access to a computer or internet, please make
arrangements with me to use the computers at school.
Big 5 HW:
- If
your child misses any problems from the previous night, they need to make
necessary corrections at home as homework.
- Your
child should be bringing home their math
spiral each night. This is their textbook and will help them on
their homework.
Reading Journals:
- In effort to not be swamped with
grading reading journals over the weekend, I am changing how the students
will be turning their journals each week. Each student will be assigned a
day and that will be the day that their journal will be due each week. This
will help to grade the journals a little bit at a time, rather than all at
once. Note that I am changing it to the students turning in a journal
letter each week. I noticed that students were waiting until the last
minute to complete the journals. Therefore, I decided to have it be a
weekly assignment like in previous years.
- Please
ask your student what color group they are in. Below are the days and
what group is due that day.
- Green- Mondays
- Blue- Tuesdays
- Red- Wednesdays
- Yellow- Thursdays
- Orange- Fridays
Social Studies:
- Thank
you for all your support with the presentations! They were awesome and I
was very impressed.
- On
Wednesday, we will be introducing our first independent project. It is
called the Facebook Explorer
Project. Students will be using textbooks, books, and videos to
research about their assigned explorer. The project guidelines and
resources will be posted on my website (http://missmorales801.blogspot.com). Just like the last project, your student
will have time in class to work on the project.
- If
you have any questions, please email me atJennifer.morales@cvesd.org
Parent/ Teacher Conferences:
· Yes, it is almost time for Parent/ Teacher Conferences. Parent/Teacher
Conferences will be from September 11- 19. Please note that for those days we
will be on minimum day schedule, which means students will be dismissed
at 1:15pm. I look forward to meeting with you!
· I will be sending home today a
sign-up sheet as well as reminders to those of you who signed up at
Back-to-School Night.
o
Please remember to fill
out your top three choices. If it is shaded in, it means that time slot is already taken.
Upcoming events:
- ELAC
Meeting: Tues. 8/19
- FOCUS:
Wed., 8/20
- Fall
Pictures: Tues., 8/26
- McMillin
Family Day at Petco Park: Sun., 8/31
Scholastic
Orders:
·
Last week, I sent home the first book orders
for the year. They are due by Friday 8/29 in order to ensure they
arrive before we go on break.
o There is a
larger selection online of books for all different reading levels as well
e-books, books in Spanish and even books for adults.
·
This is how I am able to get restock my library
as well as get new books for our class. If we get a class order over $300, we
will earn 10,000 bonus points enabling us to get up to 100-200 free books this
year. Each child that orders will also get a coupon for a free book in
October's order. :)
Parent Letters:
- If
you haven't emailed me your letter about your child, please turn these in
ASAP.
Donations:
·
Lined Paper
·
Pencils
Thank you for your continued support,
Jennifer
