Happy Tuesday! I hope
you had a wonderful three-day weekend. Please read all of the announcements.
Homework for THIS week:
- Read
for 30 minutes each night
- Remember
that this is the minimum. We recommend that students read for about 45
minutes to 60 minutes.
- 2
Achieve 3000 article online- Deep Sea Treasures and one
choice- Due Friday
- Vocabulary
Packet- Due Friday
- Big
5
- 4
Choices
- Parent
signature
- Return
HW Log (due Friday)
We give students time in
class to work on ALL of these assignments in class, except for Big 5. They
should only have a little to do each night to finish if they are using their
time wisely. Please help me out by checking it thoroughly each night and feel
free to email me if you have any questions. We appreciate your support from
home.
Accelerated
Reader (AR):
· Your child received their
goal last week. Please remember that your child should be reading at least 30
minutes each night.
· 25% due Mon. 1/25
o
These students are ABOVE 25%:
§ 11, 14, 20
o
These students are ABOVE 50%:
§ 24
o
These students are ABOVE 75%:
§ 27
o
These students are ABOVE 100%:
· Quarter 3 due dates:
o
50% due Mon. 2/08
o
75% due Mon. 2/22
o
100% due Mon. 3/14
- Student 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.
Achieve
3000:
·
Starting THIS week, students will be expected to
complete 2 articles per week by Friday.
·
There will be one assigned article and one choice article. Students will have
time to start and complete the assigned article in class at the start of each
week.
·
The choice article can be completed free time
throughout the day. If not done during class, it must be completed for
homework.
·
To login at home, go to www.login.achieve3000.com . Your student has
their username and password glued into the planner as well as in their homework
folder.
Change
in Morning Routine:
·
There will be a change in the morning routine
starting Mon. 1/25. These new procedures are for the entire school TK
– 6th Grade.
- Students should
not be dropped off before 7:45 am unless they are
enrolled in the YMCA.
- Only
one gate will be open at the front of the school. It will be the gate by the office. All other
gates at the front of the school will be locked. The back gate will also
be open.
- Students will now wait and line up in their
fire drill lines at the black top. Students will be expected to be
seated in number order and reading their book.
o Our fire drill line is Z.
- There will be supervision at the black top
starting at 7:45 am.
- Parents may wait in line with their children.
Students may not wait outside their classrooms.
- I will pick up the students at 8:15 am and
students who are not in line will be will be marked tardy.
- We will be practicing this throughout the week
during class time.
- If you have any questions, please let me know.
January
Scholastic Orders:
·
The deadline for ordering
is Friday, January 22nd! We
are currently at $21 for
total orders! Let’s try to make it to $50, so everyone can get a free book!
·
Please consider ordering
online at
·
There is a larger
selection online of books for all different reading levels as well as e-books,
books in Spanish and even books for adults!
·
Scholastic has special
giveaways this month! Read below for more information:
o
If as a class, we spend $50 each student gets a free book
coupon.
o
If as a class, we spend $100 each students will get a free I Survived: Extreme Weather
·
This is an amazing
giveaway and it puts free books into the hands of our students!
· Students received book coupons for meeting their AR goals last
quarter. Students can collect and use them to get one free book or use it on an
individual book.
Upcoming
tests and projects:
·
Vocabulary Test: Fri.
1/22
Upcoming
events:
· Glee Club Practice:
Wed. 1/20
· Focus: Thurs. 1/21
Donations
Needed:
o Post-its
o Thank you to those of you who have brought in donations! I really
appreciate your support.
Thank you for your
continued support,
Jennifer
