Week of October 1st

 I am sorry that I did not post last week. I ended up being home sick all week. I am so thankful to be back this week! I missed my students so much!

End of Quarter 1:

This is the last week of the 1st quarter. That means that any missing assignments can be turned in until 3:15 this Thursday the 5th. After that, they cannot be turned in and will be part of the grade for this quarter. Grades for quarters 1 and 2 are averaged for the semester grade. 

ELA:

This week in ELA we will continue reading Because of Winn-Dixie. We did take our first comprehension test over chapters 1-5 today, but that will not go in the grade book until next week to allow for retakes if they are needed. There will NOT be a Morning Warm Up quiz or spelling test this week since it is the last week of the quarter. Students did take a pretest last week on List G and they will take that final test on October 12th (next week). 

Septemeber Reading Calendars were due today. If your student did not get theirs turned in, please help them fill it out tonight to get it turned in tomorrow. 

Math:

This week in math we will continue working on multiplication. We will also begin Topic 4 this week. I don't give a test on Topic 3 because we are continuing our work with multiplication in Topic 4, so they will take a test at the end of that topic. There will NOT be a Math 4 Today quiz this week because of the end of the quarter.

I talked to my students about math homework on IXL this week. I am going to start requiring them to work on the assigned math skills that correspond to the lesson we did in class that day. I will not count the time spent on other skills unless they have gotten an 80 Smart Score on the assigned skills and need more time. We talked about this in class so they are aware of it as well. The only exception to this is if your student doesn't stay with me for math, then they do the Recommended Skills for their total 80 minutes. 

Picture Retakes:

Picture retakes are this Thursday the 5th. If your student wasn't here or would like to retake their pictures, please plan for that day. If you purchased pictures and want your student to retake them, please send your student's picture packet back with them that day. 

October Book Celebration:

Here at Vision Charter we do a book celebration the month of October. We will be reading a book together here at school and then they are invited to dress up like a character from that book on Tuesday the 31st for our Book Celebration Party. In 4th-Grade we read Alice in Wonderland. We will also watch this performed as a ballet and may get to watch the movie as well.

Parent Volunteers:

I apologize for not getting the volunteer schedule out this week. I did not plan on being sick last week and it has set me back a little in my planning. If you have not emailed me about wanting to volunteer in the classroom weekly or bi-weekly or helping with class parties, please do that this week so I can get that set up. :)