Homework has officially started! Class novel books were sent home today. These books are to be treated as Quest property and will need to be replaced if they are damaged or lost. The book is called “How to Eat Fried Warms.” Maybe you read this when you were a kid.
Students are to read for 20 mins a night. This book is a 4th grade leveled reader. Some students in our class are not reading on this level but would like to participate in the novel study. We discuss the book in the mornings like a book club would. I encourage the students to read the book out loud to a grown up or older sibling. If you find that your child is struggling to read this text, and you can’t read it along side them. Please let me know. I will send a different book home for them to use for their 20 mins reading.
Lastly, students will report their readings on a Google form on Thursday evenings. The link to this form is at the top of the classroom BLOG or HERE.
They will also post how many IXL lessons they have completed in class on this form. I would love your help in checking your child IXL account. Their log-ins were sent home in their parent packets. I put a gold star next to the lessons that I would like them to complete. If they have completed it, it will have a gold ribbon to the right of the lesson. It would be a HUGE help to have them complete some of them at home.
TUTORING has begun. If your student needs tutoring, I will send you an email. I hold tutoring sessions every morning from 8:00-8:20 by invitation only. Watch for the emails. I also tell the student they have tutoring the next morning too. Hopefully, between the student knowing about it and an email, the message will get delivered 😉
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Friday, Sept 16th – Cookie Dough Fundraiser Begins. We will attend a kick-off assembly Friday morning. Packets will be sent home that afternoon. Students will need to have orders entered into the fundraiser app in order to get prizes for selling items
- Friday, Sept 23rd – If you are ordering a sac lunch for the field trip, today is the last day. Four lucky chaperone winners will be picked for our field trip
- Monday, Sept 26th – End of Cookie Dough Fundraiser
- Friday, Sept. 30th – Dollar Dress Down Day. Field trip donation dead line $5
- Thursday, Oct 6th – This is the Place Field Trip 8:35-2:30. Depart from Quest via buses
REMEMBER – no large backpacks need to come to class. Only a bag with necessary items, and small playground toys. Home lunch can be sent in a lunch sack/box. The classroom novel study, only comes back to class after they have read it. If you child likes to take library books home, send a bag with them on Wednesdays to take them home in.
SMART WATCHES – If you child bring any type of device/watch/phone that receives text messages/calls. Those cannot be worn/used in class. They will have to be stored in a small bags on the coat hooks. If you need to talk to your student, or send them a message, you will need to call the office. Additional info about this policy can be found in our HERE.
