This week was so much fun with the kids! Their Idiom Day costumes were incredibly creative and absolutely hilarious. Our class photographers got some good pictures of the day, so hopefully I'll be able to share those with you soon.
I just wanted to remind everyone that our Austin/San Antonio trip is coming up soon (November 17-18). We will begin preparing for this in class, but I wanted to make sure you had this important event on your calendar.
Here's what's happening this week:
1) This week's homework menu has 4 items on it: 2 spelling options and 2 math options. The kids are only required to complete 1 of each type, but they can complete a 3rd or 4th activity if they wish to extend their learning. All activities are due Friday. The spelling assignment should go faster this week since the students have already found and recorded 10 words in their agendas that can be used in their assignment. Remember, if your child is going to stay after school on Tuesday for the Homework Hotline, you must fill out the Homework Hotline pass which can be found at the top of the Homework Menu page on my website.
2) Wednesday is a district early release day. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 11:45 that day.
3) This week we will be taking 2 different district tests. These help us know your child's areas of strength/weakness to help direct our instruction in the classroom. Wednesday is the Reading Checkpoint and Thursday is the Science Checkpoint. Please make sure your child is well-rested and on time both of these days.
4) If you still haven't returned your child's report card, please do so by Monday.
5) Most kids are doing an outstanding job of keeping up with their reading! As a class, we have read over 28,000 pages! I am proud of the kids for working so hard and for taking such personal responsibility to meet our goals. Your child should have posted his/her 9th book on the wikispace by this weekend. If your child is having trouble getting online or finding access to a computer, have him/her write everything up on paper and we'll update the wiki in class. Remember, the Homework Hotline time on Tuesdays is always a great time for kids to finish tasks such as this!
6) Your child needs to post on the blog by Sunday. Next week's question should be up sometime this weekend.
