Week 19

Happy Sunday! I hope you are enjoying your long weekend with your children.


Here are this week's main events:


1) There is no school Monday in celebration of MLK Day!


2) This week's Homework Menu is posted now. As always, please encourage your child to begin his/her assignment early to avoid stress later in the week. Remember that your child can stay after school Tuesday for help if you fill out the Homework Hotline pass.


3) Your child does not need to post on the class blog this week unless he/she did not post last week.


4) Your child should have 16 books posted on the class wikispace. We have several kids close to finishing their 30-Books Goal! It's simply amazing! Thanks for all you are doing to help support your child's reading at home!


5) Thursday and Friday we will have a Writing Camp to help our students further prepare for the Writing TAKS Test. (Can you believe their test is only a month and a half away?) Students will rotate through classes to help them improve their introductions, conclusions, word choice, and focus. This week the kids will also receive their scores for the Writing Benchmarks from last week and will work to improve the essays that they wrote.


6) The Spelling Bee is this Wednesday. We have 5 students from our class who have qualified to compete! If your child is one of the kids participating in the Spelling Bee, please don't forget that there is a very important meeting immediately after school Tuesday. Please contact Amy Moore (amoore@burelsonisd.net) if you have other questions.


7) Almost all students are now working on a 4-minute timer for our math drills! The kids are all improving and working to beat their best times. If your child has not yet conquered this task, please continue to have him/her practice daily. Remember, there are printable drills on my website for you to use at home.