Our service learning experience was really great last week. To follow up on our class donation to the Santa Clara Flood Victims, the students wrote an essay to send in to Scholastic to aid the victims of the April 2012 Henryville, ID tornado devastation. For each essay sent in, Scholastic is donating a brand new book to the library of the Henryville school. I was unbelievably proud of the writing I saw from the students and the connection they were able to make between the natural disaster in our community and the natural disaster in Indiana. Part of teaching is trying to create community-minded citizens. I know I just reinforce what is taught at home and I can tell this group of students will really impact their communities as they become adults.
Just as a reminder, Book Orders will be due October 17th. This month, if you order online, Scholastic will give you a certificate for a free book in addition to donating a book to our class library!! It's so easy...just click on the link on the blog to go directly to Scholastic. You can order from any book order on the site and you get free shipping. It's a great way to get books for your child, even buy birthday or Christmas presents, so give it a try! If online ordering is not for you, your student can get a book order from me and you can send in a check to "Scholastic".
Monday is the day students calendar for the week and I check their previous week's reading. It's vitally important that students read 30 minutes a week/5 days a week and record their reading. Their schedule, reading and a parent's signature awards 10 points a week. Not doing this activity is the quickest way for citizenship to drop. Please remind your student to read and record it. If students can get in the habit of recording things now and being organized, they will be well-prepared for future schooling and career.
I've decided to make all Monday Write exercises due on the next Wednesday, this will allow students time to finish. However, if students are able to work hard and complete their Monday Write on Monday, they will earn a Robins Reward Ticket. The Monday Write this week is a fun one. Students will be asked to write about what they love about fall (and there are SO many things!) using nouns, verbs and adjectives. Students will also identify these parts of speech in correlation with the unit we are studying.
We are continuing our "It's A Job" unit which focuses on parts of speech, sentences and paragraphs. This unit is essential to help the students form a solid foundation of English grammar which will support their writing from here on out. This will also meet requirements of the state adopted Common Core and prep students for CRT testing. I'm very pleased at the speed and depth of which the students are understanding the material.
In addition to our other fun Friday activities, I'm adding a Weekly Review. This review will only last 5-10 minutes, and be fun and interactive. This will allow me, in an informal way, to review our concepts and assess student understanding. I'm very excited about these reviews and I am confident the students will enjoy them.
I've been worried about students who are struggling with reading. I'll be sending invitations for some students to attend a weekly Reading Club where I will focus on reading strategies. If you would like your student to attend and have not received an email from me, please let me know. Students can attend one of the following times: 7:00-7:30am or 2:00-2:30pm.
Again, I appreciate the support from each of you and invite you to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns. Have a fantastic week!!
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Week 8 Dates:
October 8th-12t
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Monday, October 1st
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Tuesday, October 2nd
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Wednesday, October 3rd
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Thursday, October 4th
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Friday, October 5th
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Calendar for
Week
Wk. #8
Planner/Reading
Check
Monday-Write:
What I Love About Fall
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Bellwork: Parts of Speech
Quiz
Group Activity: It’s a Job Poster:
--Draw Job Completely
-Draw and Label Nouns
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Scope
Magazine Activity: Fame
Library
Day
MONDAY WRITE DUE
*Wednesday Reading Club AM/PM
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Bellwork:
Proof-Reading Practice
Introduce
Sentence Foldable
Simple Sentences
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Weekly Review
Utah-in-the-News
Random
Student of the Week
Gecko
Time!!!
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