I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! I've had a great weekend and am excited to get back to school.
Monday is a short PLC day, so I am going to use the time in class to do a Service Learning opportunity. Students will be writing in Christmas cards that will go to Senior citizens in our community who tend to be overlooked during the holiday season. These cards will go to the Meals on Wheels program and to our local Ivins Veteran's Home. This will allow students to do some writing as well as make the holiday season a little brighter for people who are lonely.
On Tuesday, we will finish out our instruction and practice on transitions in preparation for the post-test on transitions on Wednesday following our library time. On Thursday and Friday, students will work on a 2-day on-demand argumentative essay through Scope magazine. This helps students build writing stamina as well as prep for SAGE in February.
Remind your student to keep reading at home! To stay on track, students need to be finishing a novel every week-week & a half. To keep them on pace, I will be checking reading progress each week. If students begin to fall behind, I can tell it's because they are not reading at home. At this point, I will email or call home to see what we can do to work together. I'm seeing marvelous progress with student reading ability because of this program. I'm confident our reading benchmark tests on December 11 and 12 will show marked progress.
As always, I am grateful for your ongoing support and communication. Please contact me with any questions at rachel.robins@washk12.org or at 435-652-4742. Thank you and have a fantastic week!
Monday is a short PLC day, so I am going to use the time in class to do a Service Learning opportunity. Students will be writing in Christmas cards that will go to Senior citizens in our community who tend to be overlooked during the holiday season. These cards will go to the Meals on Wheels program and to our local Ivins Veteran's Home. This will allow students to do some writing as well as make the holiday season a little brighter for people who are lonely.
On Tuesday, we will finish out our instruction and practice on transitions in preparation for the post-test on transitions on Wednesday following our library time. On Thursday and Friday, students will work on a 2-day on-demand argumentative essay through Scope magazine. This helps students build writing stamina as well as prep for SAGE in February.
Remind your student to keep reading at home! To stay on track, students need to be finishing a novel every week-week & a half. To keep them on pace, I will be checking reading progress each week. If students begin to fall behind, I can tell it's because they are not reading at home. At this point, I will email or call home to see what we can do to work together. I'm seeing marvelous progress with student reading ability because of this program. I'm confident our reading benchmark tests on December 11 and 12 will show marked progress.
As always, I am grateful for your ongoing support and communication. Please contact me with any questions at rachel.robins@washk12.org or at 435-652-4742. Thank you and have a fantastic week!
Nation-in-the-News
to present Friday, December 5th
2nd period: Matt V., Hallie V., Brinley S.
3rd period: Mackenzie W., Clint W., Aaron W.
4th period: Atreyu W, Dakoda W., Andy V.
5th period: Dax W., Elisabeth V., Frankie U.
6th period: Sam Z., Torrance W., Max T.
Week 17 Schedule
Monday, December 1st
Service Learning: Christmas Cards (for Meals on Wheels recipients & the Ivins Veteran Home)
Short PLC Day: school dismissed at 11:45am
Short PLC Day: school dismissed at 11:45am
Due Today: Turkey Reading Sheet (optional), Book #3 in iRead program
Tuesday, December 2nd
Free Reading
"Stoplight" Transition Notes
Transition Words Activity
"Stoplight" Transition Notes
Transition Words Activity
Wednesday, December 3rd
Meet in Library (Library Day)
Take Novel Post Test: Transitions
*Students should do a Utah Expedition Question
Take Novel Post Test: Transitions
*Students should do a Utah Expedition Question
Thursday, December 4th
Free Reading
Scope Magazine Argumentative Essay: Miley Cyrus
Read Articles, Organization
Friday, December 5th
Scope Magazine Argumentative Essay: Miley Cyrus
Read Articles, Organization
Friday, December 5th
Nation-in-the-News
Random Student Spotlight
Write Argumentative Essay, Due in-class
Write Argumentative Essay, Due in-class
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