Week #4: September 4th-September 8th

First off, thank you for the overwhelming support for our iRead program Chili's fundraiser and the personal and business donations that have been coming in. We absolutely could not do this without your support and we are grateful. Motivating students to read is effective and so important. Our entire goal is to create lifelong readers, and with your help, it is happening!

It's been another great week here at Lava Ridge. These students are so much fun and I've enjoyed seeing them learn about how to deliberately close read through the Notice and Note method. I'm teaching them to look for specific "signposts" in literature that lead to deep discussion and comprehension...and it's fun! Check out this YouTube overview of what we've been doing: Notice and Note Overview

Thanks again for your support as the school year begins and I get to know your child and find what is best for them. Please contact me with any questions or concerns; I'm your partner in your child's education!

Week 4

September 4th-September 8th

Monday, September 4th
No School: Labor Day!

Tuesday, September 5th
Genre-of-the-Week
New Class Jobs
Prefix-of-the-Week
Books Orders Home & Team Scorecards Out
Free Reading
Quick Write
Notice & Note: Again and Again

Wednesday, September 6th
Library Day
Meet in the Library

Thursday, September 7th
Free Reading
Quick Write
Notice & Note: Words of the Wiser
Honors: Newspaper Day (organizing departments)

Friday, September 8th 
Free Reading
Quick Write
Notice & Note: A Ha Moment

We are preparing to create the newest edition of school news! Honors students spent today brainstorming about which newspaper departments they wanted by viewing newspapers around the country and bouncing ideas off of each other. It was a blast!

Week #3: August 28th-September 1st

It's been a busy week with Back-to-School Night, reading & writing benchmarks, library day, etc. Whew! I am totally enjoying this group of kids. They are so hardworking and just nice! We have some fun stuff coming up as we dive into curriculum, stay tuned. I'll be placing benchmark scores in PowerSchool and emailing the specifics. Please keep an eye out for those and let me know if you have questions.

We are in the thick of collecting donations for our iRead program. The program has been highly successful in motivating students and we really need community support for funding. Please let me know if you are interested. We also invite you to visit Chili's on Wednesday, August 30th for their Give Back Event to benefit our Reading Program. Just mention you are supporting Lava Ridge's iRead program and they will donate part of the proceeds to our program: and you don't have to cook dinner--it's a win! We are so grateful that Chili's agrees that creating lifelong readers matter! Feel free to pass along the flyer below.

Week 3

August 28th-September 1st

Monday, August 28th
Short PLC Day
New Seating!
Free Reading
Quick Write: Student Spotlight Form
Genre-of-the-Week: Fantasy
Introduce Word of the Day (a-ab-abs)
Robins Rewards for Weekend Reading will be handed out

Tuesday, August 29th
Free Reading
Quick Write: Student Spotlight Form
Notice & Note:
Tough Questions/Words of the Wiser

Wednesday, August 30th
Free Reading
Quick Write
Notice & Note:
Contrast & Contradictions I
Chili's Give Back Event, mention our iRead
program so part of their proceeds will be
donated to us.

Thursday, August 31st
Free Reading
Quick Write
Notice & Note:
Contrast & Contradictions II
Honors: Newspaper Day
End-of-the-Month Drawing!

Friday, September 1st 
Spirit Assembly Schedule
Free Reading
Quick Write
Team Flags

No School September 4th
Happy Labor Day

Back-to-School Night!

Missed Back-to-School night? No worries! Here is what we did...

Mrs. Robins's Prezi: Back-to-School Night

iRead Program Explanation Handout

Back-to-School Handout

iRead Sponsorship Letter

Thank you so much! I am so enjoying these students and know it will be a fantastic year!

Week #2: August 21-August 25

WOW!! What a fantastic week. I am already totally impressed and absolutely enjoying these students. They have been wonderful! It is going to be such a great year in Language Arts and I am very excited for it. We had such a fun day today doing a cyber Escape Room activity. I have taken some pictures & will post them under "photos" this weekend. Check them out!

*Students who missed school on FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th need to go to Google Classroom and join using the following code before Monday if possible.

1st period: fvn4ddp
2nd period: se53emx
3rd period: 98cteb
4th period: 3e6t8
5th period: jsdtlol

We will be launching our iRead program on Tuesday. Reading is so important and we've created a reading program that is fun and full of incentives & is doable for ALL students at ALL levels. If you would like to support our program, particularity if you can be a corporate sponsor, please read our sponsor letter here.

Parents, thank you so much to many of you who have sent me an email introducing me to your child. I sent home a letter this week (blue) inviting parents to let me know about their son or daughter to help me get to know them individually. It's not too late: I'd love to learn more about all my students to help them! I'm just struck by the fact that these students really are remarkable and it's such a privilege to be their teacher. Hope you meet you all in person at Tuesday's Back-to-School night!

Week #2

August 21-August 25

Monday, August 21st

Reading Benchmark

Summer Survey (if time)

Tuesday, August 22nd

iRead Program Launch

Go to class for roll, then to Little Theater

Set-up Reader/Writer Notebooks

Back-to-School Night 6-8pm

Wednesday, August 23rd

Library Day

Random Student Spotlight Form

Thursday, August 24th

Writing Benchmark
School Picture Day

Friday, August 25th

Free Reading/Book Tracking

Word-of-the-Day

Kahoot Procedures Quiz 

Personality Game