Week #3: August 26-August 30

It's been a wonderful week with these kids! I'm so happy to be their teacher and look forward to a lot of learning to come throughout the school year.

Important information:

• Book Orders came home this week. You can order online through my blog: http://theb7robinsnest.blogspot.com/p/scholastic-book-orders.html OR send a check (made out to Scholastic) or cash and I'll place the order for you.
• We've been working on Reading and Writing Benchmarks. These will be on your student's grade, but will NOT count as part of their grade. It's just to let you know, as a parent, where your student stands. Reading will be entered as a grade level... for example, "5" is a 5th grade level. Writing will be a percentage. Please do not be discouraged--we are coming off the "summer slump". Not every child is naturally good at reading and writing. Trust me, if they do their home reading and attend class with me, we'll see levels grow throughout the year. I'll test them again in November and chart progress.
• Reading Logs (white paper) are due on Monday. Students should be reading at home (time at school counts too) 30 mins. a day, 5 days a week. This is CRITICAL to improving reading and will be the only "homework" they'll have from me. Please remind them to hand it in. If a student goes 2 weeks without handing in a reading log, I'll call home and speak to a parent/guardian and see what's going on.
• iRead Program Sponsors: Our reading program is amazing (see link on right hand side of the blog) and provides rewards for reading throughout the school year. However, it's 100% community funded and we need your help. If you'd like to donate as an individual, with either cash or candy, we'd appreciate it. Even better, if you have (or work for ) a business, a donation buys you sponsorship on our iRead Club t-shirts to promote your business. Please help us out so your child can reap the rewards of reading. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YsadT10z6S-TUJf63RFpxYep8WQw2bQina4GKA9i42k/edit

Many thanks for the parent letters introducing your child to me! I appreciate the ongoing support and encouragement. Please email me with any questions/concerns. Have a wonderful weekend!

Week 3

August 26-August 30

Monday, August 26

New Class Jobs
Class Novel
Text Structure Notes
Text Structure Hunt
Week #2 Reading Log DUE

Tuesday, August 27

Free Reading/Book Check-Off
Introduction to Literature Notice & Note
Memory Moment (notes/video/model)

Wednesday, August 28

Library Day: meet upstairs in the library!
Free Reading/Book Check-Off

Thursday, August 29

Notice & Note
A Ha Moment
(notes/video/model)

Friday, August 30

Free Reading/Book Check Off
Notice & Note
Again & Again (notes/video/model)
MONTHLY DRAWING!!!!!!!
Book Orders DUE

Code Phrase (tell me this for a Robins Reward Ticket): Reading Rocks!

Congrats to the students who successfully "escaped" from our digital classroom!!!

 Teamwork pays off:)