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What should
you expect
to see every week?
* Every
Monday, students will be given a Monday Take-Home Folder.
These folders contain all the work we have completed throughout
each week. Most work in the
Monday Folder is graded. Notes
to parents can also be found in the folder as well as progress reports and
book order forms.
* Every
week, your child should bring home a Current Event Summary form. An
article from any relevant news source needs to be selected. Students
then fill out the form, completing such things as: who, what, when, where,
and why. Students find where the event occurred and color in that
state on the map. A world map will be included at a later
date. Then, students need to write at least a five-sentence paragraph summary
about the article.
* Every other Tuesday, you should see a progress report from your
child. This lets you know what behaviors I am seeing in class, and
what grades they need to work on!
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What should
you expect
to see every day?
* Every day.
students are required to read for at least half an hour and write in their
reader's/writer's log. You might ask: why only for 30 minutes?
Well, students are encouraged to read for more than 30 minutes, but they
also have to write in the logs. Given quality time to write in their
logs, there is less of a time constraint on reading. Students should
also read the newspaper periodically. What is the reader's/writer's
log? It is a place where students write about what they have read
and then write about events in their lives. It can be used a
journal, a place to question, a place to predict.
* Every
day, your child needs to study his/her spelling words.
*
Students will bring home Study Links nearly every night. A family
letter can be found in the Monday Take-Home Folder when we begin a new
unit. These family letters are great for helping you know math
vocabulary we use.
* Every day, you need to check their planners for how their day went, and
to see what homework they have. My home phone number is written on
the inside cover of their planners!
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What
should you see every month?
* Nearly every month, you should see that your child is working on a book
report. The book reports focus on different skills. Help from
parents and siblings is accepted and encouraged.
* Book orders!!! Look in the Monday Take-Home Folder for more
information! Always make checks payable to Scholastic!
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Can
you get a hold of me?
You
bet!
E-mail
me at mays@canon.k12.co.us
or
call
my extension: 719-276-5981
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