Parents,
from now on, reading logs will have weekly announcements attached to them so
that we can communicate more often of what is happening in Room 303! Weekly
announcements will include the reading and writing skills we’ll be covering throughout
the week, the week’s sight words, and any announcements or updates that need to
be shared.
Raising the Rigor
Reading
Logs
When
we reach our goals in Room 303, we “raise the rigor.” We are going to continue
raising the stakes this week by enforcing that every day’s reading log be
signed by a parent, guardian, or witness. Holding our students accountable for
their learning will reinforce positive habits and instill an appropriate work
ethic for what it means to truly work hard. There are 1440 minutes in a day. If
our students are reading for 15 minutes per day, they are spending
approximately 1 percent of their day reading. We can afford 1 percent in order
to grow our brains! Furthermore, to engage our students and deepen their
learning, be sure to ask questions about what their reading, or even better
have them read to you! Most importantly, remember that reading logs are an easy
100 if completed and submitted!
Sight
Words
In
many classrooms, sight words are simply spelling words. Students are asked to
memorize the spelling of the words and are quizzed weekly. In Room 303 we make
sure our sight words are relevant to what we are learning throughout the week.
This week we are going to raise the bar by making sure that we can not only
spell the word but that we can also use them correctly in complete sentences.
We will work our way towards including definitions as well as listing antonyms
and synonyms. As the year progresses we will extend the time for studying sight
words to two weeks in order to give students the proper preparation time.
Parents,
beginning this week, if your student arrives at school between 6:30-7:15am, he
or she will be able to attend tutoring. If you feel that your son or daughter
needs extra time, or you already arrive to school early, please feel free to
contact me about coming in early. Students will have to be escorted into the
building, so please text 214-517-3793 if you or your student is interested.
Chalk Talk
This
week we will be reviewing subject and predicate from last week and connecting it
to identifying complete and incomplete sentences. In regards to writing, we
will take our 5 senses brainstorming map from last Thursday and create our
rough draft. Our hope for the week is to draft, revise, publish and share our
stories with each one another.
Pen Pals
Be
sure to ask your students about their new Pen Pals! Each student now has a 7th-grade
student and 1st-grade student that he or she will be writing at least once a
week. We’ve decided to attach our published stories to these letters so that we
are all writing with audience in mind! Studies show that when students know
their writing will be read by an audience they become more invested and
passionate about the process.
State Fair Field Trip
Parents,
I want to thank all of you that turned in field trip forms on Thursday and all
of you who have volunteered to be chaperones. Our response rate was only about
20 students so we may not need as many parents as we originally thought.
However, if you would still like to volunteer (or simply attend), please look
for more information early in the week.
Staying connected
If
you are not already, please follow what’s happening in the classroom via
Remind101 and twitter.
Remind 101
To receive
weekly text message updates, please text @4b2n to (319) 774-3341
Twitter
Be
sure to follow Room 303 on Twitter: @goingplaces303
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please call/text @ 214-517-3793
Thanks
and have a great week!
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