Updates Week of February 4-8, 2013

I was very proud of many students this past nine weeks!! Congratulations on achieving A and A/B honor roll.  If you didn't this time make that your goal this third nine weeks.  Parents you can help by checking the planner nightly for homework assignments.  Students should have reminders written daily.  If they are not writing something at least for reading daily then they are not copying their reminders from the board as instructed.  This will be a very important tool and habit to have their up coming years in middle and high school.

Reading
This week students will review skills from theme 3 and take their first LSA (learning schedule assessment) on Friday.  They will not have vocabulary words or a selection story this week.  However, I will be reviewing written answers and using context clues on vocabulary tests this week to help students do better on their written answers on their selection test and vocabulary test. 

Students should still be reading and logging in their reading log folder Monday thru Thursday nights. This is still a part of their reading grade.

The scholastic order has been put in...look for a new flyer in a couple of weeks!

Language
Students should have their information on their topic by now.  This week we will go over text structure and students will decide how they plan on organizing their information.  They will begin writing their rough draft.  They should have their rough draft finished by next Monday.  This needs to be completed at home.

Students will also begin a book publishing project in class this week.  Students will decide what they would like to publish and then get to actually make a book, send it to a publisher and have it bound into a hard back book.  We will be working on this in class. Ask your child what they are doing for their book.

There will not be a spelling list this week.

Dates to remember
Wednesday, Feb. 6....................Early dismissal
Thursday, Feb. 14.....................Valentine's day (students may bring in cards)
Monday, Feb. 18.......................President's Day no school

Until next time,
R. O'Steen