Progress Reports:
In
this week’s Monday folder, you will be receiving your child’s progress
report. The report will serve as a brief
update on how your child has been doing over the first few weeks of
school. Please understand that I am
still getting to know your child and we have just begun to have
assessments. If your child has a 2 or 3
in any particular subject on their interim, it does not mean that this is what
will be given on the report card. We
still have several weeks until the end of the quarter, and plenty of
opportunities to improve or maintain grades.
Please review and discuss the progress report with your child and help
your child to set goals for the rest of the quarter. Please sign and return the report for
tomorrow.
Parent-Teacher Conferences:
Parent-teacher conference time is here! I am sending home a conference sign-up sheet
that lists some available times for conferences. Please fill out this form and return it to
school as soon as possible. I will send
you a confirmation note back to let you know your conference date and
time. If the times listed are not
convenient for you, please let me know by indicating an alternate date and
time, and I will do my best to accommodate you.
If
you would prefer a phone conference, please list the best time of day to reach
you, some possible dates and the number to call.
Conference
times will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. Please return this form in a timely
manner. I will confirm your scheduled
time immediately.
It has been a pleasure working with
you and your child. I look forward to
talking with you soon!
New
Reading Log: We are starting a new reading log
today. We reviewed this in class. Please make sure that your child
is practicing with a reading skill each evening. If you have any
questions about the new log, please let me know!
Cog-At Testing:
Next week, from October 7th through 9th,
the children will be taking Cog-At Testing.
These are the first round of tests to determine eligibility for the
Academically Gifted (AG) Program. There
is no way for the children to study or prepare for these tests. Please
make sure your child gets a good night's rest, eats a healthy breakfast and
arrives to school on time each day. These are timed tests. All
other tests we have taken so far this year have not been timed, so this will be
the children's first exposure to a timed test. The children are
encouraged to pace themselves and to not get stuck on a problem that they do
not know but to skip it and move on to the next problem. If there is still
time left, they can go back to the problems they skipped over.
We
Have a Second Room Parent: A big thank you goes out to Miller’s mom, Betsy
Brown who volunteered to join Ms. Bennett in sharing the room parent
responsibility. Thank you Ms. Brown and
Ms. Bennett! Looking forward to working
with you!
Picture
Day: Picture Day is this
Wednesday. Payment must be turned in by the time pictures are
taken. Have your child dress their best.
This picture will be the one used in the school yearbook.
Community Service Volunteer
Opportunity: Are you looking for a fun and
educational way for your child to fulfill this quarter’s community service
requirement? I wanted to pass along
information about a really cool spot I visited this past weekend with my
family. We went to “Winterpast Farm”, a
petting zoo located in Wake Forest. They
have a variety of animals there the children can pet, feed and learn
about. There is a variety of animals from
llamas, peacocks, pigs, donkeys, roosters, chickens, sheep, goats and
more! My daughter Jordanna’s favorite part
of the visit was petting the baby chicks and feeding and holding guinea pigs
and bunnies. The farm is family owned
and Farmer Mary said she would love to have our students volunteer. For more information, check out her website
at: http://redtiedesigns.com/new/
Curriculum Notes: In
reading, we will be focusing this week on fiction. We will be learning
how to recognize literary elements (plot, character, setting, problem/solution
and theme). Our focus this week will be analyzing character traits,
motivation and feelings. In Science we
will be finishing our unit on soil this week. We will begin Social
Studies with Mr. Otto next week. In writing we will be finishing drafting
our personal narratives this week. We will continue through the writing
process and learn how to revise and edit our work. In math, we our continuing our unit on
geometry. We will continue working this week on identifying
and drawing different quadrilaterals. Make sure your child is studying
the notes and handouts provided by your child's math teacher.
Have a wonderful week! :) :) :)