Week of February 1 - 5, 2015

Friday HW
1.  Book Report due February 11.
2.  Literature Circles novel reading and note taking.  The presentations take place on Tuesday next week.
3.  Interview requests returned ASAP.

Wednesday HW
1.  Book Report due on February 11
2.  Literature Circle reading and note taking for week one.  Please note that books must be returned to school every day.  I have no extra copies.  If your child leaves the book at home they have no option but to do other subject work.  The novel must be at school every day.
3.  Black "Runnymede 100" t-shirts for Friday's assembly.  If you do not have one, any Runnymede shirt will do.  If you have no Runnymede shirts wear a black T-shirt.

Tuesday HW
1.  Try Reading A-Z online tonight.  Login information is below.
2.  Book report is due on February 11.
3.  Black "Runnymede 100" t-shirts for Friday's assembly.  If you do not have one, any Runnymede shirt will do.  If you have no Runnymede shirts wear a black T-shirt.
4.  Literature Circle reading and notes for next Tuesday's presentations.  All students that were at school today received a new novel and duo-tang material.  They were also assigned roles for next Tuesday's meetings.  Each student received time to copy out the page reading targets for each of the five weeks we will spend on this cycle.

Monday HW
1.  Our class is set up to use RAZ Kids (Reading A to Z).  Students can access the program at school  or at home.  In both locations you can use either a computer or a tablet.  The tablet is even simpler if you download the free app.  Our class code is areynolds15.  Each student received their 2 factor icon login from me today.  I wrote it in the agenda.  The webpage to access it through a browser is www.kidsa-z.com.  If you use an app, search for "Kids A-Z".  The symbol is a robot head.

I set up the class to explore and read on their own.  At times I may request they refrain from reading a certain passage which I may use for assessment.  The stories can read traditionally (silently) or be read aloud to the student.  If students wish to use the read-aloud option at Runnymede they would have to bring earbuds of their own to school.  Please ensure they are inexpensive so that if they are damaged or lost it isn't a big deal.

2.  Today we celebrated the official 100th birthday of Runnymede School.  We had mini-cupcakes and sang happy birthday as a school.  It was pretty cool, especially since our class is one of the older rooms.  it was interesting to imagine how the view out our window has changed over 100 years.