Week of September 10-14, 2018

Friday HW
1.  20 Minutes for reading.  No other homework.
Last night's visit was informative and pleasant for me It was encouraging to hear the feedback I received.  Several parents requested individual meetings.  I will attempt to work these in around my Terry Fox and Soccer commitments.  Please send a note in your child's agenda if you requested such a meeting so I can ensure I have not overlooked anyone.  Have your child bring it to my attention.  Thank you!

Thursday HW
1.  20 Minutes for reading.  Please have your Reader Response journal #2 due in class on Friday.
2.  Box of pencils, Math Set, Binder
3.  Box of tissue and roll of paper towel for class use.
4. No homework tonight otherwise -- curriculum night.
5.  Curriculum Night is on Thursday, September 13.  I will give two short presentations at 6:00 PM and again at 6:40 PM if parents missed the first one.  All parents and guardians are welcome.

Wednesday HW
1.  20 Minutes for reading.  Please have your Reader Response journal #2 due in class on Friday.  I marked the first batch yesterday and many were done very well!  However 10 out of 33 were not started or very incomplete.  That's a ratio that has to change.
2.  Box of pencils, Math Set, Binder
3.  Box of tissue and roll of paper towel for class use.
4.  Recipe for Me good copy due in class tomorrow.  We had time in class to start this -- over Friday and Monday, as well as today.  We are looking at Procedural Writing, with a focus on Imperative verbs.  There is also a character education element.
5.  Curriculum Night is on Thursday, September 13.  I will give two short presentations at 6:00 PM and again at 6:40 PM if parents missed the first one.  All parents and guardians are welcome.

Tuesday HW
1.  20 Minutes for reading.  Please have your Reader Response journal #2 due in class on Friday.  I marked the first batch this evening and many were done very well!  However 10 out of 33 were not started or very incomplete.  That's a ratio that has to change.
2.  Box of pencils, Math Set, Binder
3.  Box of tissue and roll of paper towel for class use.
4.  Recipe for Me second draft due in class tomorrow.  We had time in class to start this -- over Friday and Monday, as well as today.  We are looking at Procedural Writing, with a focus on Imperative verbs.  There is also a character education element.
5.  Curriculum Night is on Thursday, September 13.  I will give two short presentations at 6:00 PM and again at 6:40 PM if parents missed the first one.  All parents and guardians are welcome.  Since the class is so large (33) there is not a great deal of room for students to attend -- it could get crowded!

Monday HW
1.  20 Minutes for reading.  Please have your Reader Response journal #1 ready in class tomorrow.
2.  Box of pencils, Math Set, Binder
3.  Box of tissue and roll of paper towel for class use.
* We had our first quiz today.  I was very happy to see that everyone returned their practice sheets to class for collection.  Almost everyone finished within 20 minutes, and many were done in 10.  When I went through them I noticed that a significant number (more than half) of the class did not correct their errors by rewriting the question.  When attempts at correction did appear they were usually in the form of added correct answers rather than rewritten problems. It's harder to see your mistaken process when the right answer is simply substituted.  I encourage students to redo the problem.