(Review) word of the day: retain
The first graders' daily homework is taking on a new look. The students have a notebook added to their golden envelopes. The notebook has a "sentence starters" sheet glued onto the front cover. When the students finish reading their books, their job is to print the book's title on the top of the page, then choose a sentence starter and use it to write about their book. Some students write only a few lines. Others fill the whole page. There's room at the top of each page to add a drawing related to the book, if the students are feeling artistic.
After the writing is complete, the students should colour in a box in the graph beside their chosen sentence starter. This will create a visual showing whether or not students are choosing various starters (something they SHOULD be doing).
I'll check the notebooks daily and write comments daily as well.
The writing the students are doing will help strengthen their reading - and vice versa. Daily parent supervision and guidance with the reading and writing is invaluable. Your dedication to your child's education makes a huge difference. Thanks in advance for your support with this new homework initiative.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015
We're heading to the Palisades tomorrow, along with the Kindergarten, Grade Two, and Grade Three classes. Please check your child's agenda pocket for a note regarding the field trip. Please return the permission form attached to the note by tomorrow morning, if you've not already returned that permission slip.
Please note that we'll be gone all day tomorrow. We leave on the bus shortly after morning registration and will return in time for our regular dismissal.
Parents are welcome to join us. There should be room on the bus to accommodate extra adults, but parents are also welcome to bring their own vehicles. Parents who'd like to catch a ride on the bus should just come into the classroom with their child when the morning bell rings.
Please remember to send a lunch (see the note that went home today!) and clothing and footwear appropriate for the weather.
Newsletters also went home today. We'll watch for safe arrival of the newsletter slips to come back tomorrow.
Please note that we'll be gone all day tomorrow. We leave on the bus shortly after morning registration and will return in time for our regular dismissal.
Parents are welcome to join us. There should be room on the bus to accommodate extra adults, but parents are also welcome to bring their own vehicles. Parents who'd like to catch a ride on the bus should just come into the classroom with their child when the morning bell rings.
Please remember to send a lunch (see the note that went home today!) and clothing and footwear appropriate for the weather.
Newsletters also went home today. We'll watch for safe arrival of the newsletter slips to come back tomorrow.
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