Indicator Quiz 4.3.2

I want to explain the indicator quiz that came home today. The assessment was to guage how well students understood the plot of the story. Many students recieved a Not Yet on this indicator. We worked on the indicator throughout the trimester and will work on it next trimester, too. I firmly believe that all students tried their personal best, but it is a difficult indicator. I hope that no student is punished for this grade since it is a learning process. If you have further questions, please contact me.

Book Orders

Parent on-line ordering will be set up on Monday, Nov. 17, at the latest. I apologize for any inconvenience. The on-line user name is CannonClass and the password is welovereading. Again, I will set this up on Monday. Orders will be due Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Just a reminder that next week ends the first trimester. Students will be taking a trimester review test in both math and reading/language arts. We are not permitted to send these tests home for security reasons. I will be sharing the scores with you at conferences along with the new report cards. If you want to help your child review for the test, some ideas would be to work on place value, adding and subtracting large numbers, rounding numbers, review of adverbs, prepositions, and past tense verbs. Also, it is always helpful to ask your child to tell you about what they are reading.

Speaking of reading, I collected the Just Read sheets so that I can enter the grades for the trimester. New sheets will not be going home until December 1. I encouraged the students to continue reading so that they do not get out of the habit--even if they don't read a full 20 minutes every night. Again, we will continue Just Read after the Thanksgiving Break.

Have a great weekend.

Long time...

Well, I haven't posted in awhile, and I found that I was missing it. Everything is going really well in class. The students have adjusted to Mr. Laingren teaching full time, and he is doing a great job! He has the students reading some incredible books about children who learn how to survive in what can be a cruel world. They are also working on algebra, writing descriptive pieces and learning about Indiana's government.

I will be sending home conference dates and times on Thursday. Please send back only the bottom part of the sheet with the confirmation--I have copies of what I am sending home. Mr. Laingren and I are looking forward to seeing everyone and chatting about the first trimester. I will be handing out report cards at that time, as well. See you then!