We had a great first week (or three days) of school! We spent a lot of time this week getting to know our new classmates and learning rules/procedures for our school and classroom. This next week, "real" work will begin!
Beginning today, all third graders will begin Reading Logs. This will look like a calendar for you to sign each night. (I know, more homework for you--signing TWO things! Sorry!) Reading Logs are to be completed every night Monday through Thursday. We ask that students read for 20 minutes each night. They can read anything of their choosing! We just want them to READ! You will be asked to sign this each night as a confirmation that your child completed this assignment. I will take a grade on this at the end of each month. This should be at least one "easy" grade for Reading class! However, this will be a training in responsibility, too. Students will need to keep up with this paper every single day for the entire month. I am going to give students a page protector to put in their binders as a safe place to keep this. Hopefully this will help them to be organized and prepared.
Also coming up this week, we will begin Daily Reviews (aka DRs). Each day (Monday through Wednesday) students will complete a page of REVIEW questions from all content areas. It will consist of 10 questions total. After students complete this independently, we will go over the answers in class and students are expected to correct these as we go over them. Then students can bring home the correct answers to study! Ten of these questions will be chosen for a quiz each Thursday. We ask that you study/review them just a few minutes each night. A grade will be taken on the quiz each week.
Yellow folders went home today, and a Parent Invitation Code was in there. Please use this to connect to our class if you haven't already done so.
Tonight's homework:
*Reading Log
*Study DR 1
Be sure to sign your child's agenda each night!
Don't forget that tomorrow is our "Meet & Greet" and PTO Meeting at 6:30! Hope to see you there!
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