Friday, August 29, 2014

It's Friday!!

Hi everyone!

Well, we made it through our first full week of school!  Whew!!  We've gone over rules, procedures, routines, etc.  While we will still be reviewing those things, it's time to move on to our regular schedule.

I did not intend to give homework over the week end, but let me tell you what happened.

We have been working on a short paragraph explaining our goals for 4th grade.  We worked through it step by step together.  We planned our writing using a graphic organizer together.  We wrote a topic sentence together.  I modeled 3 separate paragraphs which included 4 sentences for the details (from their graphic organizer) and one conclusion sentence.  (They were allowed to copy my conclusion sentence.)  So, for two days we worked on writing those sentences that formed the body of the paragraph which remember, only amounted to four sentences.  After two days, only 1 person was able to write 4 complete sentences.  A couple were close.  (Remember I modeled this at least 3 times and proofread all their papers trying to help them.)  These paragraphs are for our project for Open House, which is Thursday.  I got a little upset because it should not be this difficult to write four complete sentences. Therefore, I told them to take them home and bring me a final copy on Tuesday.  I'm sorry to have to do this, but I need your help to proofread your child's paragraph.  The final copy should be neat and clean, ready to hang up.  They can type it if they would like to.

Also, I graded a math assignment they did for homework 2 nights ago.  I gave the option to make corrections to earn some points back.    This is why some students may have a math paper in their folder.  If it's corrected with a signature, they can earn the points back.  If it's not, they will keep the grade they have.

Finally, there are just a few graded papers in their folder including the tests they took today.  The weekly calendar is on top along with a small slip of paper I call a topsheet.  All I need for you to do is review the grades, talk with your child if needed, and then sign the small slip of paper and send it back.  I do not need the graded papers back.  Since school just started, and I have only just begun to collect grades, there are not many.  In the future, this pile will be bigger.

Thanks for all your help!  Have a good holiday!

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