August 28, 2012

Thanks for checking the blog, everyone!  Below are 3 items of business for your information:

Boxtops: 

*Each month, students bring home a Boxtop collection sheet to attach 12 Boxtop coupons (please don't staple; you can also just put them in a ziplock baggy with child's name/grade).  

*There is a due date toward the end of the month (typically the last Tuesday), and if they're turned in, students get a DRESS DOWN day on the following Friday!  This means t-shirts, jeans (no holes, dresses, skirts, shorts (knee length), but NO tank tops or flip flops.

Additional boxtops will be credited toward future dress-down days, but they can't carry over to the 2013-2014 year.

Class Pizza Reading Program:

*There are 9 genres in our program, and students must read 1 book from each of the genres EACH QUARTER (you can't count 1 book for 2 genres):

1) Free Choice

2) Adventure

3) Biography/Autobiography

4) Poetry

5) Historical Fiction

6) Realistic Fiction

7) Informational Text/Non-fiction

8) Fantasy/Science Fiction

9) Mystery

*At least 2 of the 9 books read per quarter must be chapter books (books they have never read before and that are on their level)

*After they've read a book, they should bring it to school to do a book talk (which is just a short explanation--we will discuss more in class), and then they get a TOPPING on their paper pizza crust in class!  There is a different topping for each genre

*If students have read from all 9 genres by the end of the quarter, they will get to participate in a PIZZA PARTY!!

SIS

*SIS is now up and running!  Please remember to check it regularly for missing work--students will get missing work reports on Thursdays, and those with NO missing work get to enjoy Friday Fun (extra free time!)
*Math homework is entered as a participation grade.  
*Math quizzes are entered in the "Homework Quizzes" grade.

Homework:

1) Math (FP-1): THIS TIME, do EVENS!  p. 1 evens, p. 2 evens

2) Read for 20 minutes, and remember to get it signed!

Upcoming Events:

*Monday, September 3: Labor Day, no school!

*Sep. 25: Boxtops due

*Sep. 28: Boxtop Dress-down day

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller