Since this next three weeks is action-packed with learning plan meetings and Presentations of Learning, we are going to focus on some skill pieces and a writing project until the end of the semester.
Please remember it's your responsibility to read 20-30 minutes per night. This is not assigned, it's assumed.
Presentations of Learning will take place the week of January12-15. Teachers will send a schedule of student presentations out this week, so that parents can attend if they wish. These are very important to our school and to presentation skills in life, as most colleges and jobs ask individuals to recap their accomplishments over a given period of time.
Learning plan conferences will take place the week of January 25. There will be 12:00 dismissal all this week for conferences and sign ups will happen in the next week or so.
This week's class outline is as follows:
Monday through Friday: Writing workshop. Students begin writing a story which will be due on January 22. A grading rubric will follow this week. Students will also be completing grammar and vocabulary exercises and working on writing their presentations of learning this week in class. Because Language Arts time works best when students are given time to practice, students will be given ample time to write and edit over the next three weeks. This also means that we will be talking with students and parents about being able to work on task and independently during class time. If your student has difficulty with this, I'll be emailing you this week to set up an additional meeting.
Daily lessons will be given on elements of a story, using description, writing clearly, and using commas.
Students will also have the option to work with the teacher or other students to help edit their drafts.
Electives will begin later this week. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me!
