Monday, August 15, 2011

Monday, August 15 Update

Our first official Monday has come to an end . . . it was a VERY busy day, so I’m certain your 5th grader will be EXHAUSTED! This is one of our vocabulary words this week, too—perfect, huh?

The EDM Unit 1 Family Letter was attached to an email today. This information will provide the parents (and students) with an understanding of what we will be doing in the math over the course of the unit. The answers to the Study Links are also on the back page of the letter for reference, if needed.

Please check the blog each evening for important information-the link was sent home with your child, and it's also at the end of my emails. I plan to update the blog before 4:00pm each day, but things do come up, and that may not always be possible. For the next few weeks, I will put assignments with due dates, as well as long-term projects on the blog. Once we hit September, the kids cannot use it as the only resource for finding assignment information; they MUST still use their assignment notebooks.

ALL students were given at least 35 minutes at the end of the day to work on any unfinished work. If the time was used wisely, there should be only 30 minutes or so of homework tonight. That time limit should be expected most nights, too. However, the time your child spends on staying on task and listening to directions in class is important to keep that time-frame in place.

Thanks for a great first few days! The kids seem excited to learn, and the kids and parents have all been so sweet with generous comments of the classroom. It means a lot!

Assignments:
Math: Study Link (S.L) 1.1 page 1 due Tuesday
Reading: Workbook pages 1-2 due Tuesday
Social Studies: World Map due Tuesday (coloring is extra credit, not required)
Spelling: New list went home--test on Friday; Contract due Friday
Science: Popcorn bar graph "What's Poppin'? due Tuesday