Welcome back! It will be a tough start since I'm sure everyone, like me, ate too much, slept too long, and did just about whatever we wanted throughout the break! Just think of all the ways you're ready to grow academically this semester!
We are starting a few new things, but keeping some of the old. It won't be anything new to homework, but rather some things we'll be doing in class. I'm just posting them all here because the tasks will reflect each student's reading and math grades.
Once a week, each student is required to complete a FASTTMath lesson. He or she when then check off the lesson each week on the sheet in our classroom. This can only be done at school, and time will be given throughout the week as long as good time management is utilized by the kids each day!
Once per month, each student is still required to complete one Reading Counts quiz for a grade using a book from his or her lexile reading level. Lexile levels can be found on many of the books you read by going to www.lexile.com.
Spelling tests will still continue in the same fashion as before break. We WILL NOT have contracts due each week. It's possible that various assignments will be given throughout the week, however. Keep in mind though, as with most homework (other than math), plenty of time is given to get a good start on the assignments if not completely done during the school day.
Let's get ready to CHUG (Choose How U Grow) through this semester! I'm so excited to see how you've all grown since August! I can only imagine how you'll continue to soar though May! See you Tuesday!
