First of all, Mrs. Edgerton and I would like to say thank you for all of the parents who came to see us at open house on Wednesday evening. We enjoyed meeting and chatting with each and every one of you. We love our newest Vikings as we are getting to know them.
****** Conferences will be held two nights, November 12th and 14th in the evening. (More info. to come)
We had a great week of learning this week. First, we learned what metacognition means. It is a way that we think about our thinking, where we step back and look inside our brains to understand how we think. Then, we discuss and share with our classmates how they think. We share with the group then we reflect on what we learned.
We also learned about the framework of how we will learn to become better readers. It is called Reading Apprenticeship. We will teach the students strategies they can use to become better readers and writers by using four domains: personal, social, cognitive and knowledge building. Mrs. Edgerton even taught the students how to sign each of those domains. Ask your child to show you. We also took the Reading NWEA test this week. The students should have their scores written in their planners on the back page called, ” My learning plan.” There is also a conversion sheet to convert their scores to a grade level on page 6 of the planners. For 6th grade, students should be at a level 218 to be at grade level. The students should have a goal set as to where they want to be the next time we take the NWEA in the winter around the beginning of January. In addition to all of that, they learned story elements. There are five elements your child should know.
Coming up next week, we have a late start day on Wednesday, Sept. 19th, 2018. So the students come to school an hour later. They should be at school by 8:50 a.m.
Also, next Tuesday, Sept 18th, 2018, Smith is hosting a Family Skate Night/IceCream Social at the Lincoln Park Skating Center on Southfield Rd. It is from 6-8 p.m. Admission is $8 and includes roller skate rental and an ice cream sundae! All Smith families are welcome. Hope to see you all there.
Lastly, next week we will learn how to annotate, or talk to the text, and learn about plot, conflict, and point of view of a story, more in-depth.
Don’t forget to read at home for 20-30 minutes every night. It will help your NWEA reading scores go up.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Dear& Mrs. Edgerton
