I hope everyone enjoyed their extra long weekend with their children. We are starting a new week tomorrow. I got to babysit Mrs. Polster’s monarch caterpillars and black swallowtail chrysalises. They are almost all chrysalises now, so we will get to observe a new stage on Tuesday.
Homework – Each night your student will come home with a planner, it will tell you the current night’s homework, which is usually a math page and reading a book for 20 minutes. I will be adding a short response to reading, writing assignment for homework in a couple of weeks. Please sign the planner so that I know that you have seen it and please ensure that your child completes their work. It is helpful if homework is done early right after school before fun activities so that students are more motivated to complete it. Students should never spend more than 60 minutes doing homework. If it is taking too long, please let me know and we will brainstorm ideas to make it shorter.
Lost or Forgotten homework – It sometimes happens that someone forgets to bring home their homework or they somehow lose it. If you have a printer it is available to print from the blog. Go to Homework on the right side. Hover over it and the list pops up. Click on Eureka Math Homework to find the directions for how to find and print the homework. Here is the link if you can’t find it. If you don’t have a printer then you follow the same directions and copy the answers on a piece of paper. This is also helpful if your student is absent from school, so that they can still complete their work.
Blog – Almost everything that you need is on the blog. Do a little exploring if you need something. If you can’t find it let me know in an email and I can help. My email is: keeblek@dearbornschools.org.
Parent Homework – Class Dojo and the Blog – I am very excited that 91% of families are signed up for Class Dojo. Only 2 families to go! It is harder to tell who signed up for the blog since there are not kid names attached to your emails. SO I would like to do a roll call to make sure I am talking to all families each week. If you get this blog post please go to Class Dojo and say “I got the blog post”. Then I will know who I need to get added to the blog! That’s your homework! Thanks!
Star of the Week – Starting September 9th we are starting Star of the Week. Evana will be our 1st Star of the Week. About every week we will have a new Star of the Week. This is a very special week for your child. They get to make a poster about themselves, get a Star of the Week crown, be the line leader, do sharing and bring in a special book and letter from their parents. I have started adding the students to our calendar on the blog so you can check your student’s date. I am going in alphabetical order. The date may change so check the calendar when your students date is getting closer. To learn more here is the Star of the Week page from the blog. If we have days off during the week or if your child is sick during their time I will extend their week to include the next week also.
Academics –
Social Studies – We will begin working on Government in Social Studies. Students will get a Studies Weekly magazine each week and will have an online platform to do games and assessments.
ELA – We are working on the Benchmark Review and Routines. Each week students will get a pamphlet that will need to be completed by Friday. About every 3 weeks we will start a new unit magazine.
Math – This week we will be doing the following homework from their Apply books.
Tuesday – Lesson 4
Wednesday – Lesson 5
Thursday – Lesson 6
Friday – Lesson 7
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns please contact me at keeblek@dearbornschools.org or message me on Class Dojo.
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