It has been a while since I have sent a message and I hope that everyone is staying healthy.
Our school day begins at 8:55 every morning. I begin each zoom class as close to 8:50 as possible. Lately, there are students who are joining the meeting at various times between 9:00 and 9:30. It’s really difficult when the students join late because they miss the informational part of the day.
I end the zoom meeting for lunch at 11:45. Today, I had 7 students leave before 11:30 while I was still teaching. After lunch the students need to join the Zoom meeting again at 12:25. I always begin the meeting as close to 12:20 as possible. Today, 4 students joined after 12:30. The after lunch meeting lasts until 1:00. I am still expected to teach all of the fourth grade content and the students are still expected to be ready for fifth grade. If they join late and leave early, it adds up to a huge amount of missed learning by the end of the year.
Please remind your child to join on time and to stay until dismissal.
Please continue to check your child’s grades in Schoology. While this is not the complete picture for report cards, it is very close. The reading test grades are listed in the Benchmark link and math scores are in the math link. If you have questions about assignments or grades please contact me. By Monday, the grades for the previous week are available in Schoology. I am noticing that some students are not reading directions and rushing through assignments just to be finished and the results are not good. Any of the student writing should be in complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation. Please remind your child to slow down and read their work before they submit it.
Mr. Martin will host a 4th grade parent meeting Monday, December 14 at 1:30. I will post the link in the Schoology Updates and send it by email.
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