Hello and Happy Sunday!
It feels so nice to have a long weekend. I know you would agree that we have all earned it. The kids have been working very hard and are doing a great job with their online learning.
Last week we completed our first Reader's Workshop Unit. The students did such a nice job visualizing and discussing the book The Tiger Rising. They really enjoyed the story. Reading the story, discussing and debating events with the students was definitely the highlight of my day.
Next Writing Unit:
Next week we will begin our first Writing Unit. We will focus on writing Personal Narratives. Over the next few days, I would like the students to gather a small collection of pictures (3-5 photos). These pictures should be of different things that happened to them in their lives. On Thursday during small group time, I will give each of the students an opportunity to share their pictures with the class. This will help me and the other students get to know each other better. It will also provide your child with some ideas of what to write about. Please have their photos ready to share by Thursday, October 15th.
Fall Conferences:
As we head toward the conclusion of the 1st quarter, I would like to meet with each family for a conference to go over student progress, and see how distance learning is going for everyone. These meetings will take place over google meet, a similar process as the meetings we held in August before the 1st day of school. Fall conferences will take place the last week of October. I will have several options available, and sign ups will be scheduled through Volunteer Spot. Please click HERE to sign up for a 15 minute conference. If none of these days or times work for you, please reach out and let me know. We will work together to find a time that will work with both of our schedules.
Grade Book and Student Progress
Student progress can be monitored through Schoology and Parentvue. If you want to keep up with work submissions, including overdue or missing assignments, Schoology is the place to go. However, the best way to keep up with assignment grades is through the gradebook in Parentvue. Schoology does have a gradebook feature, but it is not currently synced with our Parentvue gradebook, which is the program we use to calculate report card grades. If you have questions about how to use Schoology or Parentvue to keep up with student progress, this is something we can go over during our fall conference time.
No School :
Reminder that tomorrow, October 12th is Columbus Day. There will be no school. This includes our Morning Meeting. Monday, October 26th is a Staff Development Day, so there will be no school or Morning Meeting that day either.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
- Writing: We will begin our Personal Narrative Unit. The students will share their pictures with the class and identify an event that they would like to focus on to write about.
- Math: We will continue rounding numbers this week. The student will round whole numbers expressed through millions to the nearest thousand, ten thousand, and hundred thousand.
- Virginia Studies: We will continue learning about the five regions of Virginia. The study guide for chapter 1 in the resources in the Virginia Studies course on Schoology. You can also use the book to study as well. It is called Five Ponds Press and can be found in LCPSGO. Your child knows where to find this. The test date is TBD.
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