Hi Everyone!
Reading Log:
A reading log went home in your child’s Take Home Folder on Thursday. They should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes a day. Each evening after reading they need to fill out their reading log to reflect their reading. A new reading log will go home at the beginning of each month and should be returned at the end of the month. The October reading log is due to school on Thursday, October 28th. The last day of the quarter. Completion of these reading logs are a part of your child’s participation and homework score.
Virginia Studies Weekly Payment:
The Online School Payment Portal has finally opened. Please make sure to go on and pay for your child’s Virginia Studies Weekly Newspaper. These were noted on the supply list and we have already begun to receive and use them. You can log on from the Hutchison Farm website, or use this direct link. The newspapers are $8.15 per student. Please make sure that you have selected me, Kristen Rivera as the teacher, so your payment is processed under our class.
No School:
Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday, October 11th. Schools are closed for the holiday.
Fall (virtual) Conferences:
Please see the link HERE to sign up for our Fall conference. These will be held virtually, unless you email me and request an in person meeting. I am happy to hold those upon request, otherwise, I will email you a Google Meet link to confirm the day and time of your conference. Please let me know if these dates and times do not work for you. My time is limited late in the afternoon due to my own children needing to be at sports and activities, but I am more than happy to work with you to find a time that works for all if need be.
VA Studies online textbook:
This week, your child was shown how to access their VA Studies book online from home through LCPSGo. We read the book together in class, but it is a great resource for them to read at home as well as they review and study for the assessments. The nice thing about the online textbook, is that they also include the option to have the passages read to them from the computer. Mrs. Kaz was kind enough to write up some directions on how to access this resource. I am including the link to that document HERE. Your child does know how to get into it, so hopefully they are utilizing this resource as they prepare for the test.
Virginia Studies Test
The test for chapter 2 is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13th. The students have the study guide and access to the online textbook. They also made flash cards and a flipbook which has a lot of important information in it to help them review. Please make sure they are studying this information and prepared on Wednesday. As you may have noticed, there is quite a bit of information in each chapter and these chapters build on each other. It is imperative that the students are staying up on their studying so it doesn’t snowball on them.
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
Reading: We will continue Reader's Workshop and read the book The Tiger Rising.
Math: We will work on Addition. The students will be able to find the sums of numbers 999,999 or less using Partial Sum, Commutative Property and the Associative Property of addition.
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