Parents,
Art Shirts. Students will begin losing a dojo point from Mrs. Nagy this week for being unprepared if they do not have an art shirt.
Lemonade War - We are starting a novel this week. Students will either be in a group with me, or with Mrs. Pokrzywa (Mrs. Dressel's homeroom) or Mrs. Gutierrez (Mr. Pransky's homeroom). Nightly reading will be from this novel all this week, and possibly into next week as well. Since the different groups may be in different places, your child will have their assigned reading written into the reading log each day.
Spelling - When we take breaks from our reading series, usually after each unit, we also take a break from the usual spelling lists. This week and next students will be working on sight words. Please see the letter coming home with more information.
Papers coming home - With our standards based grading system, the goal is eventual mastery of standards. Students will always be asked to C.A.R. (Correct And Return) papers to make sure that the learning is taking place. A "star" on a paper means that no corrections need to be made. We do not put individual standard grades (1, 2, 3, or 4) on assignments, as end-of-quarter grades are not an average, but an assessment on mastery by the quarter's end.
Art Shirts. Students will begin losing a dojo point from Mrs. Nagy this week for being unprepared if they do not have an art shirt.
Lemonade War - We are starting a novel this week. Students will either be in a group with me, or with Mrs. Pokrzywa (Mrs. Dressel's homeroom) or Mrs. Gutierrez (Mr. Pransky's homeroom). Nightly reading will be from this novel all this week, and possibly into next week as well. Since the different groups may be in different places, your child will have their assigned reading written into the reading log each day.
Spelling - When we take breaks from our reading series, usually after each unit, we also take a break from the usual spelling lists. This week and next students will be working on sight words. Please see the letter coming home with more information.
Papers coming home - With our standards based grading system, the goal is eventual mastery of standards. Students will always be asked to C.A.R. (Correct And Return) papers to make sure that the learning is taking place. A "star" on a paper means that no corrections need to be made. We do not put individual standard grades (1, 2, 3, or 4) on assignments, as end-of-quarter grades are not an average, but an assessment on mastery by the quarter's end.
Science Test Wednesday. Your child will be taking a Science test on Wednesday over our first unit, Nature of Science. To study for this test, you child should have a practice test which can be done at home on Moodle at this link. Completing this practice test at least once will be your child's homework for Tuesday night, but it can be completed any time. Your child can also take this practice test as many times as they like to prepare. It gives feedback after each question and a grade after it is complete. The login to Moodle is username=2025xxx (no @anthonywayneschools.org needed) password = aw+lunchnumber.
HOMEWORK:
MONDAY - Accelerated Math
TUESDAY - Moodle Practice Test (Test is Wednesday)
THURSDAY - Learning Farm AT LEAST 10 questions for "Plot and Events"
FRIDAY: AR goal should be 75%. Remember you can check on your child's goal at any time by logging into Home Connect. The log in is the same as what your child uses at school to take an AR quiz.
REMINDERS:
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HOMEWORK:
MONDAY - Accelerated Math
TUESDAY - Moodle Practice Test (Test is Wednesday)
WEDNESDAY -Learning Farm. Students will not have an assignment this week when they log in. This will allow them to go into other areas of Learning Farm after completing their homework. Tonight they should do AT LEAST 10 questions for the "Setting" standard.
THURSDAY - Learning Farm AT LEAST 10 questions for "Plot and Events"
FRIDAY: AR goal should be 75%. Remember you can check on your child's goal at any time by logging into Home Connect. The log in is the same as what your child uses at school to take an AR quiz.
REMINDERS:
Tuesday, October 3 - Basketball Jones presentation. During the day for students, and at Monclova school at 6:30 for families.
Mary Dressel
Whitehouse 4th Grade
Office Phone 419-877-0543
