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*School T-shirt money and order forms are due August 29 *No School Friday August 30 or Monday September 2 This Week: Math- We are continuing Unit 1 on place value, comparing whole numbers, and rounding. We will assess these skills on Thursday before the long weekend. Reading: We have spent some time talking about our reading and how we can be successful in our books. We have also talked about the why behind it. Why do we read in school? This week we will begin our initial DRA of the school year and see where your child is. I will be sending this home to you once I get them all completed. It will take 1-2 weeks to get a chance to assess every student. Science: Last week, we spend our science time doing STEM challenges and getting to build that community relationship with their classmates. This week we will look at what a scientist is and dive into the scientific method. DOJO: We have started DOJO and students are doing pretty with it. We have set a class goal for a total number of points they want to earn for the week. If they can hit their class goal each week they will have a reward each Friday for the last 15-20 minutes of the day. The class decided on a goal of 350 positive points for each week. We will see how that goes but I think they will be able to hit it. They are a great group of kids. Behavior Notebooks: Each day at the end of the day I give students about 5 minutes to write about their behavior in the day. This is not supposed to be a negative notebook at all. I want students to brag on themselves and own those positive choices that they make throughout the day. This is also a great way for you to see the highlights of their day. If a student were to get a negative DOJO they are going to be asked to write about it in their behavior notebook and take ownership of their poor choice. This teaches our students to not push the blame onto someone else. My hope is this will help them to see other solutions or options instead of the one they have made to get the negative point. If they bring home a negative DOJO they are asked to get your signature so that I know they are communicating that with you. I will also sign off on all negative points starting this week. Student behavior notebooks will need to be signed for all students once a week so they can participate in the Friday celebration. If students do not get their notebook signed they will not be able to participate in the celebration and will work on something else during that time. This is not a punishment but teaching them responsibility. It's going to be a great week!
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