Parents,
I was very happy to get to meet with most of you last week! It is always a joy to talk individually about each of the scholar's in my class with parents who care so deeply for them and their education. Your support is so important, and your hard work at home with each scholar truly does not go unnoticed. As second quarter advances, our schoolwork will advance even further as well. I believe you will be excited to see much more challenging work and assignments this quarter, and our scholars are diving right in! I am incredibly proud of the work they have already exhibited this quarter; I cannot wait to see their progress in another nine weeks. Some new things to watch out for: - Students will now have a summary they need to complete in their history journal that coincides with the notes and discussion from that day in class. The scholar's job is to summarize in 2-3 complete sentences (with capitalization and punctuation) that day's notes and discussion in History. This will be used as a study tool, as they learn to utilize their notes and review the information each day we learn something new. When you see "study" on their agenda, please be sure to review the notes with them and their summary after they have written it. If they are able to teach it to you, they will be able to better retain it themselves later on. - Students also began a Rocket Math program today in class. It's job is to simply help scholars practice their math facts. A parent letter will be going home about this tomorrow as well. - Our phonograms are not going away! Please continue to study them every night. Just pick ten cards and work to get them mastered. If you did just ten cards each night, by the end of the week you'd have 50 of the 70 mastered. Don't stop now! - I know that some of the homework can be a challenge, particularly in math. Please do not get discouraged if your scholar is not mastering the subtraction just yet. We have only spent two days on the material (however, after today I bet, for many of you, the homework was much easier tonight!). We have this entire week to continue practicing, so be an encouragement to your scholar during homework time and know that things will get easier each day. - Please remember that it is important to read with your scholar or have them read independently each night as well. Let this be a fun time to read a book for enjoyment or a book that interests them. We want to develop a love of reading, not force it. -This Thursday, October 29th, is picture retake day. If you are interested in retakes or if your scholar missed picture day, this is for you! Picture order forms will be going home tomorrow if you wish to order these. It is a privilege to come to school each day and get to teach your children. As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at [email protected].
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