We had a fabulous week....again! This week we began continued working in our LA homework journals / writers notebooks, learned more about our brains and decision making skills and began taking the assessments that let us know where we are beginning the year academically.
Brainwise: This week we are going to learn about getting off the emotional elevator before acting and recognizing the difference between fact and opinion. Your students are really learning some great skills to help them in problem solving and decision making.
Language Arts: There were some questions regarding LA homework journals. On Tuesday when students bring their journal to school to be graded, I give out the weekly penmanship quote and an article or topic to respond to. If your student is able to complete this during class time it does count as one of their five journal entries. We have been writing in our notebooks in class each day and if students are able to complete a full page in class it will count as a journal entry. If they are unable to complete a full page then it is homework. As a reminder, the homework journal is a responsibility credit which means it must be complete to receive any credit (5 entries in reading log, 5 journal writing entries and penmanship written 5x)
8/30/2011 Penmanship Quote "Own It"
( because it is so short it is 10X this week)
Math: We have been reviewing division and multiplication. We are going to be working on estimation and number knowledge this week. I should know this week about pricing for ALEKS. I will let you know as soon as I obtain the information. (see last weeks post)
I hope your students are having as much fun as I am, this is a great group of kids and I know this year is going to be fabulous.
Here's to another great week!!
Mrs. Wilbert
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