Newsletter January 9, 2017

With the new year, it's a good time to sort through school supplies, replenish those that need it (especially pencils and tattered folders) and get a 'fresh' start.  Please also check IC with your child to continue to monitor progress.  There are 2 weeks left in the quarter, which ends January 21st.

February and March are typically months where we see students get behind on work as our expectations rise.  We are also gradually releasing our support in order to help them develop better self advocacy, time management, and self- monitoring.    We will continue to create opportunities for students to advocate for themselves.

Upcoming Deadlines and Projects:

January 11th - 5 Themes quiz (Stoller)

January 14th - Comparing and Scaling Test (Gratzl)

January 18th - Challenge Text Writing Summative (Westrich English)

January 22nd - No school - teacher professional day

January 29th - End of Quarter care trip to Ten Pin Alley

Geography (Stoller): 

Students spent the week exploring India!  Ask your child what (s)he learned from a classmate who recently traveled there!  You can also ask about famous places of interest and foods of India.  A short 5 Themes of Geography will be Monday.  From there, we will enter our 'Religions of the World' unit.  Your child will be learning about one of 5 major world religions and presenting what (s)he learns to the class.  Presentations won't begin until the week of Jan 11.  Please feel free to monitor progress!

Westrich:

English:Challenge Text Writing due Jan. 18th

English (Ripp):

• ​Ask your child about their January goals in literacy 
• Ask them which picture book should win the Caldecott
• Ask them how they plan to stay engaged and motivated in the next few months
• have them show their nf picture book

Integrated Literacy (Bures)

Students are working on reading and creating infographics.

Math (Gratzl)

Deadline:Comparing and Scaling Test is next Thursday, January 14th

Questions to ask your child:
What is a unit rate?  Can you give me an example?
What is the constant of proportionality in this equation:  13 * n = P
How did you do on your Comparing and Scaling Quiz?  Are you going to do corrections?