Friday, December 20, 2013

End of 1st semester 5th grade 2013-2014

Well we have reached the end of the 1st semester of our 2013-2014 grade 5 year.

We have worked hard in both reading and math. We have seen improvement in math that is fantastic. Keep up the great work!

In reading we haven't seen the growth that we should have so far this year. Could it be the new curriculum or could it be something else? It is hard to say but if we are doing as much reading as we can outside of school we should have seen more improvement. 

There is only one real way to get better at reading, and that is to READ!

Read often, read as much as you can, read for fun, read for information, read to learn.

So for the rest of the year we encourage you to read every single day for as long as you can. 


Have a fabulous break, read lots, and enjoy knowing that you are special and have every opportunity for greatness. Make the choice to be something great.


Thank you,

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not. . . you'll find an excuse."

Monday, November 25, 2013

What we learned today. . .

Today we started to learned howto raise our classroom expectations higher. We did this by learning how to use our brains in class better-to activate our brains and to interact with others in a controlled learning filled environment.

1st we learned and practiced CLASS! YES!

CLASS! YES!

2nd we learned and practiced TEACH! OKAY!

TEACH! OKAY!
 
3rd we learned and practiced 5 CLASSROOM RULES!

5 CLASSROOMS RULES!

Finally we reviewed the things we learned today so that we can have our brains engaged and learn, learn, learn!

REVIEW 

 We will continue to learn how to engage our brains, so stay tuned.

Thank you,

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not. . . you'll find an excuse."