spring break

We are finishing up to get ready for a nice spring break. The only thing which the students need to work on over the break is their state notebook pages which are due on April 4 and the scenery pages (5,27,29,57,59,61) due on April 18. Many of the students may want to do some extra practice in Math, especially the Yellowhammers with Math, (use the rest of the supplemental packet they have been given) and the Hummingbirds may use pages at the end of the book to practice subtraction with borrowing and multiplication of fractions. If they turn this in after Spring Break I will give extra points to be added to the final report card grade in Math. We also have tests in Language, Health, Bible, and Spelling the week that they come back. The week after that is SAT week and there will be NO tests that week. I have only sent home a weekly assignment sheet this week and no packet. A paper copy of the report cards will be sent home after Spring break and I think that the report cards will be emailed as soon as Ms. Donna can get the grades in the system.
Thanks so much for all your help and support. Have a great vacation.

This time change is killin me!!!

Ok, now that you have my introduction, do you agree? It is too cold to be getting up in the dark and trying to get ready for school and I know that it is really hard when you have to get children ready also. So, let's hang in there because Spring Break is coming up really soon. We are presently addressing letters for the walk-a-thon in class while I type this blog. Some of the students are having trouble reading your handwriting, Mom and Dad. lol....Kudos to those who typed their list. Those who did not bring addresses are helping those who did. They will get a quiz grade of 100 for helping and the ones who brought addresses are getting a 100 test grade in Language. We thank you for sending the addresses to help support our school. We will have a fun day next week when we go to the park. Remember that it is only a half day of school, we dismiss at 12 and there is NO aftercare. We are OUT on Friday and then the next week for Spring break. I hope that you enjoy your time off. I will be working on accreditation stuff to get ready for our school visit in 2009-2010 school year and hopefully enjoying some time with my grandbaby as well. Have a great weekend and get some REST!!!

homework!!!!

We are having a real problem with students not doing homework or doing it carelessly especially in Math. Only 3 students turned in this weekend's spelling homework: Taylor, Jordan, and Anna. All others have received a zero out of a possible 15 points for this week's dictation grade. I will not accept late homework anymore. I will only accept late News Current because it is very simple to grade, but I will take off points if it is late without a homework pass. I will accept other homework late only if a student has been absent. I know the students are writing their homework down because I see them writing it down but it is not being done. Spring fever has set in way too early this year and it is affecting grades. Math homework is given for practice so that students can be sure they know how to do the problems on their own. When we do them in class together they do not get a true chance to see if they can work them on their own as they would during a test or quiz. So homework is extra practice on their own or for parents to give them individual instruction if needed. Please speak to your children and begin to check homework pads to see if they are completing their assigned work. It is not always on the sheet that goes home but they always have a chance to write it down for themselves at the end of each school day.