Cluesletter

I am sending home the Cluesletter a little early this week because I will not be here on Friday. With grade level planning, fire safety, projects due, and me being out a day, we have not covered all the material I wanted to this week so I am going to postpone the reading and vocabulary test to Monday. The spelling test and the math speed test still be tomorrow.

Every time I assign a project, I feel like it is so much work for the students and the parents to do. So I put off doing them, or we do small ones in class, but whenever projects are turned it, I am reminded how valuable they are to the educational process. I was amazed at the Native American projects that you and your children turned in this week. Reading about, and seeing video clips about the Native Americans can only keep a child’s interest so long. The students will NEVER forget the Native Americans they studied, the artifact they made, or why it was useful these people. Also, there is another effect that I love about projects. Some of the students who are not the “best” have excelled at this project and others in class. I like to find success in every student, and projects like this really boost those students’ self esteem because they have produced really good work.

Thanks for all your hard work and support.

Dates to remember—
October 16—Report Cards
October 20—Honors Day
October 21-23—Fall Break
October 28—Picture Retakes
October 30—Class Party
November 6—Fall Festival

Please see the note sent home today about the Fall Festival. We need volunteers for serving food during the activities. I thought this would be much easier and a lot more social than manning a game. I hope you agree.

Looking ahead: Math— Multiplying by One Digit Numbers
Reading— Getting the Job Done—Lesson 10—Emerald’s Eggs
Spelling—Review
Writing—Informational and Persuasive
Language—Review
Science— Chapter 3—Weather—Lesson 2
Social Studies— Chapter 4—European Settlements