September 3, 2020

REMINDERS:  Tomorrow (Friday) dismissal is 11:45.  Please ensure you have supervision in place for your child.  

It was a fantastic day with everyone in class at the same time.  Even though guidelines and procedures are changing by the day, students are aware and doing their best to be on top of it all.

Today we did a math assessment which will give me a good idea of where to start with skills next week.  We have had a few discussions and talked about just how BIG the number TEN THOUSAND really is.

Most students have begun the good copy of their letter to me, sharing some of their likes and dislikes, favorite things, how they learn, character traits, and anything else they choose to write about to help me get to know them better.  We are almost all of the way through our Where-to-Start word tests, which will give us a starting point for reading levels.  Next week, students will be able to choose a book or two to keep in their bins, and we will try doing a switch every Monday.

Our emoji art and optical illusion bin tags are now finished, and they all turned out really well.

Pictures of our finished products will be on display here tomorrow.  Stay tuned!

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