I hope everyone had a good week.
I wanted to let everyone know that Progress Book will be down until early next week. They are updating the system. I have not entered any second quarter grades, so that everyone was able to clearly see quarter 1. I will have grades updated by next Friday and those will reflect the most current grade.
Enjoy your weekend and keep reading
~ Mrs. Marcotte
Friday, November 8, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
November Book Project and Book It Program
Dear Families,
Yesterday I passed out a packet that includes information on the November book project and information for our new Book It Program.
November Book Project
This is a fourth grade wide project. Each project includes TWO parts: a written part and a project. The project is due Friday, November 22, 2013. We will present the projects on Monday and Tuesday the following week. I have asked the kids to make sure they return their rubrics to help control paper waste. Please help them keep track of the packet. Students are not limited to the projects listed in the packet, these are suggestions. If you'd like to visit the project site from our previous project and use one of those ideas, please feel free.
During the next three weeks, I will still be requiring the 20 minutes of reading and the written response. The class agrees that this helps them to understand their books, so they also want to keep doing this.
Book It
Most of the Amelia Elementary teachers are going to be using the Pizza Hut Book It Program. I passed out information on Friday. I have asked the students to write the total number of minutes read in the Parent Comment section of the planner. Please initial the minutes so they can get credit. Three times a week we will record our minutes read on the computer. At the end of the month, we will brag about our reading by posting our total minutes on our class door. The kids seem very excited by this. Every student is encouraged to read a minimum of 400 minutes for the month of November. Students that meet this goal will get a free pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut. If all our students meet or exceed this goal, we will have read 8,000 minutes as a class. How awesome is that??
If you would like to learn more, please visit the Book It website.
Thank you for continued encouragement and support. The class is doing great and is very excited by the learning that is going on. Please contact me with any questions.
J Tammy Marcotte
Yesterday I passed out a packet that includes information on the November book project and information for our new Book It Program.
November Book Project
This is a fourth grade wide project. Each project includes TWO parts: a written part and a project. The project is due Friday, November 22, 2013. We will present the projects on Monday and Tuesday the following week. I have asked the kids to make sure they return their rubrics to help control paper waste. Please help them keep track of the packet. Students are not limited to the projects listed in the packet, these are suggestions. If you'd like to visit the project site from our previous project and use one of those ideas, please feel free.
During the next three weeks, I will still be requiring the 20 minutes of reading and the written response. The class agrees that this helps them to understand their books, so they also want to keep doing this.
Book It
Most of the Amelia Elementary teachers are going to be using the Pizza Hut Book It Program. I passed out information on Friday. I have asked the students to write the total number of minutes read in the Parent Comment section of the planner. Please initial the minutes so they can get credit. Three times a week we will record our minutes read on the computer. At the end of the month, we will brag about our reading by posting our total minutes on our class door. The kids seem very excited by this. Every student is encouraged to read a minimum of 400 minutes for the month of November. Students that meet this goal will get a free pan pizza coupon from Pizza Hut. If all our students meet or exceed this goal, we will have read 8,000 minutes as a class. How awesome is that??
If you would like to learn more, please visit the Book It website.
Thank you for continued encouragement and support. The class is doing great and is very excited by the learning that is going on. Please contact me with any questions.
J Tammy Marcotte
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