Update and Homework for 8/11/11

Well, it has been an exciting first couple of days here for the new 2011-2012 school year! We have been getting to know each other, doing some assessments, and learning how the routine works.  This class is a really awesome group of students!  It looks like it will be a great year.

Yesterday we had some homework, though I did not get a chance to post it.  It was just to read for 15 minutes and to let parents know that the deadline for ordering books (Scholastic Book Clubs - I distributed a catalog) was next Friday, August 19.  (I will also be sending home a letter tomorrow with our class code, so that parents who wish to order online -- and earn the class a free book -- can do that.) 

Remember, parents, that you are to sign the homework sheet and your student is to bring the homework folder back to school the next day.  I check planners first thing in the morning.

Homework for tonight:

Reading:  Read for 15 minutes
Notes:  Do Homework Plan (Students received a sheet with some questions to answer to help them plan a homework routine.  It does require them to work with parents to set up the routine.  Each student should bring back the plan tomorrow, and I will copy them and return the original, so they can follow their plan.)

That's all!