It was a pleasure to see and chat with many of you last Friday! Thank you for your helpful comments and suggestions. Your feedback is invaluable when it comes to improving the class environment and my lesson plans! I hope that you feel a greater ease to come to me with future feedback.
As suggested by a few parents on Friday, I have scaffolded the students' homework for Monday (their reading response journals.) Rather than writing 6-8 sentences in their language notebook, the students can instead choose to fill out a worksheet that asks about specific story elements (setting, characters, problem/solution, beginning/middle/end, etc.) These worksheets will be an option until all of the students are gradually able to disseminate the most important information in a story and write a summary about it.
The students will also be given an additional daily math worksheet to either help them review what they have learned in class, or to challenge them with different exercises.
Since a few students have had trouble remembering instructions for how to do their homework once they get home, I will review what they need to do twice in class, once at four o'clock, so that it is fresh in their minds!
I would like to welcome our new student, Katie! She is joining DISK after spending some time in America with her family. I am proud of the grade two students for welcoming Katie and helping her to feel comfortable in her class.
1. government
2. law
3. tax
4. patriotism
5. vote
6. pride
7. services
8. choice
As suggested by a few parents on Friday, I have scaffolded the students' homework for Monday (their reading response journals.) Rather than writing 6-8 sentences in their language notebook, the students can instead choose to fill out a worksheet that asks about specific story elements (setting, characters, problem/solution, beginning/middle/end, etc.) These worksheets will be an option until all of the students are gradually able to disseminate the most important information in a story and write a summary about it.
The students will also be given an additional daily math worksheet to either help them review what they have learned in class, or to challenge them with different exercises.
Since a few students have had trouble remembering instructions for how to do their homework once they get home, I will review what they need to do twice in class, once at four o'clock, so that it is fresh in their minds!
I would like to welcome our new student, Katie! She is joining DISK after spending some time in America with her family. I am proud of the grade two students for welcoming Katie and helping her to feel comfortable in her class.
Marianne and Wilsoni show Katie how to use the counters in math class.
Tonight's homework:
- Reading Response Journal (either the worksheet OR 6-8 sentences and a picture in your language notebook)
- Complete Math Worksheet 1.5-1.6 (two-sided worksheet)
1. government
2. law
3. tax
4. patriotism
5. vote
6. pride
7. services
8. choice
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