The kids have worked hard all morning on their states project. We will have a little more work time tomorrow, but the kids are to have their speeches and their physical states ready for Friday. I'm hoping this will be a lesson in time management, so please please don't bail them out on this. They are to be working on this at school; they have been given plenty of time. After tomorrow, they should be ready to give their speech on Friday morning. Some of them didn't do a whole lot of work today and didn't check over the checklist of things to be working on. I told them that it's too late for today's Social Studies grade, but not to get upset over it. I told them to get back into the swing tomorrow and keep their heads in the game--not to give up.
Also, about three times a week, your child should be bringing home a DOL to look over a little more closely. I always tell them that they should have their WriteSource 2000 book and a dictionary out while they are doing these. Some of the kids even have out their proofreading mark sheets while they're doing DOLs, which is extremely sensible. These were given to them to stay in their stop folders for the entire year. If they have lost them, there are proofreading marks on the inside back cover of their WS2K books.
Okay, they've been doing their silent reading while I've been typing this up. It's just about time for me to get their attention again. Remember the spelling test and the Caesar's English test on Friday!
EDIT: A couple more add-ons: Social Studies page 17 # 2-5 is due tomorrow, and Math Study Link 2.1 is due for my Math class.
Anything I've missed should be in their assignment notebooks. If it's not, please let me know! I need to know if they're not writing things down in those notebooks, and I can only afford the time to spot-check them. Also, if your child hasn't brought any papers home in the last two nights, it's because they a.) haven't been taking things out of their mailboxes, or b.) have been throwing their papers away. Check often!
2 comments:
Is it okay for Jonah to have Trent and Nick over after school to practice their state speech? Or are you wanting them to not practice at all outside of class? Just want to make sure we're following your lead! :)
Oh, yes, that's okay. I was talking more about them getting their states done and the research and all that.
The speeches, that would be great if they got together outside class!
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