It was wonderful meeting all the families that came out to Parent Teacher Conferences yesterday! As promised, I will be starting up the classroom blog again with information on what we are learning in class!
The first quarter has gone by really fast and we have already had a chance to cover word problems, multiplication, place value, and rounding. Although the lessons for these topics may be over, these are all things that we will continue to see throughout the school year - so keep practicing these skills!
With a brand new school year, there are always a few minor changes here and there. One thing that I will be implementing in my classroom this year is ClassDojo. This is a website and an app that allows classroom behavior to be tracked throughout. Students earn positive points for demonstrating any of the ten IB profile traits (caring, principled, communicator, thinker, knowledgeable, risk taker, balanced, open minded, inquirer, and reflective) and negative points for negative behavior (off task, shouting out, bullying, and disrespect). During parent teacher conferences, a parent code was given to each student to access that information. If you did not see me during parent teacher conferences or did not attend, that code will be sent home with your child today. Simply following the directions on the page to start seeing how your child is doing!
Also during conferences each family was given a pin number to be used to access the Parent Portal. Parent Portal allows parents to log in and view student's grades at any time! The link to access Parent Portal and sign up is HERE.
This week in math we will be starting a new unit on Number Sense. Topics in this unit include, multiples, least common multiple, factors, prime numbers, composite numbers, and numeric patterns. This unit will last ten days and end as we enter Thanksgiving break.
Special reminders for this week:
Monday - No School - Veteran's Day - Thank You to all those who have served and continue to serve our country!
Tuesday - No School - Parent Teacher Conferences & Report Card Pick-Up
Wednesday - Special Movie Presentation for all students who are in attendance!
Thursday - CPS Benchmark Assessment
This weeks homework:
Wednesday - No Homework (since this is the first day of the new lesson, there will not be homework!)
Thursday -Finish Centers Worksheet
Friday - No Homework
If you have any questions and concerns please feel free to contact me by e-mail at jlchan2@cps.edu or by leaving me a voice mail on my Google Voice at (872) 216-2840.
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