Patience and Persistence

Patience and Persistence are perfect words to describe our second week of school. The students had to learn how too log into their school account to access safe websites and assessments. They were AMAZING! Many of them became very frustrated when login and passwords did not work the first time. They were persistence and patient with one another. They all were able to log in by the weeks end and completed a pre-assessment in mat h on TenMarks. This give me a baseline of information that already know in math. They were all very patient when I had to administer the Developmental Reading Assessment to every child one on one. I hope to be done with testing by Tuesday. We will all be thankful for testing to be over. Looking ahead to this week, we will have an assessment on how to be a good citizen. We will begin out unit on systems and how they work. From a bike to a human there are so many different kinds of systems around us. We will begin both small group reading and math. We started last week to get in the routine of our rotations but, this week we will dive into word study and reading. We are still settling into a routine. Following directions and remembering what notebook to use or getting our homework notebook into our backpack has been a challenge for some. Every morning they pass in their homework notebook. I check it and they put it directly back into their backpack. The students first assessment on their "Must Know Words" will go home on Monday. I thought this would be a breeze for them. They not only have to write the work but, use it in a sentence. To earn an AP the student must write a sentence with more than 7-8 words or more for all five sentences. Some forgot capital letters or end marks. We are working on Place Value in Math. Ask you child, "What is a base 10 block?" they should be able to tell you without hesitation. We are working on identifying the place value of and value of each digit in a three-digit numeral using pictorial and physical representation. I was diligent on awarding and taking away Dojo Points this week. We did not have all that much excitement assessing both math and reading. I hope to send you more pictures and updates this week. Wish me luck. I am enjoying using Dojo but, I'm still trying to work it in to our day without taking away from your child's learning process. My goal is to get iPads for the classroom which would allow your child to take a picture of their work and send it to you. That may be a high expectation but, I believe if you are going to dream, DREAM BIG! I am excited for week three and look forward to small group reading and math.