August 16th Newsletter

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
I wanted to talk to you about the grading scale that I am going to start using on papers. I am trying to match my grades to our report cards. When you get your child’s paper home it will have a percentage grade and a letter. Here is what the letter means:
Advanced A-90% or higher (Student is exceeding grade level expectations)
Proficient P-80%-89% (Student is meeting grade level expectations)
Partially Proficient PP-60%-79% (Student is working toward grade level expectations)
Unsatisfactory U-below 60% (Student has a good start toward grade level expectations)
Here is what we are learning:
Reading: We are working on discussing the sequence of a story (beginning, middle, end) as well as the characters and setting in a story.
Writing: We are working on putting finger spaces between words and making sure the words are written on the line. We are also working on having capitals at the beginning of our sentences and using punctuation (. ? !) at the end. Students are using a BME (beginning, middle, end) plan.
Math: We are working on writing our numbers to 100, describing numbers as greater or less than, reading number words to 20, and writing number words to 10. Students are still practicing how to solve word problems by drawing a picture.
Social Studies: We are learning about Labor Day and how to read and use maps.
Science: We are starting our solids and liquids kit. Students will be learning about the properties of solids and liquids.
Homework starts this week. Each night your child will bring home their folder with their weekly tracker. Each day the tracker lists the homework for that day as well as what color your child was on for behavior. On Mondays homework that will go home is a book (please read 20 minutes a night each night and sign the reading log), a math page, a reading comprehension page (due back on Friday), and sight words. Please have students practice reading, writing, and using in sentences their sight words. Each day students bring back their homework they receive 5 Turman dollars. Students should be reading 20 minutes a night, doing a math page, re-reading the reading comprehension page, and practicing sight words.
Our classroom door is always open to parents. If you would like to
come in and observe or help out please call me and let me know.
I look forward to seeing all of you sometime in the classroom.
If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to
call me at 579-3681.
Si usted necesita ayuda en espanol para entender esta carta
por favor llame a este telefoono Arlene Sepulveda 579-3668.

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