- Attendance Goal for September: Be a Smartie, Don't Be Tardy
- no tardies for the month of September
- Student Council Class Representative Applications: Due Friday
Friday - September 1
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- Vocabulary Words: week 1
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 5
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- TinkerCAD: Complete at least 5 tutorials
- PE with Mr. Blondi
- Library with Mrs. Torres
- Silent Reading (must also read at home for 30minutes/15-20 pages/1 chapter)
- Morning Routine
Thursday - August 31
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- Vocabulary Words: week 1
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 4
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- PE with Mr. Blondi
- Math Chapter 1, Lesson 5: Renaming Numbers with Place Value
- IXL: KVR
- Silent Reading (must also read at home for 30minutes/15-20 pages/1 chapter)
- Social Studies: Week 1
- digital version is on Clever.com
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Study Week 1 Vocab
- Reflex Math: Green Light Monday
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Vocabulary Study Ideas:
- flashcards
- tell a story
- find synonyms of the word
- label something in your house for an example
- dilemma could be the choice of a cookie or a brownie
- describe your day at school using the vocab words
- pick a paragraph in your silent reading and try to replace some of the "boring" words with a vocab word.
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
Wednesday - August 30
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- Vocabulary Words: week 1
- how to find the definitions
- how to study
- Math Chapter 1, Lesson 4: Rounding
- IXL: E6V
- Silent Reading (must also read at home for 30minutes/15-20 pages/1 chapter)
- Introduction to TinkerCad: 3D Printing
- PE with Mr. Blondi
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Reflex Math: Green Light Monday
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
- IXL: E6V
Tuesday - August 29
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 3
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- Music with Mrs. Bird
- Math Chapter 1, Lesson 4: Rounding
- Math Book Page 19, #2-9
- Silent Reading (must also read at home for 30minutes/15-20 pages/1 chapter)
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Reflex Math: Green Light Monday
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Missing Work notices handed out today.
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
Monday - August 28
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 2
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- PE with Mr. Blondi
- Math Chapter 1, Lesson 3: Comparing Numbers
- IXL: 8ZQ (Minimum Smartscore 85%)
- Silent Reading (must also read at home for 30minutes/15-20 pages/1 chapter)
- Setup Zingy Learning Accounts (use Clever)
- class code: 3S12NYHS1
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Reflex Math: Green Light Monday
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
- IXL 8ZQ
Homework Notes/Directions
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- AR Goals will be assigned by the end of the week
- AR Goals are based on 20 minutes of daily reading (daily minutes will increase each trimester)
- The class reads 20-30 minutes in class most days
- Students must also read another 30 minutes at home each night
- Reading should be 30 minutes, 15-20 pages, or 1 chapter
- These are absolute minimums - every child has different abilities, please email Mr. Miller for clarification of what your student should be reading
- Reading should be 30 minutes, 15-20 pages, or 1 chapter
- AR Goal Progress is graded/updated weekly on Aeries Gradebook
- A score of 10 points means your student is on track to meet their goal
- A score of 0 means your student is behind on their AR goal progress
- The final trimester grade will be based on the Percent of Goal for the student. 100% to goal equals 10 points, 90% = 9 points and so on.
- Students and Parents can check their AR progress at home by visiting Renaissance: Home Connect - login using Clever.com
- Ren Home Connect: (username is 9 digit student ID - password is abc)
- AR Goals will be assigned by the end of the week
- Reflex Math: Green Light (access from home using Clever.com
- a Green Light is required 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) until 100% fluency is met in Reflex and Frax.
- After 100% fluency in Reflex and Frax, student will be required to get a Green Light only on Mondays.)
- Students are given time each day to work on Reflex Math - please verify your student has completed their Green Light.
- Reflex is a graded assignment. Weekly scores can be viewed on Aeries Gradebook
- a Green Light is required 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) until 100% fluency is met in Reflex and Frax.