Week of October 15Dear Parents,
Can you believe quarter one is over? Report cards will be coming home this week! It's now time for QUARTER TWO! Topics this week: Reading: We will continue reading our book club books, which the students are really enjoying! Some groups are nearing the end of their books. They will begin taking mini personalized assessments based on their books. We are finishing up point of view and will have a quiz by the end of the week. We will also begin our drama, poetry, and prose unit. Writing: Last week, we reviewed the TEACH strategy. This strategy is used when answering a constructed response question (fancy for short answer!) This week we will be starting our unit on opinion writing. We will begin the unit by taking a close look at the rubric which we will use to grade our writing. Students will evaluate what they need to do in their writing to do their best in the beginning which will help as they are writing their essays. In grammar we will start working on progressive verb tenses and will move into linking and helping verbs. Reminders: Picture Retakes: Wednesday, October 17th October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join us as we honor those affected by the disease and support the progress being made in the fight against breast cancer. We are encouraging students to donate $1.00 and wear pink on Friday, October 19th. Thank you for your help and support towards the American Cancer Society and Team Dolvin Relay for Life! #WeRelaywhatsyourSuperpower Donate new socks to our SOCKTOBER challenge! On October 15th, students can begin to bring in pairs of new, unused socks to donate to the homeless shelter. Their teacher will collect them and fill in a class graph to keep track of their donations! We appreciate your help with this! Just think of all the warm feet walking around Atlanta this winter! Please send in your new socks by Oct. 31st. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me! Have a great week! Jenn Shaffer Dolvin Elementary School E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://mrsjennshaffer.weebly.com Twitter: @mrsjennshaffer Comments are closed.
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Mrs. ShafferMy name is Jennifer Shaffer. I have been teaching for 16 years now. I have taught a variety of different grades and levels. I graduated from the University of Alabama with my undergraduate degree. While there I did my student teaching abroad in Australia. After college I loved learning so much that I continued my studies at Piedmont College where I got my Master in Early Childhood Education and my Specialist in Teaching and Learning. I have taught at a variety of schools around Georgia and have had many experiences to observe in unique classrooms. In 2008 I went with the Japanese Consulate to Japan to study their educational system and culture through the International Educators to Japan (IEJ). Weekly E-mail/BlogArchives
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