Week of September 3Dear Parents, I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable long weekend! Now that Google Classroom is up and running we are learning what will help best communicate expectations to students and parents. Last year parents were not connected, but I think that is one of the coolest features, so we decided to connect parents this year. I love how awesome both students and parents have been about checking Google Classroom. I know we had some instances where parents were worried about missing assignments. I have now gone in and written classwork or homework next to assignments. If an assignment is classwork, it would be ideal for your child to complete the assignment in school. Reading: We will continue talking about making connections, drawing inferences, determining main idea, asking questions, visualizing, and summarizing the texts we are reading in class. This week we will work on determining the theme(s) of the books students are reading in class. Students will be working on reading their Book Club books and practicing the skills we are learning in class while reading their personal book. Language Arts: Students have been working on writing their first personal narrative about a small moment in their lives. Videos and other resources we have used in class are posted to our class website. I hope your kiddo enjoyed the bonus homework and got some time to play. If not, no worries, it was just for fun! In grammar students will continue to work on interjecting dialogue using quotations marks and commas into their personal narratives. Students have also been reviewing how to write complete sentences, compound sentences (using a conjunction), fragments and run-on sentences. They will work editing and revising their personal narratives this week and identifying these types of sentences will help to write an amazing essay! Upcoming Assessment Reading: Quiz on Summarizing/Main Idea, making connections and inferences coming soon. Writing/Grammar: Quiz on commas, quotation marks, correcting sentences and writing an introduction coming soon! Reminders: 1. Here is the link for registering to be a volunteer. You must be registered in order to come in to the classroom and help with students in any way. This includes classroom parties. Once complete, the registration is good for two years. http://www.fultonschools.org/en/community/Pages/VolunteerRegistration.aspx 2. Register On MySchoolAnywhere: It only takes 2 minutes! Please go to: https://www.myschoolanywhere.com/join.a5w Enter Code: Dolvin 3. Donate to the PTA Annual Fund Drive 1. On MySchoolAnywhere -: The Dolvin Online School Store is only available to those who have registered. https://www.myschoolanywhere.com/cart-new.a5w?cart=DolvinElementarySchool88944
Have an amazing week! Jenn Shaffer 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
May 2019
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