PFO, Progress Reports, and more

Join the Sunrise Elementary PFO! Visit the website: www.sunrisepfo.org.  We are so fortunate to have so many wonderful parents leading the PFO – they have really contributed a lot to our school, making it a fun, happy place to be.  Please show your support by joining!!

Progress reports and deficiency notices are being sent home tomorrow, Friday. As stated in an e-mail: “The first trimester Progress Report is always a difficult one for teachers.  We have only been in school for five weeks and two of those weeks were filled with teaching the class procedures, getting to know each other, and assessing students.  Giving you a real idea of where your student is at this point is a challenge.  I will be sending out another Progress Report before we track off that will be a little closer to reality considering the class will have had more opportunities to show me what they can do.”

I am sending home deficiency notices to students who scored low on a test. Tests are worth a higher percentage of their grade, and thus with only one test, their grades are skewed at this time.

This week:

ELA:  Spelling Unit 1, Week 4 r-controlled vowel sound-spellings; Grammar – Compound Sentences/run-on sentences

Genre: Realistic Fiction; Comprehension strategy and skill: reread and Problem/Solution, respectively. Vocabulary Strategy: idioms

Math:  Chapter 2 Divide Whole Numbers

The following weeks before we track off:

ELA:  Spelling more r-controlled vowels, diphthongs, and variant vowels sound-spellings; Grammar – sentence combining and complex sentences; then, more run-on sentences and fragments

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction; Comprehension strategy and skill: reread and Author’s Point of View, respectively. Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin prefixes

Math:  finishing Chapter 2 Divide Whole Numbers and beginning Chapter 3 Add and Subtract Decimals

Upcoming Dates:

Jamba Juice sales are on Thursdays!

August

08/21, Monday: Solar Eclipse (special safety glasses will be provided to view)

08/22, Tuesday: 8:30 am – 9:30 am Coffee talk with Mr. Hock (cafeteria)

08/29, Tuesday: Chapter 2 Math test

September

09/04, Monday: Labor Day ~ no school

09/08, Friday: Track off and Minimum Day:  Dismissal at 12:45 pm

09/08, Thursday:  1st PFO General Meeting (Portable R2)

Track Back On: October 2nd, Monday