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Food Drive for Hurricane Irma- we are still doing our food drive this week. This one is taking place in the car line to make it easier for you. You won’t even have to get out of the car. Progress Reports will be going out either Monday or Tuesday. Quiz on "A Place to Call Home" on Thursday 9/21/17.
Study by logging in to Collections via the Course Info Page. Imagine Families,
It has been a long week for us all. If you are struggling with water or electricity our staff has searched for some places that are offering support. Today, Wednesday, September 13th these areas will be offering a hot meal, water, and AC. -Champions Boxfit- Free Spaghetti from 12-2. 5917 Manatee Ave. W Bradenton -Church of Palms 941-924-1323 3224 Bee Ridge Rd. Sarasota *Please call for exact times. -St. Martha's Catholic School will be serving meals from 4-7 pm. Please take care and we will see you when school resumes on Monday 9/18. Ms. Hayes Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
The past couple weeks have been busy. We began diving into ELA head first.. In Reading class, we completed Unit 1; Lesson 1 and we are now working on Lesson 2 in our Florida iReady Workbooks.. These are both part of the Key Ideas and Details Unit. This is an intensive and effective curriculum that has a proven track record with other Imagine Schools and showed excellent results last year. I am excited to see our students benefit from utilizing it daily. The workbooks will remain in the classroom for in class work to ensure they are available daily for all the students to benefit from. In English Language Arts class we began reading our Collections curriculum. This is an interactive program including handouts, virtual close readings, and various ELA skill practices. We will be working with these texts throughout the year as a whole group and in cooperative learning groups within the classroom. Students may review and study the readings by logging on to the Collections website. The link to log in and grade level log in information can be found at the bottom of the COURSE INFO page on this website. Homework going forward will be free reading for 30 minutes every Monday through Thursday night. They may choose any reading material they like for the time being. Students must complete at least 3/4 of a page journal entry in their Reading Comprehension Notebooks for each 30 minute nightly reading session. Please include the date, material read, and page numbers. Have a fantastic Friday and relaxing weekend. Ms. Hayes These are the 3 Major Rules for our classroom this year. They may seem simple, but they cover everything. As long as student's follow these 3 simple rules, they will be very successful in the 2017/18 school year.
We went over these in detail on Friday. Hello Parents & Students,
Hope you enjoyed the first two days of school of the 2017/18 school year If you haven't joined remind 101 please do so. There is a link under the CONTACT page. It is an app - however you can use it as a text messaging system without downloading the app. Please remember, I require all my students to do 30 minutes of free reading of their choice Monday - Thursday night. They also need to complete a 1 page reading reflection in their Reading Comprehension journal after reading. This will serve as their class homework. The will begin this on Monday night. This website will be updated regularly and will be a tool for staying up to date on our classwork, quizzes, tests and homework. Please send back the of forms you should have received at open house. If you didn't receive the packet of forms please let me know and I will send one home with your student. Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns! Ms. Hayes Final Exam Review Guide for the Final on Monday May 21st.
Please Study... Florida Ready Units 3,4 & 6 study old tests and study guides archived on this blog. Students may also take home their workbooks to review. Just a quick update on Reading and ELA Class. We are continuing Unit 3 in our Collections Packets. Remember, this material can be reviewed and studied at home anytime by using the username and password sent home for Collections and going to https://my.hrw.com There are also usernames and passwords for use posted on this blog if you scroll back. Please, remember student's homework for Reading class is 30 minutes of free reading and a 1 page journal entry nightly. This should be done Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights and will be checked randomly without notice to ensure it is being kept up with. Please remember you can stay up to date with student grades by logging into Focus (Parent Portal). If you do not already have access, please contact the office for paperwork and log in information for you student. Please also make sure that your student still has the supplies they need for class (notebooks, paper, pencils, pens and anything else they might need). Ms. Hayes |
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