January 31, 2014

Thank you to all who have emailed me. This will save time on communicating with everyone at NLMS. It has been really busy for me to ensure every student's needs are met in ELA as we now have a good variety of academic-skills most especially in the morning class.

I want to thank those who made sure their children made it early and on time for the test. The early arrivals had the opportunity to practice for their test, orally. Suffice to say, their scores showed how well they practiced their spelling words.

After the test, we went to Mr. Efren's class and each child was paired off with a younger one to read to while they (the little ones) ate their snacks. It was the cutest thing to observe. Most of the little ones were engrossed in the books that were read to them while eating their snack. That was a special treat for both classes. Finally, the class wrote in their journals about their experience. Those who are not done with their journals will continue on Monday.

I have noticed that the Book Report layout didn't copy so well. I think it was the copy machine, but I'll make new ones next week. Again, there is no due date on the report. The amount of words written on the report does not matter at all, however, the writing should be legible. Using the back of the paper is okay for those who have a hard time writing on the tiny lines.

As for homework, the children were assigned 1-3 pages of Reading, Daily, or Non-Fiction Comprehension. Please check your child's notebooks, and I do hope they remembered to pack the workbooks in their backpacks.

Thank you and happy weekend!!