ZavTop News
January 5, 2018
ZavTop Classroom Items "Wish List"
- Page protectors
- PENCILS
- ERASER CAPS
- Disinfectant wipes
- Highlighters
Please check in with your child and replenish their 5-subject notebook, Writers Notebook (the small journal one) & any other things that they may need!
Coming Up
- School Wide Food Drive Starts Monday!
- WINTER Running Record Assessments (Jan 15-16)
- End of 2nd Qtr. January 18
- NO SCHOOL January 19
- Purchase recorder for music (Link to ecommerce page here)
Here's What We're Working On....
Writing: This week we started talking about the structure of an essay and how we can become better "essayists." We also used our pre-prompt piece to set a writing goal as we dig in to this unit. Ask your student their opinion on things at home and have them practice giving "bullets" (reasons) to support their opinion. By talking about this at home, you'll really help your writer in the classroom!
Science: Next week...Static Electricity!
Spelling: New Sort Next Week! Please check in each week and have your child show you his/her spelling assessment score. Again, they should be practicing their words at home every night!
Reading: We are going to be checking in on good fit books. We are reminding the students that if they're reading a novel at home, that should also be coming to school each day to read. Having multiple books at this age is hard to track and build comprehension skills at plots can be confused and the reading isn't consistent. --