Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

Please ask your fourth grader to show you his or her Assignment Notebook each evening. It is a good way to start the “What did you do in school today?” conversation – – as well as provide an opportunity for families to provide any assistance that fourth graders may need.

Remember that Reading Log pages can be downloaded from the class blog so students can type their reading log entries each week. A great way to practice keyboarding skills!

If a student is absent from school due to illness or other reason, you can call the Clinic by 9:00 and request that work is sent down to the office for pickup after 3:05. Otherwise, students will complete the work when they return. Both Mrs. Ade and I fill out an assignment notebook sheet with the missed assignments.

We both expect the work to be completed and handed in within 2-3 days after the student returns to school. We recommend that students keep this sheet, along with the attached work, in Take Home folders at all times.

According to school policy, when students go on vacation on scheduled school days, they will need to complete their school work when they return to school. Some work must be done in school, while other work that was missed will be sent home to complete. The work that is sent home should be completed and brought back to school within 2-3 days.

Due to the hands-on collaborative work that is done in class, it may not be possible to make up all activities and project that are missed.

Students will bring Assignment Notebooks home each day and are responsible for completing the homework that is assigned. We check homework notes together at 8:10 and 3:00 daily so everyone stays on track.

Generally I will not be signing Assignment Notebooks as fourth graders are expected to take personal responsibility for their own homework. Homework assignments are also available through the class web page link at  http://www.mskreul.com/

Information about Reading Log homework is included in this week’s Friday folder.

There is an information sheet and a yellow Reading Log sheet. I’ve also included a sheet with ideas of how to respond to books and a list of book genres.

Other homework assignments can be found in Assignment Notebooks and online on the class web page.

Homework reading logs should include a variety of grade level appropriate written responses. Students’ responses should demonstrate their comprehension of “just right” books. I am sending home a sample of the rubric that is used to assess these types of written responses in today’s Friday folder.

Please continue to check assignment notebooks daily to support homework assignments. In addition, check Friday folders each weekend to review the week’s corrected and graded schoolwork.

If an assignment is marked with Correct and Return, Incomplete, or a similar comment, students are expected to complete the work and bring the assignment back to school on the following Monday.

Please remember to call the Clinic as early as possible to report your child’s absence. Homework needs to be requested before 9:30. If homework is requested, please pick it up in the Office between 3:05 and 4:00.

Fourth grade homework includes reading for at least 20 minutes daily and completing a thoughtful reading log entry four days a week. Reading logs should include a variety of quality responses that demonstrate the reading strategies fourth graders are learning and practicing in class.

Students should also be studying spelling words for 5-10 minutes in order to learn the spelling pattern or rule, as well as the week’s word list.

Math homework reviews the day’s lesson and should take from 5-15 minutes depending on the assignment.

Students are alerted at least one week ahead for science or social studies tests, and should review for a short time each day leading up to the test date.

Fourth graders are responsible for completing all homework written in assignment notebooks throughout the day. Homework assignments notebooks are reviewed at 8:10 and 3:00 with the teacher and with partners.

Please ask to see the assignment notebook as you talk to your fourth grader about what he or she did in school that day and what short term or long term homework has been assigned.

Science Reports assigned on Jan. 6 are due on Monday, Feb. 9. To review directions, go to our class blog, and click on the link to Mrs. Ade’s blog in the column on the right.

Remember to go over Assignment Notebooks each day with your 4th grader.  Some students may need help planning their time to do homework after school or dinner, others may need a reminder of the homework assigned for that day, and others may need guidance planning work in order to finish by the due date.
Students may also find it helpful to write down important school dates and due dates on a personal or family calendar that can be viewed daily.

Please ask your fourth grader to show you his or her Assignment Notebook each evening. It is a good way to start the “What did you do in school today?” conversation, as well as provide an opportunity for families to provide any assistance that fourth graders may need.

Reminders…

• Please check assignment notebooks daily with your 4th grader
• Dress appropriately for the fall weather
• Healthy, easy to eat morning snacks help your brain work better!
• Please send book orders, permission slips, etc. in envelopes with your fourth grader’s name, 4K, and a description of what is in the envelope.

Thank you!

Students will bring Assignment Notebooks home each day and are responsible for completing the homework that is assigned. We check homework notes together at 8:10 and 3:00 daily so everyone stays on track.

Generally I will not be signing Assignment Notebooks as fourth graders are expected to take personal responsibility for their own homework. Homework assignments are also available through the class web page as a link called 4K Homework.

Information about Reading Log homework will be included in next week’s Friday folder. Other homework assignments can be found in Assignment Notebooks and online on the class web page.