We thank Professors Jade Diaz (Spelling) and Christopher Natividad (Dictation) for conducting our Friday testing for the fifth grade. They did a great job!
We have a week off, November 23 – December 1. Once again, this would be an excellent opportunity to catch up. It is early in the second reporting period, so nobody should be behind, but most of the fifth grade are. The fifth grade is, in general, way too careless about their work. They don’t learn the poems, and they don’t turn in the reports. They don’t learn the state capitals, and they do not progress in terms of manuscript or writing itself. We know there are three or so exceptions, but more than half of the fifth-graders are stuck in a rut, playing around and not accomplishing. At this point, a biography book report was due, and not done by many. Two poems are still outstanding for most of the kids. Ask your kids for the Friday letter, and you will be able to put your mind at rest as to who is doing what. The fourth grade is a little better, but not in all cases. Due to conferences, I have had a chance to talk to most of the sixth grade parents.
We will be carrying on with our program, but we will also be doing a video play for the Holiday show. Jacob and I were perhaps a little aggressive, and we are going to rethink the show over the break. But most of our copious spare time will be spent on the program.
Finally, have a great turkey day.[not clear]
WEEKLY CHALKBOARD
4,5,6: Book Report (Fiction), due December 16, 2019
Fourth and Fifth have their forms.
Sixth can make up their own.
4: Waiting by John Burroughs, due December 16, 2019
5: O Captain! by Walt Whitman, due December 16, 2019
6: from Psalm 137: 1-6, due December 16, 2019
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