Here's a quick look ahead at some reminders and upcoming events:
1. Conferences!!! I'm very much looking forward to them over the next two days. Please come with any and all questions, and please don't forget that your child is invited as well! And please don't forget we have a 5-hour day on Thursday and Friday.
2. Indoor Mini-Golf Night! I just sent a note home today about a very cool opportunity for our class. Please find the note and give it some serious consideration. I really try hard to build a family environment within the classroom, and now's your chance to help out and be part of that as well!
3. As for our X timed tests, they are going well overall. Our class average started at about 55 and now our average is around 105!!! However, the last few weeks I know a lot of the students have leveled off and many have admitted it's because they haven't been doing as much with it at home. Please stay help them stay focused on these "easy" facts for the next 2 weeks. We will slowly transition into all the facts between Thanksgiving and Christmas break, so let's really lock down these first facts in the next 2 weeks.
4. Over the next few days, I will (hopefully) put a link to the right on my blog that will take you to book reviews written by this year's class. They have all published a review on a specific website, and I will post their link to it soon. It's a very time-consuming task, but it is a very fun tool as the students can read each other reviews and help find better books to read themselves.
