September News

Classes are moving right along and we are continuing our study of The Pigman.  I am also reading a book called "Flipped" to the class each day.  These two novels will count toward the 25 books students must read this year. 

Students are working hard on learning the vocabulary words for Pigman and we are discussing what is happening in the novel on a daily basis.  Today we took our first comprehension quiz over chapters 1-6 in the novel.  As always, complete sentences were required in order to get full credit for an answer.  We hold our students to high standards in reading class and feel it is important for them to be able to express themselves in a coherent and complete manner.  This week's vocabulary quiz was yesterday, and the scores overall were much better this time.....students are getting used to what is expected of them and some are taking studying more seriously!  We are pleased to see an improvement!  Students were given time on Wednesday to make vocabulary flash cards to study at home for Thursday's vocabulary quiz.  Check out iParent to see the scores! 

I reminded students this week that they should all be reading books on their own to make their goal of at least 6 books this grading period.  Next week marks the half way mark and they need to read at least 4 books on their own!  They should have close to 2 under their belt by now.  Remember, 150 pages counts as a book, so one 300 page book would meet that requirement!

Enjoy your weekend and happy reading!!