Friday, Friday
Yesterday was a half day and I spent the day working on some projects elsewhere in the building so I had a substitute in the classroom. I am happy to say that overall things went well. In case you’re curious about what teachers do on half days I met with Mr. Holm and Mrs. Peters (the other 6th grade core teachers) and we mapped out what comprehension strategies we are going to teach and when, as well as discussed how the paragraph and essay writing was going and brainstormed what we could do to promote reading throughout the school.
In other news we will be finishing Raymond’s Run today by engaging in a discussion, or Socratic Seminar, and will move on to the next story on Monday. Of course we don’t have school on Tuesday since it is the 11th day of the 11th month so next week might prove interesting with the interruption midweek.
Finally, AR points are due on Friday, November 14th. Core 1 has 20 due and the other classes have 10 due. Please encourage your student to read a book they are actually interested in and they want to read. Too often over the years I see a student pick a book based on the number of AR points it’s worth, they aren’t enjoying the book or not understanding it and they put it back after 2-3 days. Then they never finish a book and their grade suffers. The point of AR is to give credit to students who are reading 20-30 minutes every day as research says that is the minimum. Reading is like a sport, how do you get better without practicing?
