Week of Oct. 17

Hello! Last week was a little crazy with the typed final draft of the fairytale and the project assignments both due! What was I thinking? Anyways, most of us survived it :) The projects look great and the revised fairytales are much improved. The fairytale, edited rough draft and the story map will be added to your child's MAPP binder.
Please check with your student to make sure they handed in all assignments that were due. If you still aren't sure, please e-mail me at: lberner@neusecharterschool.org and ask. I am missing many assignments. I understand it was a lot at once. Please double check.
Due was:
1. fairytale: story map, edited version and revised version (3 documents)
2. Book Report Project: Review of book, poem, some artistic representation of book (3 items)
Next Book Report is an auto/biography! The Bookmobile will be on campus this Tuesday and the Book fair continues also.
No spelling words this week, we will work on vocabulary in class.
Teacher Workday this Friday and the following Monday, no school for students!
Report cards go home next week. Awards ceremony next week.
If your student has missed a lot of school or just hasn't been doing their work, be sure they are caught up with assignments. As I tell children all the time: Some credit is better than no credit. I will generate a list of missed assignments and write who is missing what in their agendas this week. Homework cannot be made up, but I will allow partial credit for most other assignments.
The chip reward party is coming up. We will host a popcorn/movie day! If your child has been suspended, he or she cannot participate, regardless of how many chips they have. Students who have lost too many chips or have been suspended, will be given work to do and supervised in either my, Mr. King's or Mrs. Dohner's room. Congratulations to the overwhelming majority of 5th grade students for a terrific semester of good behavior!
This week: we will continue to work on phonics and vocabulary; finish up Secret Garden and continue Wee Free Men; begin looking at Edgar Allen Poe and Poetry and maybe do some acting....many surprises in store! Thanks for all your continued support!