Weekly Update!

Parents,

We've had a great week back at school. To name a few things, your students got to know their classmates, set goals for themselves and their class, and listed their 100 writing territories! I'm still inputting your contact information into my e-mail, and once I have that finished you can expect a weekly e-mail update from me. I just wanted to update you on some things that will be happening in the near future.

·         Global Scholar: On Monday, we’ll be taking the Global Scholar assessment. If your students are from Lee County they should be familiar with this test. This assessment is administered on the computer. Monday’s test is basically a benchmark to see where your students are at the beginning of the year. Please encourage them to try their best on every question. We get most of our data regarding what to focus on from these assessments. Also, please tell your students that we will not meet in my classroom, 615, but we’ll be in the computer lab in building 5.

·         Unit One: We will begin our first unit of study on Tuesday. We’ll be focusing on the Big Question “What is the best way to find the truth?”

·         Book Bingo: We’ll begin our Independent Reading projects in the next few weeks, so be sure your students are reading at home on a consistent basis!

The 7^th and 8^th grade Football Jamboree is tonight! GO PANTHERS!