Thanksgiving is the time of year when we reflect on the things we are most grateful to have. The students have been working hard on creating their own gratitude journals this month.  I would like to celebrate our gratitude for books by having a Thanksgiving book feast.  We will be feasting on books this Friday afternoon.  I am asking students to prepare an informal book report to share with their classmates.  The students will be sharing their favorite books with friends, so please have their books from home labeled.  Students may bring a small blanket, pillow, healthy snack to share and good books to read.

Thank you for helping your children with their homework this past week.  I was thrilled to see all the reading logs come in.  Please be sure to log onto IXL.  If your child’s first initial and last name don’t work, please try adding a 1 at the end.  If you are not able to log on after trying that, please let me know.  I still have several students who have not logged in. Last week, I held off assigning certain lessons in hopes to get everyone a chance to become comfortable logging on.  Please make the effort to do this asap.  The IXL homework page in up on the blog.  Please check to see which lessons are assigned this week to each grade level.  This will be updated weekly.  Also, double check that your child is practicing the correct grade level, please do not go below your grade level, unless it is assigned to you.  I have made some additional remarks on the IXL page, please take a moment to look those over.

November is a short month to complete home projects.  We have a half day this Friday and students will be released at 1:00 p.m.  Then, one week before Thanksgiving break.  So, please, encourage your child to complete their project before the break.