January: New Year, New Learning

In celebration of the New Year, January’s home project will be personal interest based. This is a chance for your child to guide the topic of their choice. Our goal is to teach students to love to learn. The sky is the limit on this project. Projects are again ability based and require a visual aide. Level 3’s will still be required to type their final paper, this should be close to a completed type written page, remember this is good practice for their upcoming SAGE test. Level 2’s will continue with the required handwritten page. Our level 1’s have made great progress and I would like to encourage all level 1’s to work towards completing a final written piece based on ability. We are working hard on quality of work and I will be paying close attention to penmanship and structure. We have also been learning about the difference from copying information verses reading information and making it our own. Sometimes, students will come to class ready to present and simply have a page filled with words they are not able to read or understand. This is a process and should take several days to complete. Copying an article and printing a picture is not what we are looking for in a home project. Help your child understand what they are learning, so they are able to teach their peers. I am so excited to see the topics they choose. Like always, projects are due by the end of the month, but please bring them as soon as they are ready, avoiding the end of the month push. I feel the students gain better information from each other when they only have a few project presentations each day. Often times, when we have several at once, they become restless. If you have questions or concerns, please let me know.