Important Dates:
Picture day K-2nd Grades, Tuesday, Sept, 11th
3rd-5th Grades, Wednesday, Sept 12th
6th-8th Grades, Thursday, Sept 13
9th-12th Grades, Friday, Sept 14th
You can turn in your picture money anytime before Wednesday.
Important Papers to turn in:
Field Trip Permission Slip (purple half-sheet)
Power Announcement (white paper)
Acceptable Use of Technology Resources
Look for an assignment sheet folder to come home every night. It has a "to-do" side and a "done" side. The assignment sheet is in the middle and the students fill it out each day. They will earn a "Class Dojo" point if a parent signs it nightly.
Class DoJo:
This is a website set up to help teachers monitor student behavior. I'm using it as an incentive program to reward possitive behavior. Things that I'm looking for are homework done, assignment sheet signed, good hall walking, quiet silent reading, good behavior, etc. Behaviors that can lose points are disruptive, out of seat, chair tipping, owing time at recess, etc. There is a way I can email your child's results. I'm working on collecting parent e-mail addresses. If you were at the open house and didn't receive a test email from me, please email me at lfredin@mcbain.org I must have typed your address in wrong.
Spelling:
Each week for spelling
Monday:Abc order 5 x's each due Tuesday
Tuesday: Unit wkst (3 pages) due Friday
Wednesday: Word Search or Writing due Friday
Thursday:Pre-test if passed with a 94% or higher they pass out of Friday's
test
Friday:Final test and correct wkst
If your child can score 100% on their test 5 weeks in a row they will move up to a 5th grade list. If they struggle on that list they will move down to the grade level list.
MEAP Prep:
We are using are grammar time to prepare for the MEAP test. You will see MEAP prep packets, one is called Short Task the other is called Multiple Choice packet. These are overviews of all the GLCE's the students learned last year. Then we will dive into individual GLCE's and try to get the students to understand these standards. We will get to the grammar after the MEAP test. (About 6 weeks into the new school year.)
Late Start:
Late Start has change this year. It is the third Monday of the month. School starts at 10:00 a.m. on those days.
Ways to reach me:
Class Blog- go to mcbain.org. McBain Public School's homepage. click:
Elementary Teacher's Pages
Lars Fredin
From the class blog I have links to my website. My homepage, assignments, spelling lists.
Email me at lfredin@mcbain.org
Call 825-8330 ext 1518 to leave a message
Call the Elementary office 825-2021
Thanks,
Mr.Fredin
