Homework Thursday, Feb 27

On Thursday, the children received 10 new spelling words which they copied straight into their homework book (if it was available :( )

In class, children were tested on the words, then corrected any errors. They were then required to;
   *   Pick three words they know and then define them.
   *   Pick three they don't, and find a dictionary definition.
   *   Make three sentences (varying sentence types) using their list words.

Sorry this note is out of order...

Blog invites

As stated earlier, the original blog invites went out on the 10th of Feb, but no one managed to reply. I have resent the invites today (March 1st), but I fear that they will go straight to your spam folder again. Please check your spam and junk folders if you would like to post your own comments and questions on Blogger.

Homework, Tuesday Feb 25

In class today the children were working on timelines for Society & Environment. Their task is to complete a timeline for the 24 hour period that began at midnight yesterday, so their main goal is to record tonight's events comprehensively ( NO Phoenix - not THAT comprehensively!) on their timeline for sharing in class tomorrow.

Also, please remember that anytime you write or even say something, you should consider who might end up reading it...Phoenix.

MathsMania

I started some free private tutoring with selected children from the class today, and I have to say that I was very impressed with the girls' efforts this afternoon. Children can be quite different when taught in a small group environment as opposed to a whole class, and I was very pleased with the results!

Tomorrow will be the second Mathsmania group's turn, and I hope that they can match the girls' work in focus and concentration. Let's wait and see, shall we? 

I selected certain children for MathsMania based on their current progress and their ability to focus on school work after the school day was done. Although sessions are full up at the moment, this may change in the future. If you believe your child would benefit from some after school maths tutoring on a Tuesday or Wednesday, please let me know.

Homework Monday, Feb 24

There was no official homework sent home today, but please can we keep up the emphasis on the importance of Home Reading. All students now have a Reading Log in their Homework Book for them to record their (hopefully) daily reading.
In class I can teach them about commas and apostrophes, nouns and adverbs and direct speech and complex sentences until the cows come home, but they'll get this new learning reinforced and embedded if they READ! If you want to see some faster improvement in your child's spelling, punctuation and grammar, encourage them to read, read, READ!

Also, each child has a times tables grid in their Homework Book. Children recite their tables to a parent who times them and signs the grid. This activity can be done daily, and children don't need to have it asked specifically of them.

And finally, for this week's Leader's Assembly, I have asked about 10 volunteers to write, edit and read a one paragraph report on Room 10. Volunteers will read their thoughts to the class after receiving their leadership badges. I hope they're all complimentary...

THINK!

This morning at our Monday assembly, Mrs Lund told us to THINK before we said anything. While for some people this may be a new experience, what Mrs Lund meant was that, before we said anything to another person, we should check that its; 

True   Helpful   Inspiring   Necessary   Kind

And then about 10 minutes after the assembly I had to put myself between two students who were going to start a serious physical altercation because one of them had chosen to say things to the other that he didn't like. While he may have believed they were true, they certainly weren't helpful, inspiring, necessary or kind - particularly as I had already told him to stop several times since I could see where the conversation was going to end up! 

All we need to do is THINK people...

Thought of the week - Jayden says...

It was a good start for the week meeting a new AWESOME teacher and meeting new class mates.Its nice having MR D he's funny  and he doesn't make us do lots of work and write it all down because if you write it all down you don't learn much instead he tells us it and it stays in our head if your listening