After a week of meetings, planning, organizing and more meetings, we are just about ready for the start of the school year. Many of our classroom routines will look the same as last year.
Yes! We will have a weekly reading log, but now the students also have to record their minutes from the weekend!
Yes! We will still have assignment organizers, but now the students will have a planner, or booklet, where all their organizers are stored.
Yes! We will still send home a Fox Report, but now it is only a half-sheet that will be attached to the weekly writing homework. (YES!! Of course, we still have weekly writing homework!)
Yes! Spelling lists will still be made every week, but we will have more practice time built into our reading block.
And, Yes! We will have nightly math homework, Monday through Thursday, due every morning.
But other routines will be changing. Our homeroom students will now stay with us for the majority of the day. Very little switching will be done in reading, math or ELD. The fifth graders from Mrs. Dow's room will join us during content (science and social studies) and math. In addition, we will have longer specials (10 extra minutes!) and our desks are taller (a special thank you to Bryson, our nighttime custodian, for extending the legs of 35 desks and replacing the smaller chairs).
If you are finishing your back-to-school shopping this weekend, here is a list of the essential items needed in Mrs. Harrington/Kinsman's classroom:
- 5 Plain Pocket Folders in different colors (if you have strong hunting skills, Kmart had these for $0.15 a folder)
- As many sharpened pencils as you are willing to send.
- 3-5 spiral notebooks (Fred Meyer had these for less than $0.50 last week)
- As many boxes of tissues as you are willing to send (they have these at the Dollar Store)
- Colored Pencils
- Glue Stick
We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the last days of summer and we'll see you on Tuesday!
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