Templo Mayor

Happy holidays!

Week 16

This week will be our very last week of assessments. Since Valeria is giving bimestrals this week we will not have Spelling or Grammar homework, or even Raz-kids. We will be having our last Spelling assessment of the year on Thursday and our last Grammar assessment on Friday. We will also be doing a project on one of our Reading stories. Please do study the spelling words and the grammar concepts this week.

Dani

Super Stars!

Week 15 ~ Templo Mayor on Wednesday, no assessments this week, and no classes on Friday

Due to the short week coming up as well as our field trip to the Templo Mayor on Wednesday 11/28, there will be no Spelling nor Grammar assessments this Week 15.

I will be gone all day on Wednesday on the field trip. Remember to wear your sports uniform and bring a name badge.

Week 14: Short 4-day week: No assessments!

Because this week is a short one, we will not be doing neither Grammar or Spelling assessments this week. We will still have homework, just no assessments.

Thank you!

No Grammar assessment on Friday

There will be no Grammar assessment on Friday as we are going to do a Reading project instead.

More Halloween pics!

Halloween!

Super Stars

Week 11 ~ Halloween and Day of the Dead ~ Short Thursday

This week we will be celebrating both Halloween and Day of the Dead, so Thursday will be short and there are no classes on Friday.

Students will not have Raz-kids homework this week, nor Spelling or Grammar assessments, but there is still other homework on Monday and Tuesday, so check the Homework section.

No Grammar assessment for Week 10, and Spelling assessment is on Friday

Because we will be doing the Time Traveling projects this week (see the Homework section for Wednesday Oct. 24), there will be no Grammar assessment and instead of doing our Spelling assessment on Thursday we will do it on Friday instead.

Representing BRAZIL!

4C Super Star ~ Santiago

Super Stars

No Grammar Assessment for Week 8: Oct. 8 -12

Because the Spanish teachers are giving their bi-mester exams this coming week, the English homework will be less and there will be no Grammar Assessment, only a Spelling Assessment on Thursday.

Please note you are still responsible to finish Raz-kids this week.

Check the Homework section to be clear.

Thank you

Good times!

In serious thought...

All smiles!

Super Stars!

Just wanted to say...

http://www.oyepictures.com/pictures/thank-you/

I really enjoyed everything: the decorations, the surprise, the fabulous chocolate cake and cool candle, the beautiful card, the gift in the envelope... but most of all, the best part was seeing everybody there together to celebrate with me!

So, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

You made my day.

Sincerely,

Dani

Reminder: No Classes Next Friday, Sept. 28th

Just a reminder that there are no classes next Friday, Sept. 28th.

No Grammar Assessment, only Spelling

Because of the short week (Sept. 24th - 27th) we will only be having a Spelling Assessment, and not a Grammar one.

Important: Change in Raz-kids policies

The Raz-kids policies are changing:

Instead of doing 90 minutes per week, we will now have to read a minimum of 2 books per week with a score of 90% or better on the quiz on the first try in order to receive a 10 grade in the Reading homework. If you get less than a 90% on the quiz you will be graded accordingly.

Please remember: two books "per week" means that students have from Friday afternoon until next Thursday evening to finish the two books and complete the quiz. This is a total of 7 days to complete this assignment.

Should you have any questions about this new policy, please do not hesitate to email me: dmelgoza@peterson.edu.mx

Thank you

TICKETS

Today I passed out 5 tickets per student worth 2 points each. They are here to encourage an English-Only speaking environment in the classroom. Every Monday each student will get 5 tickets (total worth of 10 points to start off the week). If your child is speaking Spanish, he/she will begin to lose tickets. On Friday's I will check to see how many tickets each student has. If they have 10 or more, it is a "10" grade in Oral English for that week. Anything lower and the grade lowers as well. For ex., 3 tickets is equivalent to 6 points which is equivalent to a "6" in their Oral English grade. Every two weeks I will be having a Ticket Sale where students can buy "class passes" for privileges in the classroom. If they buy a "homework pass", they don't have to do the homework that day, but they are responsible to complete it later.

Tickets are allowed inside backpacks, but are not allowed to be stored at home. Your student must bring their tickets to school every day in order for the ticket system to work.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Dani

No Spelling Assessment or Grammar Assessment this Week...

Because of MAP testing and the short week, there will be no Spelling or Grammar Assessment this week. We are only reviewing all the Spelling words in class and doing Grammar worksheets for homework.

MAP Testing

This week we will start MAP testing. You cannot study for MAP tests, but you can make sure you come to school and are present so you can do your very best.

Good luck!

Follow this blog by email

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Use of dictionaries and on-line translators for homework

Please know that it is 100% OK for students to use Spanish/English dictionaries, or on-line translators for anything they do in the homework. They have their dictionaries here at school as well to use during classwork (except during assessments, of course).

The use of dictionaries is a totally acceptable and encouraged practice, so please by all means use them.

One terrific on-line English/Spanish dictionary is: wordreference.com

Be ready for Grammar assessment tomorrow..

You must know what a Subject and Predicate is.

Good luck!

Spelling Assessments now on Thursdays - Grammar assessments on Fridays

Due to scheduling, we will now do our Spelling assessments on Thursday's and the Grammar assessments on Fridays.

You should be studying your Spelling words everyday, but please be ready for the assessment on Thursday's now.

The Grammar assessment will be on Friday's and you should be familiar with the concepts we are learning that week. For example, this week we are doing Subjects and Predicates. You must know what they are and how to identify them in a sentence for the Grammar assessment.

Change in emails:

I have just been notified by the school that rather than having the kids open up email accounts on their own accord, the school will provide a .peterson.mx account for the students to use for educational purposes (such as the Wikispace).

So, please don't worry about opening up an account anymore for your child.

The school will provide one with a .peterson.mx address and it will be through Gmail. Christina Bravo (head of our technology dept.) is working on getting everyone up and running with this.

Thank you

Reading workbook p. 14

Don't worry about the bottom part where it says, "Write a Journal Entry".

Do not do this part.

Thanks

If you don't understand the homework..

If you're doing say, pages in Spelling, and you do not understand a couple exercises:

Do this first:
1.) READ the directions again, c a r e f u l l y. Try and figure it out.
2.) Get help from an adult.
3.) Call one of your class friends and ask them.
4.) Take an educated guess. You might be right!


If you don't understand a whole page or more and NOBODY else can help you, please write me an email at: dmelgoza@peterson.edu.mx with the following information:

1. Your name
2. What book/subject is it?
3. What page number(s)?
4. What is the name of the activity? (should be in bold on top of the page in the book you are working on or right above the work)
5. What exactly are you looking at on the page?
6. What is it exactly that you don't understand?

For ex., an email you write to me could look like this:

Hi Dani,

This is (insert your name here) and I'm working on my Spelling book p. 7. The activity says to proofread a postcard but I don't understand? What do I do with this paragraph?  Also on the same page the next activity says to proofread words. What is proofread? On #8 there are 3 words that say vocle, vocal, and vocel. What do I do?

Thanks!

I will try and respond as soon as I can. Remember: the MORE information you give me about what exactly you are seeing on the page, what the directions are, and what your question is, the better I can help you! And please: Don't email me for every little thing, only when you really feel super lost and you won't be able to do most of your homework, and, NOBODY else can help you before me. In other words: Only email me for Homework Emergencies!

Good luck and success to you :)

                      WELCOME TO 4C ENGLISH!

This blog will be a great source of information for you as a student in my classroom. A good practice will be to check this blog every time you sit down to do your homework, as I (can and will) update the blog periodically. Think of it as a way for me to relay messages to you while you’re not physically present in the classroom. If there is something you need to know – it will be right here on this blog: I will post up news, specific instructions and changes in homework, projects, pictures, helpful links and basically anything that can help YOU learn better.


This main page will be where I will post all the updates (or news you need to know). From here I may instruct you to check out the "Homework" link above, or the "Spelling Words", or the "Wikispace".


This is why it's very important to check the blog every time you sit down to do homework.

So, don't forget to check the blog!

Looking forward to a great year with you,

Dani :-)