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 :-)