Waldman's Class Post (8/24-28, 2009):
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Co-op:
• Co—op days:
- Monday – read aloud --Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers’ Edition) by Greg Mortenson
- Tuesday – Portfolio work day
- Wednesday – CHOICE Weekly news and events (parents should be receiving ‘CHOICE Weekly’ emails – if not, contact Ron Lamb at ronaldlamb@yahoo.com); catch-up time
- Thursday – ‘Council’ in certain weeks
- Friday – fun day – free, or organized
• The ‘Goals Setting Process’ began on Tuesday -- students are in the process of designing 3 goals, 2 academic and 1 personal; each student is working in a team to provide positive support, feedback and analysis; the goals should be ‘student designed’ but family discussions are highly encouraged.
- Other important dates:
8/28 – Regatta! This is a “must see” for parents of 8th-graders but all are invited -- Meet CHOICE students and teachers to walk at 2p under the CHOICE Tree (east entrance) --- [NOTE: ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING at Baseline Reservoir – ALL PARKING MUST be at Platt].
8/28 – Integrated class lists posted
9/2 – Fall Trip forms go home – PLEASE COMPLETE IMMEDIATELY
9/3 – New Parent Info Night 6-730p -- highly recommended!!!
LA (Blk. 1/2):
• 8/24 M – Book logs distributed -- students are to keep an ongoing record of books completed (see link below)
• 8/25 T – HW: 10-20 attributes/qualities of Faithful Elephants (incl. proper heading)[:10-:30]
• 8/26 W – HW: Choose 5 ‘qualities’ from last night’s homework [01:-:05]
• 8/27 T – HW: finish ‘spidergraph’* for 1 ‘quality’ of Faithful Elepahnts [:10-:30][* - see attached documents How to Write a Paragraph]
~ ALL CHOICE Students are required to meet or exceed the CHOICE Reading Requirement - :30/day@5 days/wk. – students should read books at their ability level or challenge themselves and must read in multiple genres.
Underdog! (Blk. 3):
[social science – U.S. history & society]
• 8/31 M – It’s going to be a great semester!
HowtowriteaparagraphSampleparagraph.doc