Welcome back! I am excited to get going with all we
have to learn. I will plan on
updating this blog by Monday morning each week. (I really hope to have it done on Fridays, but know I might
have to give myself the weekend to do so.) Each week the spelling words will be listed and reminders
about other homework, like nightly reading, will be updated. Please check the blog on Mondays so you
can stay updated. I have never
done a blog and am still learning so be patient. Any feedback would be appreciated.
We will be having
library every Monday, computers on Wednesday, and spelling tests are on
Friday. Reading minutes for the
week are due on Friday by 11:00 p.m.
I have some great parent helpers who will keep track for me so email
them the information. How to do
this is in the box below.
I still need some
parent helpers. Please let me know
as soon as possible if you can help out.
I listed by class what I need.
If you don’t know what color class your child is in let me know and I’ll
get you all the information you need.
Volunteers Needed:
Red Class:
Head Room Parent
Jr. Achievement
Yellow Class:
Meet the Masters (every
other Wednesday from 2:05-3:05)-starts this week
Music (I would love to
have it done Thursday mornings)
Also, Mr. Chen and I both
have a few projects we would like done in the next few weeks. I can send mine home with your child
(it involves tracing). His could
be partially done at home and partially at school (you will probably want to
use the large paper cutter at school and then you could take things home to
do). If you are interested, let me
know. We really appreciate all
your help.
Let me know if you have
any questions. I am trying to get
all the necessary information to you, but I may have forgotten some
things. Please feel free to
contact me if I have forgotten things-I won’t be offended.
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Spelling
for September 10-14:
Black
Blame
Brain
Camp
Chain
Faint
Flash
Frame
Main
Pain
Paint
Place
Rain
Rash
Said
Space
Tail
Train
Want
What
Words are on spellingcity.com
under Unit 1
if you want to practice there.
Words will also be written in their planners.
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UTIPS
Homework:
I have put four tests (remember they are not
real tests) online for this week.
They are review concepts your child should know from 2nd
grade, that is why I did four instead of two. Please sit with your child and work with them on the
homework. Directions below in
case you lost your original note.
The
tests are 2-2 reading, 2-2 math, 2-3 reading, and 2-3 math.
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Keyboarding
Help:
The school has used a free internet program
called Dance Mat typing. It is
not my favorite, but it is a good start. I will continue to look for more free programs.
bbc.co.uk/schools/typing
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Reading
Days:
I am still trying to figure this out, because
it seems to be changed every year.
Your
child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day. Please keep doing this (I know many
of you are!) and I am getting help looking into ways to make this easy for
you and me. Look for more
updates on this in the next few days.
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***UTIPS HOMEWORK***
Dear Parents,
This year I am requiring my students to do their weekly
homework on the computer (UTIPS site).
This will help the students to prepare for the end of year testing which
will be taken on the computer.
Each week, your child will need to go on line and do a language arts and
math homework assignment. Parents,
I highly encourage that you
monitor how your child is doing with these assignments. This will give you a better
understanding of how your child is progressing in school and the skills that we
are working on in class. Please
help them understand the format of the questions and how to answer them. During the end of the year testing I
will not be able to help them understand the process of taking the test. I can only help them log on to the
testing site. I will receive an
email (from UTIPS) that their homework was finished and what their score
was. Each assignment should only take
about 10-15 minutes to complete. I constantly emphasis with my students how
work is not a race, but to take their time and double-check their work for
accuracy. The same holds true
for these assignments on line. The
scores that are sent to me will show me if the students are just guessing the
answers and how long it takes for them to finish the assignments. That way I will know if they are trying
their best on these assignments or rushing through them. You
may do the on line assignments as many times as you want so as to raise your
score. The website to log on
is:
After getting to the website:
1.
Click on the name of the test to be taken.
2.
Jordan School District and my name should
appear.
3.
Under class, select 2012-2013 class red or
yellow depending on what class your students is in.
4.
Click on your child’s name.
5.
Select Login and start.
6.
After the test is taken they must click on
submit (occasionally it will submit it automatically), or it will be as if the
test was never taken and I will not receive their scores. Remember,
each assignment can be taken as often as they would like. Students should try to improve their
score not try to go faster on the
assignment.
Each Friday, I will publish the two new assignments for
the week. Your child can go on
line and do these assignments anytime up until the next Thursday night at 11:00
p.m.
I will start posting these assignments on Friday,
September 7. Please have your child do them.
I truly believe that practice makes perfect.
If you have any questions or are not able to access
this site, please email me and I will try to help you out. Be patient with me if I don’t get back
to you immediately. I try to reply
to emails daily, but like the rest of the world, sometimes other things in my
life take precedence (and sometimes I need time to find the answer to your
questions).
Thanks,
Brandy Rollins
brandy.rollins@jordandistrict.org
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