The return of.... Mrs. Jessie

Hi kiddos and parents!!

Good news, my leg is sewn up with many stitches and I should be able to return to work next week! I have to go see him Sunday, and probably a few more times, but I should be okay to rejoin you Monday if all goes well! The doctor gave me an additional 3 weeks off, but I will just be taking it easy, using crutches and rolling around on my office chair to help ensure my stitches don't rip out. What an eventful start to the year. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this rough start, and also a huge thank you to Ms. Aisyah for doing an amazing job taking over for me!! 💖

I am looking forward to being back. The bad news is we have progress reports going home shortly, and after being away for a month, it has been a bit hard for me to assess students regularly. That means that the next couple weeks are going to be jammed packed with me doing some reading assessments, a science quiz (see below), and some more Ninja Math Minutes to help me get a more accurate read of you! We might have a couple gaps in the assessments, so I do appologize in advance for that. Bad timing!

So.. what can you do to make sure you are ready?

1. Practice those math facts! Especially your flashcards for your Ninja Minutes so you get new belts next week. Practice on Xtra Math so that I can add you to my Addition Masters! Some of you are so close to joining Christian, Yiang Yang, JaeNa, and Lukas! Keep going and persevere!
1. PARENTS: Please remember to sign up for the parent account that goes with your student's Prodigy account. It will allow you to track their progress and support them at home on concepts they may be struggling on. The regular use of Prodigy at home also allows me to track growth and progress and identify individual students who may need more support. 
2. Science Quiz - Review the videos. I am going to focus on light only to start off with, because I am not sure how much sound you covered. What are the properties of light? Can you explain them? How does light travel? How are we able to see different colours? What does transparent, opaque, translucent, refraction, and reflection mean? You will be writing this next Thursday! So you will have time to bring your science home to study as well. Review, review, review!
3. We are also going to be doing what I call a "Quick Write." Ms. Bonnie and Ms. Aisyah were nice enough to send me home your Daily 5 books so that I could see how your writing has been going. We are going to keep practicing these upcoming weeks. A couple things I will be looking for:
1. Does your sentence start with a capital letter and end with the appropriate punctuation?
2. Are your sentences complete and do they make sense?
3. Does your writing flow and fully explain your thinking?

We are going to be moving into some more paragraph writing as well as writing conventions this week. Some of us are still struggling with writing in complete sentences. Have a chat with your parents or your older siblings about using full sentences and the importance of punctuation.. because...

See you Monday!