Midterms!

Good day! Glad to be back in the swing of things! Midterms came home today. The only grade that is not up to date is the Writing journals as I am still grading some of them. As you know, I try to send home grade reports every Friday. So, this Friday will be totally up to date. Students have half of the quarter left to raise those grades. It is never too late to make a change! Science will have more grades to average in soon. We will be starting a new unit on animals next Monday, so lots of opportunities to bring up that grade. If your child's math grade has gone down, I would be willing to bet that it has to do with basic multiplication facts. We have now moved onto long division and will be entering into geometry and fractions soon. All of these skills will build on the basic facts. So, students have a choice. They can memorize them like I have been begging them to, or they can continue to struggle for the rest of the year. I will not be spending any more time on these basic facts in class. Please make this a home-school connection! Thanks.

Have a great night!