January 2, 2014
Hello Parents!
Welcome back! It was great to see all the kids today. We came up with our
New Year's resolutions.
Each child will be posting his or hers on our Horizon display in the
hall. Ask your child what his or her resolution is. We also visited the
library -- they had an extra slot and we took advantage of it since we
missed Library on Tuesday. If your child still has a
library book at home from before the vacation, please help him or her remember to bring it in tomorrow.
Next week we will be launching a
writing unit on Persuasive Writing. We will also begin our
second six-week "WIN" unit of the school year ("
What
I Need")
For the 2:00-2:30 block Monday through Thursday, we organize all of our
(Horizon) students into a half-dozen study groups. Each group "attends"
a particular mini-course with a Horizon teacher. We pair students with
an academic focus because of an expressed interest or a talent or a
need for strengthening in that area. We do these intensive studies in a
variety of subjects from reading fluency or reading comprehension or
handwriting to math-facts fluency or math problem-solving to research
or science. The first round was a big success, and the kids were
enthusiastic.
That's all for now. Happy (almost) Friday (already).
Mr. Bolger
