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Mrs. Ward’s May/June Newsletter
May 6, 2019
Dear Parents,
It is had to believe the school year has flown by and the end is coming up quickly. I will retire at the end of this school year. I have been fortunate to have had twenty-six wonderful, fulfilling years here at Big Hollow. I have been blessed to have had the support of administration and the Big Hollow families. I have made many lifelong friendships along the way and as always, I thank you.
In Schoolwide, we have concluded the nonfiction reading unit with a posttest and are now beginning writing workshop with the Feature Article unit. A feature article is an informative piece that explores multiple angles on current topics or issues. Your child will research a topic of interest to him or her and put his/her personal awareness into the article. This unit will help your children identify and analyze the strategies used by feature article writers and apply them in their own writing. Our curriculum is based on the Common Core State Standards.
We have concluded with Daily Language Review (DOL) and will apply these skills in our everyday writing. We will begin our day with In the News. We will continue with your children reading a current article they choose and reporting it to the class. Your child should be aware of the date they signed up for to report on his/her article.
Your child is doing a great job with the expectation to always bring a book to class and to read at least twenty minutes a day at home. I love seeing students reading and discussing their books! I do not usually assign a lot of homework nightly because your child should be reading the book. However, I will check in with them every Thursday and they are getting used to explaining something different every week that is going on in their book –W.A.I. T. - Write About It Thursday. However, at least twice a week, please ask your child to share with you something he/she learned when reading his/her book. Please remind your child about The Tower of Book Reading Challenge and to show you the paperwork that has gone home about that. We will have a Challenge Check on May 9th and look for information soon on the Challenge Check Celebration!
Upcoming events include the field trip on May 23rd to Discovery World Museum in Milwaukee, no school on May 27th for Memorial Day, eighth grade graduation on May 29th, field day at Libertyville Sports Complex on May 30th and the last day for students is June 4th.
Please call me anytime if you have any questions. I will continue to enjoy this sixth grade class, my last class of my teaching career and thank you for sharing your children with me. Have a wonderful month!
Sincerely,
Nancy Ward
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Mrs. Ward’s May/June Newsletter
May 6, 2019
Dear Parents,
It is had to believe the school year has flown by and the end is coming up quickly. I will retire at the end of this school year. I have been fortunate to have had twenty-six wonderful, fulfilling years here at Big Hollow. I have been blessed to have had the support of administration and the Big Hollow families. I have made many lifelong friendships along the way and as always, I thank you.
In Schoolwide, we have concluded the nonfiction reading unit with a posttest and are now beginning writing workshop with the Feature Article unit. A feature article is an informative piece that explores multiple angles on current topics or issues. Your child will research a topic of interest to him or her and put his/her personal awareness into the article. This unit will help your children identify and analyze the strategies used by feature article writers and apply them in their own writing. Our curriculum is based on the Common Core State Standards.
We have concluded with Daily Language Review (DOL) and will apply these skills in our everyday writing. We will begin our day with In the News. We will continue with your children reading a current article they choose and reporting it to the class. Your child should be aware of the date they signed up for to report on his/her article.
Your child is doing a great job with the expectation to always bring a book to class and to read at least twenty minutes a day at home. I love seeing students reading and discussing their books! I do not usually assign a lot of homework nightly because your child should be reading the book. However, I will check in with them every Thursday and they are getting used to explaining something different every week that is going on in their book –W.A.I. T. - Write About It Thursday. However, at least twice a week, please ask your child to share with you something he/she learned when reading his/her book. Please remind your child about The Tower of Book Reading Challenge and to show you the paperwork that has gone home about that. We will have a Challenge Check on May 9th and look for information soon on the Challenge Check Celebration!
Upcoming events include the field trip on May 23rd to Discovery World Museum in Milwaukee, no school on May 27th for Memorial Day, eighth grade graduation on May 29th, field day at Libertyville Sports Complex on May 30th and the last day for students is June 4th.
Please call me anytime if you have any questions. I will continue to enjoy this sixth grade class, my last class of my teaching career and thank you for sharing your children with me. Have a wonderful month!
Sincerely,
Nancy Ward
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