Wednesday

Oh man, just one more day until FREEDOM!!! I know that everyone is beside themselves with joy at the prospect of sleeping in, staying up late and enjoying life without the worry of school the following morning. The kids are restless and excited. Yet here, we are...the eve of three substantial quizzes. I have foregone assigning homework tonight in the hopes that kids would take the time to study for tomorrow's "Number the Stars" and Rocks & Minerals tests. (I hate putting book titles in quotes, but there is not a function to underline text on this blog. Me and my bad examples of correct grammar.)

Also, a few parents and students have requested that I assign extra credit opportunities for the spring break. As the break is just a week, and not like the month that we had for winter holiday, I will simply offer the students the chance to pad their reading and language grade by suggesting that a reading log accompany everuone home. I will give extra credit for any number of days that student reads and has their work signed off by a parent. It's only ten extra points, but they are still points that can make a difference between a 'C' and a 'B', or a 'B' and an 'A'.

Just as a side note...apparently there was some confusion last week as to the distributing of the reading log that I was to collect tomorrow. Our sub did not actually hand them out, but rather told the kids to pick them up on the way out. So while the work was implied, it was not explicitly assigned. Now while I would like to think that the kids would be responsible enough to pick up the work before leaving, we all know that that isn't going to necessarily happen. So, with that in mind, if kids did pick up the work and complete it, they can turn it in for credit tomorrow. If they did not pick one up, I will not count the work against them. So look at that...two extra credit opportunities right there.

Remember, I will be sending home progress reports and Accelerated Reader results for the trimester on Monday, April 16th.


Enjoy your break, Mr. B