Happy Holidays

I'd like to wish you all happy holidays. Thank you for the cards, Starbucks, mugs, handmade journal and ornament, and chocolates. It is a pleasure teaching your kids and I appreciate this community very much. The kids brought "home gifts", book exchange gifts, and their homework/RAH today.

See you all next year!
Kyle Jorgensen

Birthday Celebrations, Book Reports

Birthdays:
Tomorrow afternoon from 2:30ish on we are celebrating C6 birthdays for the months of November and December. Happy Bday to Brock, Mackenzie, Andy, Maddie, Logan, and Jared... Julie is coordinating the birthday efforts for tomorrow so she may be contacting the parents of the above students about tomorrow's party.

Book Reports:
We begin book reports tomorrow and finish them on Thursday. Be sure to check with your 5th grader on their book report progress and presentation. See earlier posts for more info.

Observation:
Some district coaches and teachers will observe our math workshop tomorrow to see our new system in action. I believe the workshop is having a positive effect. The pretests for this week had more passing grades than any other pretests. Way to go C6 math students!

The Book Report,

A couple of weeks ago I assigned a book report. The kids have chosen the books and most of them are almost done reading. The reports are due on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. This report has been pretty open and flexible. I've challenged them to pick a book in a different genre than what they normally read. Most are reading either a classic, a biography, researching a topic, and some are just doing a report on a current book. I want a 3 minute report from each book. Here are some loose guidelines for what to say about your book/topic.  Kids were allowed to work in groups. If you have any questions, please email me.

Introduction:

Hello, my name is __________________ and I want to tell you about the incredible book (topic) I read (about): _____________________________.

This book is ______________________________

                                    (genre)

Explain what type of genre your book is

(contemporary fiction, classic, biography, scientific topic, informational on a historical topic)

Why you chose your book/topic:

When was your book published?

Who wrote your book? (give more information about the author for extra detail)

Why is this book important?

Give a brief 3 minute summary of your book