Mrs. McDowell's Book Shelf

Friday, August 30, 2013

Scholastic Book Orders

Ordering from Scholastic is EASY!!!! CHEAP!!!!!  And MAKES READING MORE FUN for your child!!!!  Kids love reading new books they have chosen!!

PLUS ordering from Scholastic earns our class free books (ordering online earns us even more free books)!!! 

Check out your child's Scholastic book order today.  There are great, teacher recommended titles to chose from and even more titles on their website!

Follow this link to place your order online.    www.scholastic.com/readingclub
Our class code L74PP.  You'll need that the first time you place an order online.  You may also send orders and $ to school if you'd rather not order online.


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Binders

We are getting organized!!!

Last week each student put together a binder.  You can expect this binder to come home EVERY night!  Please ask your child about their binder and have them show you how it is organized.  Check for it each night, especially this week as your child is working on forming new habits and will probably need some extra reminders until they get in the "organized grove!"

Here's what you should see in your child's binder:

1.  Front Inside-Pocket: In the front inside pocket of the binder you will find graded papers, notes, and other important information that needs to come home.  This pocket should be cleaned out EVERY night!  If you need to send money, permission slips, weekly reviews, etc. back to school with your child; this is where it should go.  


2.  Assignment Notebook: Your child should be filling this out daily.  It will give you a clue as to what we are learning each day at school and should help your child remember what homework they have for the evening.  

3.  Pocket Tab-Dividers: There should be one for each subject.  Your child will keep important information and notes that they'll need for up coming test and projects behind each subject's tab.  Homework/assignments should be kept in the pocket of each tab to be turned in the next day.  All homework is due by 9:00 the day after it is assigned.  We do NOT accept late homework in 6th grade.

Friday, August 16, 2013

2 More Days!!!!!!

It was great meeting everyone at Back to School Night.  I'm excited to get to know each of you!!!  See you Monday!  School is starting!  Woot!  Woot!