Primary News - March 17 - 21
Student-Led Conferences
Dear Parents,
Parent conference day is coming up on Friday, March 21st. Please call Gail to sign up for a one-hour slot. At the conference, your child will share his/her work, talk about their learning and progress. This week we will spend lots of time gathering work, organizing and deciding what’s important to share. This is a wonderful opportunity for you and your child to reflect on and celebrate the progress they have made.
Each conference will be one hour long. First, I will review the expectations and guidelines for the hour. As you look at their work, ask lots of questions! The hour goes quickly so make sure to pace your time. Five students will be conferencing at the same time. I will circulate throughout the class to give feedback or answer any questions.
This is a very exciting way of doing conferences. You will get the opportunity to see you child’s work through their eyes as well as mine!
I’m looking forward to seeing you on March 21st!
Our week…
Ask your child the following questions to find out more!
o What are the 3 states of water? (gas, liquid, solid)
o What experiment did Judy do to demonstrate what makes wind? (Candle and “wind serpent”)
o Tell me about the pinwheels you made.
o What is an anemometer? (Measures wind)
o What is the Beaufort wind scale? (We just touched on it last week.)
o How do you play the math game “Close to 20”? (Olders)
o How do you play the nickel/penny exchange game? (Youngers)
o What are you doing to get ready for Student-Led conferences?
No spelling this week, as we will be preparing for conferences.
Don’t forget that Thursday is an early release day.
Have a great week!
Judy and Liz
P.S. Progress reports will be coming home at the end of the
Posted: March 14th, 2008 under Primary.