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Week of November 23-25: 
    We are all excited and looking forward to Thanksgiving. I want to wish 
each of you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving. Remember to discuss 
what you're grateful for! I am very grateful for having wonderful students! 

Here are a few things I wanted to tell you about:
  
    1. Report Cards Quarter 1: 1st trimester report cards will be mailed home 
on Friday. Please take some time to review with your child  their grades in 
each of their classes.The beginning of the new trimester is a great time to 
have your child think about some goals and improvements they can work on for 
2nd trimester and beyond. Often times kids will write down their goals on a 
piece of paper and tape it up in their bedroom, near their computer, or where 
they do their homework to remind them of what they would like to get better 
at. I have been asking kids to think about how they can put in their best  
effort into the work they do in school but also out of school at home - this 
includes working on the following effort goals:
Time - Being willing to budget the time to do the work to the standards 
expected.
Focus - Doing work in a distraction-free environment.
Resourcefulness - Knowing what to do when stuck on work and how to get help. 
Using feedback - Looking over suggestions and revisions so they know exactly 
what to fix.
Commitment - Determined to do the best work they can.
Persistence - Trying different strategies to complete their work if the first 
way does not work for them.


     8th grade: THE INDONESIAN DINNER WAS A SUCCESS!!!!  I want to take this 
opportunity to thank Mrs. Zschuschen, the 8th grade students, Mr. R.T, 
parents and guests, for helping to make the 8th grade dinner a success. 
Everyone worked really hard and it showed! I especially would like to thank 
the 8th graders for their gift of appreciation to Mrs. Z. and to me. We were 
very touched.
     
 Back to business now!  We have finished our chapter on the restaurant and 
will be taking the test on Monday. Students should be more than prepared for 
it. Next up in Spanish we will be talking about rooms of the house and the 
project for this chapter wil be to design your dream house.

    The 7th grade also will be ready for their Chapter 1A test this week. We 
will also do some fun things with Thanksgiving vocabulary in Spanish.

    In Religion the 7th grade will be having a test on Chapter 5 in Religion. 
We will also be talking about bringing in items for the food pantry. Our 
class has been excellent about contributing to our little "piggy bank" for 
Haiti as well!

     The 6th grade finished the first lesson in our Keeping Children Safe 
program. Students were given letters talking about Lesson 2 which deals with 
assertive and agressive ways to say no to peer pressure. We have put our 
Spanish on hold until we finish the safety program.

 
Have a good week!
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