Hello All,
I hope you had a great weekend! I had some wonderful learning opportunities at the Cotsen conference and returned Saturday night with some terrific ideas about teaching Reading and Writing.

This week, our anthology story is called Boss of the Plains and is about the Stetson hat, and the man who designed it. We'll be continuing to focus on character and 1st/3rd person narration.  In Social Studies, we'll be completing Chapter 1 with a section entitled "Life in California" and will have a test next week on the entire chapter about California's regions.  I will let you know more details about the test next week. In math, students are scheduled to have a Mid-Module Assessment on Tuesday.  This test will assess their understanding of place value to the millions, and their skill with rounding to the one, ten and hundred thousands.  I am sending home a review homework on Monday, and will take questions from students on Tuesday before the test.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all this Thursday night for Back-to-School Night. The schedule is posted on the Rio del Mar website, with different times by grade level, as well as Mrs. Dorney's presentation.

Take care,
Carroll Mayer