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Homework for Week of 10/10 and Missed Homework Slips Change

 Please note due to the short week, your child will not have new spelling words and spelling homework this week. We will return to the spelling program next week and do some in class review this week. There will be a reading log sent home, due Friday.

Math homework is usually Monday night, but since we had no school on Monday, math homework will go home on Tueday. It will be a math puzzler and there will be a video how-to posted on the blog.

Also, I am trying something new. I will be sending home missed homework slips via Google Drive. You will receive an automatic form email if your child does not turn in homework before lunch time on the day it is due. (homework turn in reminders are written on the easel daily, shown on the TV, and I give verbal reminders to the class and sometimes individually before marking homework missing, fyi) . This will save paper and time and probably make it more likely that you will be in the loop and can help them remember to send it in the next day.  This will help your child get into a more consistent routine and begin to learn the responsibility of completing something and returning it to school in an timely manner. Thank you,

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