Summer Reading

I have heard some of your concerns over the summer reading book. This is a 5th grade level book. If you feel your student is struggling, please contact me. Part of the Foundations and Frameworks curriculum is challenging them to think critically. This is not supposed to be easy. Your student is used to looking up words in the dictionary for reading. Your student has had to do this everyday in F&F. This book is actually one of the F&F books that we will use for a unit later in the year.

Also, please make sure that your student is doing the reading and the journaling. The main reason for this assignment is for me to assess where your student is when they enter my class. It gives me a place to start with strengths and weaknesses for each individual student. I need to see how your student processes and organizes information as it is being read. This will help me determine how they are comprehending as they read, and the strategies they are already practicing to do this. This is a critical skill for SAT testing. Please make sure that your student is doing the work.

Once again if you have concerns, please contact me. You can reach me by email at bwaldrop@bessemeracademy.com

Please be aware that I will be on vacation beginning this Friday. Any email received after Friday at 5:00 will be replied to on Monday, May 30th when I return. Thank you for your understanding :)