Good evening, Madison Parents,

 

We hope you are already enjoying this season of gratitude. This is my favorite time of the year. I am truly grateful to be a part of your child's educational journey. This is a friendly reminder that there is no school until January 3rd, 2025—all students return to school on Monday, January 6th, 2025. With 88 days of learning out of 180 each year, we need them to settle into a healthy routine of good sleep, reading every night or in the morning, positive morning messages, three meals a day, warm appropriate clothing, reflection/goal setting, and writing every day. By now, they should have read at least 30 books independently, and by now, they should know how to write a narrative/story. A narrative has a beginning, middle, and end called plot structure. We use hook/attention-getting ideas to pull readers into the character's journey to solve their problems through humor, action, sensory language, figurative language/metaphors, and similes to find solutions to both internal and external problems.