Festival of Lights 5K 2015

Last year, we had an absolute blast running the Festival of Lights 5K race.  For many of the kids it was their very first time running in a real race.  Nine kids joined me last year.  Let's try to get even more this year!  

Registration is now open HERE.

All kids who register will earn Bonus Money, plus I'll treat them all to dinner afterwards at Red Elephant.  This year, I'll reserve a table so we won't have to wait.  

Achieve 3000 at Home

To access Achieve 3000 at home, follow these steps:

 1) Go to duvalschools.org
2) At the top, right, click on Popular Links
3) At the top, click on Blended Learning
4) Bookmark this page as this is the page you'll need to go to to login each time
5) Click on Achieve 3000
6) Click on DCPS Login
7) Enter Student login and password (don't forget the "s").

 This is the only way to login. You cannot login from searching through Google or any other site.

Kennedy Space Center

We had a great time Friday at Kennedy Space Center.

Extra Creit Opportunity

When progress reports came out this week, many students' reading grades were lower than they had expected. This is largely due to a much stronger focus on non-fiction reading, which is significantly more challenging than novels.

 I have been working with students in teacher-led small groups to teach them how to interpret this more complex text. And hey have also been practicing once a week in class independently. Beginning this weekend, students will have the opportunity to earn extra credit points by completing activities on Achieve 3000 at home. In order to receive the extra credit, children must score an 88% or higher in their first attempt on the activity portion of the articles. They need to do these independently, without parent help.

 They can use the search function to choose any topic they want, however it is the science and history topics that are usually the most challenging and will therefore provide them with the best practice. 

Students will earn 10 extra credit points for each successfully completed activity, up to 5 per week for a total of 50 points per week.

Use the Blended Learning link to log in.

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