Hello, everyone. I hope you are having a good week. Please read the following sections.

Parents: I am beginning to have a little trouble with students who don't want to take my class seriously. I will be contacting you by phone this week if your child is one of those. Please remind your child of the following:

* Behavior in class is linked to academic success. If you play in class, your grades will reflect it. Those who pay attention in class learn much more, and don't interrupt the learning of those around them with their off-task behavior.
* Your job right now in life is to be a good student. If you were employed by Mrs. Short, you could lose your job if you weren't on-task. Do your job right the first time, loud and proud.
* Your homework for Mrs. Short's class is thirty minutes of reading six days of the week. It must be recorded on your Homework Reading Log, which should be turned in on Mondays. Your grade will suffer if you do not do this.

Students:
Some of you have already turned in multiple book responses that will count toward your 25 Book goal. Remember, we have to have read seven books by the end of this nine weeks' grading period. My expectation is that everyone will do just that.

Contest for this week: The first person in each class that responds to this blog with the correct answer to this question will receive a prize.

Question: What goes in the thesis sentence of a five-paragraph essay?

Good luck!

Mrs. Short