STAR reading results were sent home in red folders this week. Please make sure your child is reading every day! It is crucial to their academic success!
A.R. is officially up and running! Your child should be taking A.R. tests on any books they read to receive points. Congratulations to Clay, Jack, and Gretta for already earning 10 points and getting their chain of success!
Our next class novels will be “The Giraffe, the Pelly, and Me” by Roald Dahl and “Horrible Harry take the Cake” by Suzy Kline. Please let me know if you would like an alternative assignment for your child.
Your child’s first ELA test will be sent home today. If you look through the assessment, you will see the extent of the rigor. The transition from 2nd to 3rd grade is huge. That is why we are taking this slow and helping them learn, step-by-step, what is expected. Please look through the test to see the many notes, boxes, circles, cross outs, underlining, and highlighted items. These are some of the strategies we are teaching. In time, we expect to see them applied independently while taking tests. You can help by encouraging your child to use these strategies at home or while reviewing their work with them. We took this test as a class. Next week they will be expected to put these strategies to work and complete their assessment independently.
Academics:
ELA: Realistic Fiction
Math: relating multiplication to division
Science: Mass and Volume
Social Studies: Types of maps
Hazelyn
Thank you for being FOCUSED and DETERMINED this week!
Important Dates:
- 8/29: PTAO meeting @ 8:45 am
- 9/2: No school
- 9/3: SAC meeting
- 9/11: Interims issued
- 9/20: Teacher Inservice – no school for students
- 9/24: Open House – 5:00-6:30
- 9/26: PTAO meeting at 8:45 am
- 10/11: end of 1st quarter
- 10/14: Teacher planning day – no school for students
- 10/24: Report Cards issued
- 10/25: Parade of Characters and Fall Festival
Reminders:
*PLEASE encourage your child to read nightly!
