Hi everyone:
I want to wish you a good weekend!
I wanted to address a few things. First, if the weather is above 40 degrees, we usually go outside for recess. Please start sending your child with at least a hoodie. Several students came without coats today and it was 44 degrees when we went out. I realize that running around warms them up; however, the wind really blows up here.
Next, our students took their first reading test by themselves today. The tests are cold reads which means no one has seen the stories before. They are based on the skills taught for the week. Our new reading series puts a lot of emphasis on this as it prepares them for up-coming years and PSSA testing.
I still had the students whisper read the stories and I read all the questions to them. I think it is too early in the year for them to do this by themself. With that said, the students really have to focus on the questions and what is being asked of them. Today our range on the test went from a 12 to a 20. It was out of 20 points. On the written question, I modeled one on the board as well and gave them an outline. I am trying my best to set them up for success. Please look over the test with your child to see if you can give them some ideas as well.
Overall, for the first one, the scores were what I expected and hope that they will improve once students learn patterns and how to find key ideas in questions.
Homework for next week includes:
Math: Addition strategies and beginning subtraction strategies.
Monday: homelinks 2-4
Tuesday: homelinks 2-5
Wednesday: homelinks 2-6
Thursday: homelinks 2-7
Reading: we are starting review weeks. Our spelling words will be short i and long i. We will work on combining sentences, adding endings to words and finding key ideas in stories.
homework:
Monday: See packet complete 2 spelling pages
Tuesday: practice words
Wednesday: read story sign bookmark
Thursday: practice spelling and Vocab words for test
Friday: tests
Happy Fall!