Greetings,
Tomorrow the fourth and third grades will start testing. M-Step stands for Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress. It is designed to gauge how well students are mastering state standards. This is an online test.
During this last month our class has worked with our building resource teacher to review and practice best test taking skills. The class practiced using the online tools that are made available to them: highlighting the text, magnifying the text and eliminating unreasonable answers.
The fourth grade will start with the reading portion of the test. We will start at nine and test until 9:45. We will take a fifteen minute stretch/snack break. We will resume at ten until lunch time.
Please send in a healthy snack for your student. I will have some oranges, bananas and other fruit available too.
Also, I encourage you to support and encourage your student each morning. We all feel the pressure to do well. Students can be nervous and worried about these online tests. We will be M-Step testing for two weeks and then we will switch to NWEA.
I hope everyone stays healthy!
sincerely,
a. cronin 
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