This is a busy week in room 30. Friday is a half day for students due to the end of the marking period. Any work your student says they need to finish is due by Wednesday so I have time to grade it and get it in the gradebook by Friday. We are welcoming a new student to class so be sure to ask about our awesome new friend! NWEA testing is going to be happening almost daily for the next two weeks. We are really working hard on assuring all students have the time they need to be successful. We started reading today. Be sure to have your student get lots of rest, and have a healthy breakfast. We usually have LifeSaver mints during tests as there is a lot of research showing that mint can actually increase test performance because of the mint. If you would like to send in mints, or a test break snack for 30 students, please let me know. The students would be grateful for the extra snack and brain break.

This week: We are working on a spelling list but time will be limited in class to practice. https://quizlet.com/_5zytqw?x=1jqt&i=xp8qf

Math: We are working on reviewing the topics from the first half of the year and homework will be limited because of testing. I would rather students have unwinding time at home, rather than pages of Succeed work.

Reading: We still have our 20 minutes of reading each night to ensure we are prepped for the next test in reading. We are working on prefixes, suffixes, root words and sorting texts into genres.

Writing: we are launching a tall tale narrative. The students always enjoy being able to include lots of exaggeration and a theme in their writing.

Social Studies: We are finishing our unit and we will have a short activity in place of a test to wrap up the unit.

Science: We are wrapping up our sound unit and we will have a short quiz to wrap up the unit and we will be creating a model

Don’t forget extended day is happening on Thursday this week if your student is a participant.

Have a great week!