Reminders Tomorrow bring: Completed Reading Log for a prize, Complete Biography be ready to present to the teacher or the class. No School April 9-10 Eid Break
I hope everyone has enjoyed their spring break. We will begin school again on Monday 4/1.
Star of the Week – Sullivan will continue to be Star of the Week and Jude will begin on 4/8.
Spring Testing – Spring testing will begin soon after we return from break, I have added the dates to our blog calendar.
MSTEP – We will begin MSTEP testing on Mondays and Wednesdays starting April 22nd
iReady – We will begin iReady testing on Mondays and Wednesdays starting May 6th
Preparing for the test – to prepare for the test students should continue to do their iReady practice for a minimum of 10-15 minutes per subject per day. This will help prepare them for both tests. Students will get prizes for completing a minimum of 45 minutes a week in each subject.
MSTEP practice – When we return we will also begin the MSTEP practice test. If you are interested in having them get a head start over break you can find the practice test here. Click on Sample Items, pick a the grade and subject, then the login information is printed above the login box.
Black History and Alternative Energy Fair – April 4th 4 PM – 5 PM – Please join us for to hear our students present their Black History Biography reports, and see the Green Team poster boards on Alternative Energy. I sent everyone’s the lapbooks home on Friday so that students can practice reading them outload so they are ready to present. Some students need to finish their projects and some need to clean up some mistakes or things the might look sloppy. PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR STUDENT’S LAPBOOK TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLETE AND READY TO PRESENT. Please return your projects on Monday so they can be graded and we can practice before the fair. Here are the resources to help finish or repair their lapbooks:
Complete Biography Lapbooks – it should look like this sample. If you are missing any papers print them here. Here are the biography articles they used to complete their lapbooks: Biographies set 1 and Biographies set 2
Reading Logs – Please remember to continue to read over the break. Return reading logs on Monday, April 1st for a prize. The class with the most participation gets a pizza party.
Academics –
Math Homework this week-
Monday – Lesson 10 must do all
Tuesday – Lesson 11 must do all
Wednesday – Lesson 12 must do all
Thursday – Topic C quiz
Friday – MSTEP math practice
ELA Unit 8 Week 1 – Spelling – Hard C & Soft C, Grammar: Adjectives, Future Tense Verbs. We are starting a new Benchmark Magazine called Weather and Climate.
Science – We are starting a new unit about Weather and Climate.
If you have any questions about anything please email me at keeblek@dearbornschools.org.
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