Good evening Haigh families! I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather we had this weekend. I have been outside in the sunshine all day hanging out with my boys 🙂 Spring is a beautiful season.
Reminders for the week:
- Tuesday–Math M-Step testing
This week we will take our math M-Step test beginning on Tuesday. Please remind your children to take their time, use their scrap paper to work out problems, and to carefully check over their work. They did a great job at taking their time on the ELA M-Step last week. We were all a little shocked that the essay portion came on the first day, but nevertheless, your children rocked their 5 paragraph essays 🙂 I am over the moon at their progress this year.
This week we will be reading the novel Charlotte’s Webb. Each child has a copy of the book and we will be doing several different activities through out the week to help model and prepare them for literature circles in which they choose a book to read along with a group of students. I intend to use Charlotte’s Web to model how to “talk” about the characters, plot, and problems in the story. Students will be given a choice board in which they will “choose” the comprehension activities that they find interesting to hold them accountable for their reading. It is my hope that students will LOVE their book selection and share their choices with others, and ultimately lead to some great summer reading choices throughout the summer 🙂
This week we will also be working on TOP SECRET Mother’s Day presents in ELA.
Once again we will NOT have spelling and vocabulary words this week due to testing. Please make sure students are reading and completing their reading log each night. Having them do a 10-15 minute of Freckle.com or Zearn.org is also a great option to help them prepare for their M-Step and NWEA testing.
Thank you all for your support during this “Testing Season.” Your children are all so special to me and I just know they have grown a ton this year 🙂 Looking forward to a great week:)
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