Today was our first day back from break, and I absolutely LOVED hearing about all of the family adventures that you had over break. The students loved sharing their winter break snapshot (stories). Since we are getting back into the swing of things we are going to ease our way back into school life this week. There will be no spelling test for this upcoming week.
Along with starting a brand new year, we also will be starting out mid-year assessment period for students. During the month of January students will be taking the NWEA assessment. This is the standardized assessment that is taken three times a year. Students will complete their math, reading, and language NWEA. Please remind students of proper test taking strategies and continue working on those lead measures.
We also began our DRA reading assessment today. Students will read independently with me and will showcase their reading growth. Make sure to keep up with the blog for all of the upcoming assessments.
Listed below is the content we will be covering this week.
Reading- DRA testing begins this week. Identifying non literal meanings within fictional text-similes, reviewing our fictional unit on how choices affect characters, and beginning reading informational text to identify a main idea.
Writing- Wrapping our draft for our own fables, practicing revising our writing to provide more detailed words, and editing for spelling mistakes.
Math- Rounding two and three digit numbers, practicing solving addition and subtraction problems, and reviewing measurement.
Social Studies – Comparing the Three Fires Tribes, analyzing Native American legends, discuss how native american tribes modified and adapted to their environment
Leader in Me- Habit 4: Think win-win. Discussing how thinking win-win is a way of life- a mental frame of mind that says I can win, and so can you. It’s not me or you, its both of us. Thinking win-win is a foundation for getting along with others and solving problems.
Upcoming Events
Monday- DRA Testing begins
Tuesday- PTA Meeting at 7