I hope everyone enjoyed this beautiful weekend. We had fun in Nashville celebrating my grandson, Benson's third birthday! On Friday the students had the pleasure of a class with Mrs. Yates. She did a fabulous job of explaining what taking the Milestones online will be like this year. They learned about the different tools and how to maneuver through the pages. It was MUCH easier than I thought. The students are going to do great! We will go back to the lab a couple of times to practice before the test. Meanwhile, in the classroom we will review all the math skills learned this year, continue to learn reading strategies and how to write constructed responses that explain how they solved the problem. I will NOT be mentioning testing much until closer to the date. It does NOT need to become our focus, so please don't at home either. We will continue to have fun while learning. They'll be getting ready and not even know it!
QUESTIONS TO ASK: What tool did you find the most helpful on Friday? Will you use the sticky note tool on the test? (no) How many sides does a quadrilateral have? Can you name them? (square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid). REMEMBER: *Students should know what they are creating for the Invention Convention by Tuesday of this week. * Report cards go live on Friday at 2:00. Make sure you know how to sign in to your account. If not the front office can help you. *On Monday March 25 we will go to Pope on a field trip. Make sure your child brings a bigger snack that day. We will eat snack before we go to specials at 8 and then eat lunch at the regular time. NEXT WEEK: Math - As well as reviewing math skills from the year we will focus on problem solving. Students should be able to determine whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide and solve a 2-step word problem. They also need to be practicing that 9s table! Language Arts: In reading workshop we will continue to analyze different crafts an author uses with Peter Pan. Tomorrow students will enjoy a fun presentation teaching idioms in a hilarious way. (Your performing arts money at work - thank you!) In Writing Workshop they will start fine tuning their ability to respond to reading questions and write their final opinion piece. Science - They will study the Piedmont Region, Coastal Plains, and the class will begin making our A to Z through Georgia book.
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