Week of February 17-21

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

No school Monday, February 17, 2014

ISAT testing will begin the week of March 3 and continue through March 13. We will have 3 Reading tests and 3 Math test. Because we know the importance of these tests, homework those two weeks will be lighter. From now until the tests we will be doing a lot of preparation so the students feel well prepared. As the tests approach, I would love if parents would like to donate healthy foods so students can have a variety of snacks before the test.

Spring conferences are approaching. They will be the week of March 10^th. The sign up genius will go out in a few weeks. These conferences are on an as needed basis and will begin with Math students first.


Math
We will continue our chapter on Fractions. We will also have our times and divide by 8’s test on Friday. Please be practicing 8’s this week.

Spelling
We will be on List 19 this week. The Pretest is on Tuesday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 1  challenge activity and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and one assigned activity)  The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading
We will be preparing for ISAT’s. We will be reading many stories and answering questions as well as writing more extended responses.

English
We have finished our autobiography study and will begin biographies. Students will get to check out a biography from the library. They will then have the chance to read through picking out important details about the person. They will then be making a scrapbook to show the person’s life.

Social Studies

Our chapter 3-culture test will be on Thursday 2/20. A study guide went home today.  


Science
We fell behind in Science so we will focus on lesson 2-light this week.


Have a great three day weekend!