Ahh....Only One Test to Go

We will test first thing tomorrow morning for our final social studies test.  Make-ups will be Thursday.

Our hour of reading needs to be turned in tomorrow.

Please continue asking your child to recite SLOWLY their part in our human timeline.  Their eyes need to slowly scan the crowd just as the statues at museums do.  I'd like to have a dress rehearsal this Thursday, so we can see what we still need.

Don't forget to get our monarch t-shirts clean and ready for Friday.

Only Social Studies ISTEP Left

We completed our Reading/Language Arts ISTEP at the end of the day.  Tomorrow we will test at 10:10 for our Social Studies.

Please ask your child to practice their human timeline script over the weekend.  I would like for them to be memorized by Monday.  Also, please write on their script card what their outfit is going to look like.  We plan to perform this on Thursday, the 16th.  We will  be scheduling between  9:00-11:00 for all the classrooms.

Have a great weekend!

MATH ISTEP COMPLETED

Tomorrow we will be taking our first Reading/Language Arts ISTEP at 12:20. 

We still have several students who have not written down their 2-3 sentence speech for the human timeline.  Please ask your child to tell them their part tonight to see how it sounds.  We need to be working on getting their outfit completed too.  If you need help in finding something, please let me know.

I am hoping that everyone is ready to begin their hardback memory book by the first of next week.  That means that they have turned in their rough copies of  at least 9 paragraph memories.  The last three chapters MAY wait until after the chicks hatch, we've gone to St. Louis, and have performed the human timeline.  Parts of those memories can be finished before, but some details can follow after the actual experience.  Each of these paragraphs are earning points for the language grade, so they are important to do your best writing before I check them.

Need all permission slips tomorrow so that I can give the cafeteria an accurate count for St. Louis suppers. 
I also need signed midterm grades returned tomorrow. 

Yippee! First Test Accomplished!

We worked hard on our first math ISTEP test this morning.  The problems were what we were expecting....so hopefully,....we did well.  Tomorrow we should be taking our second math test.

Our third paragraph entry for 5th grade memories should be turned in by tomorrow morning.  Please look over each entry before it is turned in.  (I am taking points for each one.)  After 12 entries, we will begin our official hardcopy bare book.

Our RTI groups are reading a book together.  They may need to read some each evening to finish the chapter for the day.  This time can count for their Reading Super Bowl. 

More Computer Problems...No ISTEP Today

We will try again tomorrow to take our first math ISTEP.  I think we will be taking it early in the day.

Tonight:  write 2-3 sentences introducing yourself and why you are famous for our Human Timeline.  That will need to be on Thursday, the 16th, in the morning before Award's Day in the afternoon.

Have second memory book paragraph written and approved by tomorrow.

READING HOUR DUE TOMORROW.

Computers Crash - No ISTEP Today

Well, after reviewing like CRAZY, we weren't able to take our session one in math.  Our corporation had issues everywhere with computers crashing - even throughout the state.  We will be testing tomorrow at 2:05 ...yuck....  to do our first math session.

Could you give your child a sample fraction with unlike denominators question tonight to see how they do?  Also, we reviewed converting metric measurements such as 200 centimeters = __meters.  There are excellent review problems  in ixl for this.  Please review M6 and W4 if you see a problem.  Again, any review on ixl is so perfect because they explain any missed answers and give repeated questions to practice.

Tonight, please look over your child's first paragraph for their fifth grade memory book.  Each paragraph will be graded before rewriting in their hardcover white bare books.  Each entry will also include an illustration.  I just need a rough sketch of what that will look like.  After checking, please sign saying you okay the work.  Everyone should have a brainstormed list of suggestions.  a few students still need to turn in social studies lesson 5 sheet.  I called the names today, so they know who they are.  I am also missing several Bud, Not Buddy 12-13 sheets.  I have two that haven't turned in their president research pamphlet.

MIDTERMS went home today.  We will be doing more spelling review sheets in class.   We will also hit science and health after ISTEP so that we have a grade before the end of the period. 

I need to receive a note saying that you were able to create some kind of outfit for our human timeline coming the last week of school.  I got an e-mail today saying that fieldday will be on the last Friday, so I will need to move our timeline to Thursday morning from 8:30-11:00.  Hopefully, that will give us enough time to get everyone through.  The Awards Program is in the afternnon.

If you are going to St. Louis and have a background check, would you mind letting me know?  I have a couple of students who I am needing to group with someone who has the background check because of the new ruling.  (You will have final say if you are okay with adding any student to your group.)