Hi,
We are taking STAAR Ready tests on Thursday and Friday. These tests are made by our district and are similar to the actual test that we will take in April. We are taking them now as a way to check on the skills and concepts that the children have and which ones are still difficult. We will be reteaching and extending as necessary based on the data from the tests. Several of the children in our class have had trouble bubbling in the answer document so this also gives us another chance to practice our test taking strategies. Be sure your child is going to bed early on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Be sure that he/she eats a good breakfast on Thursday and Friday morning and brings a healthy (and neat) snack for each day. Thank you!
Because of the STAAR ready tests this week, we will not have convention sentences this week. We will be reading 150 minutes this week (log due on 3/4) but won't have math homework on Wednesday or Thursday. We will have a reading and writing packet that will be due on Friday instead of any reading responses or writing entries due. So homework this week is:
read 150 minutes due on Monday, March 4, 2013
reading/writing packet due on Friday, March 1, 2013
math papers on Monday, Tuesday
Our pen pals are coming on Wednesday during our art time to paint our bowls for the Empty Bowl Project! Yeah! Feel free to come and join us!
Be sure to volunteer at our Spring Carnival on March 1. The link for volunteers to sign up is https://www.ptavenue.com/volunteerr.asp?sc=FCEPTA&v=26615.
Look for Bartholomew to sign up to help with the booths. If all those slots are filled, you can sign up to help with "Food Set Up", "Games Set Up", "Ticket Sales" and "Clean Up Crew". Thank you!
Don't forget also to bring in items for our class basket! Thank you so much!
Read about our week:
Reading: We read non-fiction articles and books this week and looked at text structures or the ways that authors organize texts. A book or selection may have several different text structures or may be organized in just one way. Some common structures are cause/effect, compare/contrast, description, and sequence. We read some books and articles and talked about the text structures and why the author organized the information in those ways. We will begin studying about WWII using historical fiction and nonfiction texts this week.
Writing: We worked on our published books and began revising our STARR Ready narratives. The children finished revising and editing their narratives for homework. Thank you for your help! We will continue to work on our published books this week and hopefully complete them! Order forms are coming home on Monday! Each child will receive a free copy of their individual published book. Please return your order form with either payment and an order or a signature and a check by the sentence stating that you don't want any extra copies. Thank you and let me know if you have any questions.
Math: We will be working this week on a quick review of some geometry concepts from third grade and continue with volume, and more problem solving using measurement, multiplication, division, etc... We will be doing lots of multi-step problems using lots of strategies. Continue to practice math facts at home.
Science: We watched some movies, played games, and listened to songs about weathering, erosion, and deposition. We also read about caves. We will be doing a webquest on Monday and visit some sites with cool weathering, erosion, and deposition activities.
Social Studies: We will celebrate Texas Independence Day on Friday. March 2 is Texas Independence Day!
Reminders:
Monday, February 25-Reading Logs due
Wednesday, February 27- Pen Pal Visit at 1:00 to paint bowls
Thursday, February 28-Service Club 2:45-3:45
Friday, March 1-Spring Carnival-sign up to volunteer
Wednesday, March 6-Early Release 12:45, Kona Ice at FCE (Anniversary of Battle of Alamo)
Thursday, March 7-Writing Club 2:45-3:45
Monday, March 11-15-Spring Break
Tuesday, March 19-Friday, March 22-Writing Camp
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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