Thursday, April 13, 2006
April, 2006
Mark Your Calanders:
April 3rd – 7th No School: Spring Break
April 10th School Resumes
April 12th Last day for ALC
April 18th – 19th MCA Testing: Reading
April 21st Book Orders Due
April 20th – 21st TEAE Test (ELL Students only)
April 25th – 26th MCA Testing: Math
April 27th – 28th TEAE Testing (ELL Students Only)
Mark your Calendar!
The BIG EVENT
(Culture and Science Fair)
May 4th 5:30 to 7:30
Conferences
I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of you for taking the time to come in for your child’s conference. It is very important for you to be involved in your child’s education and I can see from the turnout you all take your child’s education seriously. It was wonderful to meet all of you and thank you again for coming in to meet with me.
Math
We have been taking a break from our regular math curriculum to get ready for the MCA tests. We have been reviewing all the things that the students will be expected to know for the test. We are also trying to develop better test taking skills. We will also be starting a new unit on measurement. The students will be learning/reviewing area and perimeter and the units of measurement.
Writing
We have completed our unit on poetry and have also done some letter writing. We wrote thank you notes and friendly letters. We will now be starting our non-fiction unit of writing. This will involve the students researching a state and writing postcards as if they visited that state. The students will also be doing some art with this writing unit to make their postcards. This will be our last big unit of the year.
Social Studies
We are continuing our study of the regions of the United States. We will be wrapping up soon and then we will be talking about Minnesota History. We will also be taking some field trips related to our social studies units. We will be going on the Big River in May. We also plan on going to the Minnesota History Center and Fort Snelling.
Testing
We will be doing a lot of testing this month and in May. There are just a few things I want to share with you about testing. For starters, the students will not have homework during testing periods. I do this because I want the students to be well rested and focused. Also, it is extremely important that the students get a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast everyday. Finally, it is important that your child is at school for testing. Not only does the state use the scores from the tests but also so do teachers to assess what students know
Art/Science Fair
During the afternoons of a few of the testing days, we will have an artist in residence doing an art project with the students. We will be making clay masks. We will spend 3 days doing these masks. Also, during testing, some students will be completing science fair projects. We will be doing projects related to our human body unit. Both of these projects will be on display for the Big Event on May 4th.
April 3rd – 7th No School: Spring Break
April 10th School Resumes
April 12th Last day for ALC
April 18th – 19th MCA Testing: Reading
April 21st Book Orders Due
April 20th – 21st TEAE Test (ELL Students only)
April 25th – 26th MCA Testing: Math
April 27th – 28th TEAE Testing (ELL Students Only)
Mark your Calendar!
The BIG EVENT
(Culture and Science Fair)
May 4th 5:30 to 7:30
Conferences
I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of you for taking the time to come in for your child’s conference. It is very important for you to be involved in your child’s education and I can see from the turnout you all take your child’s education seriously. It was wonderful to meet all of you and thank you again for coming in to meet with me.
Math
We have been taking a break from our regular math curriculum to get ready for the MCA tests. We have been reviewing all the things that the students will be expected to know for the test. We are also trying to develop better test taking skills. We will also be starting a new unit on measurement. The students will be learning/reviewing area and perimeter and the units of measurement.
Writing
We have completed our unit on poetry and have also done some letter writing. We wrote thank you notes and friendly letters. We will now be starting our non-fiction unit of writing. This will involve the students researching a state and writing postcards as if they visited that state. The students will also be doing some art with this writing unit to make their postcards. This will be our last big unit of the year.
Social Studies
We are continuing our study of the regions of the United States. We will be wrapping up soon and then we will be talking about Minnesota History. We will also be taking some field trips related to our social studies units. We will be going on the Big River in May. We also plan on going to the Minnesota History Center and Fort Snelling.
Testing
We will be doing a lot of testing this month and in May. There are just a few things I want to share with you about testing. For starters, the students will not have homework during testing periods. I do this because I want the students to be well rested and focused. Also, it is extremely important that the students get a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast everyday. Finally, it is important that your child is at school for testing. Not only does the state use the scores from the tests but also so do teachers to assess what students know
Art/Science Fair
During the afternoons of a few of the testing days, we will have an artist in residence doing an art project with the students. We will be making clay masks. We will spend 3 days doing these masks. Also, during testing, some students will be completing science fair projects. We will be doing projects related to our human body unit. Both of these projects will be on display for the Big Event on May 4th.
