Welcome back from our first long weekend of the year! I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend as much as my family and I did.
I want to start by saying that our class rocked their first math test!! We had so many perfect and near perfect papers and I was super happy! I can't wait to pass them back tomorrow and see the looks on their faces when they see the results of their hard work. Students will be bringing them home tomorrow so you can see them as well. We are scoring things different this year so I want to explain how to read their scores. This year we are getting away from the 'Mastery', 'Near Mastery', and 'Remediation' colors of green, yellow, and red. This year we are grading on a scale of 1-4. We want all students to attain a level 3 on their material yielding a mastery level, or green in relation to last year. A 2 would be the same as the previous near mastery, and a 1 would be remediation or that they still needed to practice that particular skill. A level 4 is above and beyond the desired level and will not be an attainable score on all assignments. Please ask your students to explain this to you tomorrow when they bring home their tests. We have discussed it in class and will continue to discuss it as they get assignments and assessments back. More information on this will be available at Leader In Me Night at Willard East later this month. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions. NWEA Students will be taking the beginning of the year NWEA test this week in math and reading. This test shows us where each student is in each area so we can better instruct them at their level and help them move to the end of 4th grade level come May. We will be taking this computer test at the beginning of the year, mid-year, and end of the year. This is not something that students should be worried about and it is not as rigorous as the MAP test. This is also not a graded assessment just gives us an idea of where your child is and what we need to work on with them. This week we will test math on Wednesday and reading on Friday. Math We will not start a new unit this week with the NWEA testing. I will be giving students a chance to reassess on their math test and improve their scores to a 3 if they did not get there last week. Writing We are going to wrap up our sensory writing this week with taste and smell. We are also going to start our daily language lessons. Reading Students are working on responding to reading daily with prompted questions. Last week we focused on questions in the book and this week we are going to move to questions in our head and in our heart. Social Studies We finished up our short unit on reading maps last week and this week we are going to start learning about the different regions of Missouri and researching our state. Students will start working on a group project next week that I think they will really enjoy. Important Dates to Remember September 21 - Half Day attendance September 27 - Leader in Me Night - more info to come home soon September 28 - Tiger Pride Assembly @ 2:30
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