- Our State testing begins this week and after Spring Break. The tests are all online and they will provide teachers with information as to how students are doing with meeting the State Standards. Students are allowed to bring their own headphones or earbuds to school as they can be used during the test. It would be great if they could leave their cell phones at home on testing days. If not, we have a process to collect them before testing. Please help us by ensuring that your child is well-rested and has a good breakfast on test day.
- HEAD PHONES NEEDED FOR PARCC TESTING NEXT WEEK:
Students will need working headphones or earbuds for the PARCC test that begins Monday
morning. Please check with your son/daughter to be sure they have these!
- PROMPT WRITING: Writing this past week has been centered around how the writing prompts may look on PARCC testing next week. Two samples of your son/daughters writing are included in Friday folders. Please look over these samples with your child and discuss their strengths and goals.
- NEWS FROM MRS RUSS:This week we assessed our learning and discoveries in Chapter 3 or our Social Studies Text. We learned about the Spanish, French, and American explorers who visited the area that would become Colorado. We also learned about Colorado's first industry, the Fur Trade and the mountain men who risked life and limb to hunt and trap beaver. We explored the purposes of exploration and how exploration leads to population growth, which ultimately leads to statehood. Our next topic will be the Colorado Gold Rush and Pioneer/Settler history.You student took a Plickers quiz this week. I shared their score with them immediately after the quiz. Student were then given the opportunity to retake the test the following day. They were responsible for seeing me after school, checking out a textbook, then meeting during their recess to retake the Plickers Quiz. A HUGE WELL DONE to those who took me up on the offer and dramatically improved their score. I love it when students take ownership of their academic success. Good Job!!
What is happening ?
- 3/20 - 3/22 PARCC testing begins (Language)
- 3/27-3/31 Spring Break
- 4/3 Students return from Spring Break
- 5/5 Field Trip Colorado History Museum
- 5/10-5/13 PARCC testing continues (Math)
Math: IXL.COM:
1. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (R.1-R.17)
2. Patterns and sequences (L.1-L.9)
3. Decimals (T.1-T.20)
