Is it just me or have the weeks begun speeding by? We are almost at Spring Break!
Thank you parents for attending the wonderful Living Museum. I'll post pictures of our "exhibits" soon. The audience reinforces the lessons about making sure you are presenting your best work. As students move onward that "effort" piece should be making more sense to them.
Thank you too for all the parents that have completed the district survey. Drop me a line so I can reward your child with dojo points for your homework!!
Next week we are back to our regular schedule, thank goodness! We will be having the second STAAR ready test in Math on Tuesday. Make sure students get a good night's rest and healthy breakfast.
The key approach for Math is to 1) read carefully or have the question read to you if you are confused 2) solve the question before looking at multiple choice answers (which are designed to be natural errors by children), 3) go slowly taking mental breaks every few questions and 4) double check with a different strategy.
In language arts we will be delving deeper into fiction and working on personal narratives.
We begin our unit on environments and food chains in science.
In math we'll focus more on problem solving and reinforce some of the recent units on linear measurement, perimeter, area, capacity and volume.
Behavior has gotten a little hairy this week. I'm hoping it was the excitement of a changed schedule, hoe-down helpers and the Living Museum. I will be reinforcing my expectations for active learners with the class and asking you as parents to support us by emphasizing the importance of education at home.
As always if you have any questions or concerns please contact me!
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