Long Time, No See
Wow, since we had Thanksgiving and our Winter vacation it’s time to slow down. I did not keep the website up to date during that time since we were all so busy, but now we’re back to our normal daily schedules. This week we took our first reading benchmark. The students are aware of the grade they made. On Wednesday, January 23, we will take our second math benchmark. Your child should improve on their grade from the test in October. Please continue to read with your child nightly, work on math facts, counting money, telling time, and discussing with them what they are doing at school. The reading passages for the reading benchmarks are long, so it is important for your child to be accustomed to reading for a long period of time and answering questions about it. After your child reads his/her story, ask them questions about it. For example, why did the author write the story, what is the main idea, is there a cause and effect to the story, what is the difference between a fact and opinion, fiction/nonfiction. Talking with your child will better prepare them to perform their best on the test in May.
There will not be any Word Study next week either due to the benchmark and the short week.
No school on Monday, January 21, 2008
There will be a game day on Friday, January 24, 2008. Please send board games ONLY. No electronic games will be allowed and will be taken up and returned at the end of the day.
Have a wonderful weekend!