MAP Test: Your child might come home on Tuesday and Wednesday and tell you about the MAP test they took today. MAP is taking the place of Acuity and is an assessment that will be very useful to me in planning instruction. Unlike Acuity and PARCC, MAP adjusts its level based on the individual student. Additionally, I get immediate results that I can break down by specific strand to help me individualize instruction. Finally, this assessment is done beginning, mid and end of year and students, parents and I can look at growth and goal set around needs. I will communicate beginning of year results to you at our first conferences. There is only one session of math and one session of language arts and most of our day is not impacted.
Curriculum Night: If you were unable to attend curriculum night, I have attached the handouts that went home along with my presentation. Later this week I will also send out a signup genius for parents who want to volunteer to help with parties and other classroom activities.
One of the documents I have attached is the GT Expectations. It outlines the responsibilities of students, teachers, parents and the GT department within the center program. I am asking that students and parents sign and return the document. Thanks!
Curriculum Night: If you were unable to attend curriculum night, I have attached the handouts that went home along with my presentation. Later this week I will also send out a signup genius for parents who want to volunteer to help with parties and other classroom activities.
One of the documents I have attached is the GT Expectations. It outlines the responsibilities of students, teachers, parents and the GT department within the center program. I am asking that students and parents sign and return the document. Thanks!
Here’s what we’re working on in class this week:
Math: We have completed part one of our first unit by studying integers. On Wednesday we will begin looking at rational numbers. We will be able to define the term as well as order rational numbers and convert between decimals and fractions.
Reading: We are continuing to develop questioning strategies for self monitoring comprehension and putting together evidence to support inferential thinking. This week the sign posts we are learning about is Words of the Wiser. We stop and ask questions about theme, character and plot development to infer what might develop as we continue reading. We are also learning about plot structure both as readers and writers. Finally, we continue to work on annotating text for discussion and writing about texts. I will be showing students examples of what their annotated texts should look like, along with a rubric.
Writing: We have completed planning for our personal narratives by running our stories through a plot elements map and determining if our story is worth sharing based on a central theme that the reader might infer. We will begin drafting our stories and working towards publishing. We will also be reviewing sentence structure and variety.
Science/Social Studies: We reviewed the states of matter on Monday. On Wednesday we will be doing a lab to focus on the idea that atoms form the ingredients or building blocks of all matter in the universe. In social studies we will be forming a definition for culture that we can use as we begin to explore the early cultures of the western hemisphere.
Math: We have completed part one of our first unit by studying integers. On Wednesday we will begin looking at rational numbers. We will be able to define the term as well as order rational numbers and convert between decimals and fractions.
Reading: We are continuing to develop questioning strategies for self monitoring comprehension and putting together evidence to support inferential thinking. This week the sign posts we are learning about is Words of the Wiser. We stop and ask questions about theme, character and plot development to infer what might develop as we continue reading. We are also learning about plot structure both as readers and writers. Finally, we continue to work on annotating text for discussion and writing about texts. I will be showing students examples of what their annotated texts should look like, along with a rubric.
Writing: We have completed planning for our personal narratives by running our stories through a plot elements map and determining if our story is worth sharing based on a central theme that the reader might infer. We will begin drafting our stories and working towards publishing. We will also be reviewing sentence structure and variety.
Science/Social Studies: We reviewed the states of matter on Monday. On Wednesday we will be doing a lab to focus on the idea that atoms form the ingredients or building blocks of all matter in the universe. In social studies we will be forming a definition for culture that we can use as we begin to explore the early cultures of the western hemisphere.