Happy weekend everyone. It has been a weekend of company and basketball. My son Tyler's JV boys basketball team from Conval are in a tournament all weekend. They won against Milford yesterday and today they face Pelham. The Varsity boys are going to the playoffs. They only lost one game all season. Exciting times!
Thank you to all who responded so quickly to the sign up genius for PI Day. The kids will be so excited. It's not to early to be thinking about SAS testing. This is a test that is put out by the state and the third graders will be taking it for the first time. It is a very different test from what they are used to. I encourage them to so their best and not to get all stressed out about it. Our window for testing will be the week of May 11th to May 15th. We will test first thing in the morning. The time will be about 90 minutes. The kids will be tested on Math and Language Arts. They also have to write an essay which is quite involved. It is so much easier if the kids are there for the testing days. Then they don't have to stress out about making a part of it up that they missed. Please have the kids get a good night's rest and eat something before the testing. I will ask for snacks that week also. This week we will start our president unit. The kids did some research on Friday and they are really into it. All of our speeches will be written in class. Remember kids will have to dress up as their president. Please check with other families who have done this before for outfits. I do have some pants and jackets in school so check with me if you can't find anything. Good Will is another great place to get clothes for this event. Reading Wonders this week will be Unit 4 week 3. Spelling words are listed on the spelling page. Our genre this week is Expository Text. Remember kids can take reading counts tests at home. In Math, we are finishing up unit 5. Our assessment should be at the end of the week. Please have the kids keep practicing their multiplication facts. Our second major writing piece will also take place this week. Over the course of two days, the kids will write an opinion piece. We have been prepping for this and the kids are ready. They will construct a rough draft and then write their final piece following a rubric. Remember there is no school on Tuesday. It will be voting day. Have a great week everyone. Comments are closed.
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