This morning we began with our first computer based MAP (NWEA) assessment of the year. This type of test meets the needs of each student with questions getting harder or easier depending on how different levels of questions are answered. Some students may be ending the day on a 6th or 7th grade level while others could be at a 4th grade level. The goal is to show at least one year growth by the end of the year. This information is for us as teachers and will be used to group, push, and remediate students based on specific topics and skills. Today's assessment was math, tomorrow we will do reading, and Wednesday we will complete language/writing. They will continue to see beginning, middle and end of the year assessments like these in middle school.
This afternoon we continued to write letters to our parents for Parent's Night (Which is tonight at 7PM. Can't wait to meet you!). Tonight parents will get to write back to their children.
In reading we wrapped up our first skill- story structure and summarizing. Tomorrow we start Lesson 2 and get into a new 10 vocabulary words.
Homework:
- Math: none
- Science: optional catapults due Sept. 26
- Reading: Pink and Blue- critical thinking questions (text evidence, page numbers, quotes, detailed complete sentence answers); Green and Purple- vocabulary reader responses (text evidence, page numbers, quotes, detailed complete sentence answers)
- Spelling/Vocabulary: spelling due next Tuesday (Sept. 23), Latin root matching due tomorrow
- Other: planner signed, 3 assessments signed, fall fitness fundraisers ASAP!
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