News From Mrs. Rowe and Mr. Miller
This week we took the rest of the state AIR testing for math and science.
This happened at the start of each day on Tuesday-Thursday.
We finished the week off by watching the movie to our most recent read
aloud book together: Where the Red Fern Grows.
Please let us know if you have any questions and have a wonderful weekend
with your families!
Mrs. Angela Rowe & Mr. Dave Miller
April 29, 2016
Reading & Writing Workshop
In reading workshop we have continued to work on
our independent reading projects. These projects
will be due sometime around May 16 (depending on
how students are doing and the time they may/may
not need to put together their creative projects).
End of the year, district reading assessments will
begin next week for students who will need an
update before middle school.
In writing workshop, we have continued to work on
Math Workshop
In math workshop we continued our work
with polygons, triangles, and properties
of quadrilaterals. The
assessment for this will be on
Monday. Students also spent
some time on test preparation
for the state AIR tests on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
the group opinion/argumentative projects. Some
groups recorded their commercials this week in
between testing and some groups got started with
their film editing. We are excited to share some
time together, as two classes, to watch these
commercials and take a look at the created
billboards and infographics sometime in the next
few weeks!
Social Studies / Science
This week we worked on our
explorer projects for Social Studies.
We also spent time
reviewing for the state
AIR test in science on
Thursday and Friday.
Word Study
This week in word study we started studying a new
Greek and Latin root: ate and ation (meaning
state, condition, or act – as students have
discovered during our investigation). The test will
be on Tuesday of next week.
Important Dates to Know
May 23: No School – Memorial Day
June 3: Field Trip to DCRC @ 9:45am
June 6: Celebration/Clap Out @ 2:00pm