UMAC News 2/27
Mrs. Wiley and Mrs. Barrett
Dear Parents,
It's hard to believe our PARCC testing begins next week for our New Friends. On Monday and Wednesday, our team will have lunch from 11:30am-12:20 pm. and testing will begin promptly at 12:25pm. Mrs. Barrett will be taking the New Friends into the lab immediately after lunch. We would still encourage our students to bring a snack for an afternoon break after our tests. This will be a nice opportunity for our whole team to come together and celebrate our efforts throughout testing. If possible, to avoid any appointments during this time.
We know our UMAC learners will ROCK!
Mrs Wiley and Mrs. Barrett
US UMAC Tour
Harvesting Hope
Exciting Tweets!
Remember there are no WEB Volunteers during the month of March and the first week of April!
Working hard on the final drafts of our editorials to Dr. Hinz!
Math
Our new friends are learning in Chapter 8:
- basic area of rectangle, triangle and parallelogram using the formulas
- perimeter
Skills we are supporting:
- reviewing the concept of mean, median and mode
- division/multiplication
- conversion of fractions to decimals
- conversion of decimals to percents
As our Old Friends begin Chapter 8 next week:
- comparing fractions
- adding and subtracting mixed numbers
Skills we are supporting:
- renaming fractions as equivalent fractions
- finding common denominators
A note from Mrs. Marks about PARCC testing
As a reminder, PARCC summative assessments are designed to measure overall curriculum and program effectiveness in the areas of English language arts and math and are standardized to allow comparison across student groups. The PARCC summative assessments consist of two required components: a Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) that will be given in March and into early April and an End-of-Year assessment (EOY) that will be given in late April and during the month of May. The PBA component of PARCC requires that students demonstrate their knowledge and skills through extended tasks. The End-of-Year assessment (EOY) assessment is composed of shorter, machine-scored questions. This year, the EOY test window is from 4/27/15 to 5/22/15.
Upcoming Events
Wed, March 4 Lunch 11:30am - 12:25pm New Friends PARCC test 12:25pm - 1:40pm
Thurs. March 5 Chapter 10 SS test - Open Notes!
Fri. March 6 New Friends Math Test and School Spirit Day