The Sneak Peek
Sept.10th, 2018
Assessments
This week we will begin Mclass assessment. These assessments are one on one. The testing window is open until Oct. 10th. I will contact you when your child has completed all parts of the assessment.
TRC - Reading and comprehension of leveled text.
NWF - Children read 'nonsense' words with consonant-vowel-consonant patterns. (Ex. Tav)
DORF - A timed reading passage that evaluates accuracy and fluency
The TRC test has undone some changes this year. The written response is no longer part of the composite score, though the county is requiring us to perform the written assessment on your child's instructional reading level. This means that your child will not be required to complete written responses for each level but instead on the level that is determined to be their instructional level.
With that said, the books for each level are very noticeably more difficult to decode and the oral comprehension is also more challenging.
Class Curriculum
Writer's Workshop - We continue to launch our writer's workshop and will begin our first unit; Narrative Writing. Children will be finding small moments and memories to share.
Math Workshop - We are working on strategies to help support our fluency in addition and subtraction. Children are working with 'making tens' and 'doubles' strategies.
Social Studies - We did not have a chance to work on our STEM project Friday so we will be working on that Monday and Tuesday. Later this week we will continue our studies on our community.
Class Calendar
Tuesday, Sept. 11th - encore - Art
Wednesday, Sept. 12th - Early Dismissal
Thursday, Sept. 13th - encore - Spanish
Friday, Sept. 14th - encore - Music