Newsletter
Week of April 11, 2016
Hello Parents!
For the next 3-4 weeks until STAAR Testing, we will be crunching down on specific topics that students seemed to struggle on during the benchmark test. These topics are: summarizing, main idea, Organizational Patterns and Themes. We will be doing a variety of activities to prep them for the upcoming assessment.
TIME MANAGEMENT!! As we all know, time management is a learned habit. Many, many students have struggled this year with time management. I would like to suggest a few things for the rest of the 2015-2016 school year and for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year.
1. Purchase your child a planner - this way that may write down any homework or upcoming tests that they may have. Have your child make it a priority to have you look at it and initial it each night so that may hold themselves accountable for their work and grades.
2. Excuses - discuss with your student the importance of being honest. If they forgot to do their homework, as a teacher, I'd much rather them be honest with me then give me a round-about excuse on why their work was not completed. If they are honest, I'm much more willing to work with them to solve the problem.
3. Organization - Purchase your child either a pocket folder for each class with one pocket being labeled "keep" and the other labeled "return" or a three ring binder with dividers. This will help your child stay organized and increases success.
I hope these three items will help you for the remainder of this year and for the next. I know as a parent, I sometimes wonder what more I can do to help my child become more successful in the classroom!
Spelling Test
committee
immediate
barricade
interrupt
broccoli
collect
afford
possess
Tennessee
announce
Challenge Words
dilemma
embarrassment
compassionately
Spelling Quiz Monday 4/18
Artificial
Financial
Gracious
Glacier
Suggestion
Cautious
Mention
Fraction
Exhaustion
Digestion
Challenge Words
Malicious
Sensational
Fictitious
Important Dates & Upcoming Events
Sun. 4/10 - Happy Birthday Morgan!!
Tues. 4/13 - HS District Track Meet @ BellsFri. 4/29 - Happy Birthday Parker!!
Mon. 5/9 - STAAR Math
Tues. 5/10 - STAAR Reading