Barrett Team Adventures
Tuesday, October 12, 2016
Dear UMAC Families,
To help prepare for your upcoming conference, please take a few minutes to complete the Conference Planning Form which was attached to this email. By completing this form, we will be able to make the most of our short, 20 minute conference. Thank you in advance for your valuable comments and questions.
Michelle Barrett
OLSAT testing for OLD friends only!
On Wednesday morning, old friends will take the OLSAT test. This test is designed to measure abstract thinking and reasoning abilities that are most relevant to school achievement. There is a verbal and nonverbal score to provide a complete picture of students’ ability. This test is one of the factors used to determine EC placement in middle school. Test results are not sent home, if you wish to see your child’s results, please contact Dr. Marks in the spring.
Writing:
Our writers did a fantastic job as they wrote their expository owl brochures! It will be fun to share their thinking with you at conferences.
Math:
This week old friends will focus on:
Adding whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths.
Subtracting whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths.
Different properties and strategies for solving problems mentally.
New friends will focus on:
Will be using place value to multiply
Multiply one digit by two digit numbers
- Continue to review the concept of area and rounding to the thousands column
Literacy Learning:
In shared reading next week, our team will focus on sequencing events while reading the text, The Earth Dragon Awakes. By sharing the details in the story, our readers will gain an understanding of how each event leads to the plot in the story. This target skill will be applied independently after we read our guided reading texts.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Monday, October 10 - No School
Wednesday, October 12 - OLSAT test for Old Friends, Annie Call Backs (Boys) 3:30pm
Thursday, October 13 - Annie Call Backs (girls) 3:30pm, PTO meeting 7:00pm
Wednesday, October 19 - Early Release 2:00 pm dismissal
Conferences begin!
Wednesday October, 19 - Friday, October, 21Parent Teacher Conferences