Since 30 minutes may be counted at school, and any reading at home should be noted on the log, we all decided to keep the reading logs in our binder pockets for safe keeping.

Mrs. Weiss will be sending home a bright orange recording sheet each week for students to provide weekly totals of how many minutes they have read. We will use these totals to fill our class' goal thermometer! We can't wait to watch our thermometer rise as we read, read, read this month! These are always due back on Fridays. (Feel free to reference the informative note that she sent home last Wednesday.)

Since the Sherwood School school wide expectation is for all students to be reading for enjoyment at least 20 minutes a night (weeknights) we will ask that all students record their reading on their iRead logs. Be sure to check out the additional iRead information will also be included in Mrs. Filippi's Panda Prints! Thank you all for your support!

The Stars of 3K are excited to read, read, read!

We look forward to kicking off our next literacy unit midweek! Through the use of our mentor text, Knots on a Counting Rope and Storm in the Night, students will learn how to describe characters and explain how their actions transmit experience. They’ll delve deeper into using context clues to understand higher level vocabulary and recount stories including fables, folktales & myths, from diverse cultures. The stars are certainly reading for meaning and utilizing parts of the text to support their ideas and opinions, through rich discussion and in their writing. They sure shine!

On Friday, the students will take part in a Bridges Unit #4-Measurement & Fraction Post-Assessment. Over the course of the last month students have worked hard through in-class activities, small group opportunities, class forums, hands-on work places, team notes and forming anchor charts displaying visual strategies to help build their knowledge on the concepts covered in our fourth unit. Back by 3K popular demand is our Jeopardy review game! We can't wait to partake on Thursday! Our focus continues to be on helping students grow and learn, therefore we do not place a percent or “grade” on the assessments. We use these as a way to measure growth and an opportunity to reteach concepts & extend student learning. Students know that they are welcome to use resources such as their team notes (in their class notebooks) and any other previous in-class or homework assignments that they feel would be beneficial while taking the assessment. At the end of every unit, families will receive pre & post assessment scores, along with the Bridges mastery scale. Thank you so much for your support!