"We are the music makers, the dreamers of dreams." -Roald Dahl

Monday, April 27, 2015

Week of April 27 to April 30

We have a short week this week as we are have a day off on Friday.  Next week, we will be testing using the Smarter Balance test.  One format of the test is that I teach a lesson that one day, and then the following day, the students will take a test.  It is an online test.

We have finished the NWEA MAP spring tests with the exception of a few make-up tests.  I am thrilled with each kiddos growth, and I am very proud of how hard they have worked this year to learn.  I will share the results from these tests as soon as I have them.  Please keep in mind that the scores are but a small snapshot of who your kiddo is as a learner.  I have stressed with them that it is ONE way to assess what they know, but not the only way.

Many of the things that we are learning this week are a carryover from last week:

Reading: Continue to compare and contrast various extreme environments, make inferences based on reading

Vocabulary: habitat, adaptation, and migrate

Spelling: Words ending in "er" and "le"

Writing: Develop the story line of our fiction chapter books by brainstorming various ways for the main character to solve the problem

Math:  Draw irregular quadrilaterals, continue with traits of polygons by introducing games, continue multiplication and division math facts

Art: Finish the "Longest Line and Monochromatic Polygons" project

Have a great week,
Miss Kimpton

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