Monday, May 8, 2017

May 8-12th

Dear Parents,

Last week we started working on our last SAGE tests of the year. Thank you to all of those who sent their student with a note of encouragement! It was so sweet watching them read their notes from you, and I know it really made a difference! If you haven’t written a note to your student, feel free to for our last tests this week. It really means a lot to them to know that you care and are just encouraging them to do their best. Last week we went over our SAGE scores from last year. We made goals to do better than last year individually and as a class. So far students have been doing wonderfully! They have done amazingly on their science tests! I’m so excited to see how their Language Arts and Math tests end up! We will be finishing our Reading test on Tuesday during reading time. We will take our Math test on Wednesday during reading time as well and finish it during math on Thursday.

Also, the end of the term is coming up very quickly! All missing assignments need to be in by next Monday, May 15th. Please make sure your student gets any missing assignments in by then. If your student wants to retake a test to improve their grade, just let me know. They are welcome to retake tests during read aloud or recess.
                                                                                                           
Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading/Writing: This week we will be continuing our DRAs. We will also continue practicing our plays. We will be performing our plays the last week of school. I will let you know the exact date and time when it is officially scheduled with the office. Our homework is spelling list #29 with suffixes. Students should still be spending 20 minutes studying their words this week. They should also be reading 20 minutes a night and filling out their reading logs.

Math: This week we will continue reviewing for the SAGE test. We started a fun review game last week called Mario Math to review our lowest 10 concepts from the whole year. We will continue playing this until we are done with our SAGE test.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we will finish talking about the government. Then we will study for our cumulative test a bit together in class. Students should be studying their study guide at home for this test as well. My class will take the test on May 15th and Mrs. Frost’s class will take it on May 16th. I have sent a link to a Quizlet to students that they can play games and study flash cards for this test. I also have the study guide on my blog: http://mrswheatleysfourthgrade.blogspot.com/2017/04/social-studies-cumulative-review-study.html

This week’s homework:
Read 20 mins each day and fill out a pink reading log
Spelling #29 – 20 mins study
Chapter 10 Extra Practice P203-204, Chapter 13 Extra Practice P257-258
Study for Social Studies Cum. Test
*Math, reading, and spelling are due on Friday

Thanks!
Mrs. Wheatley


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