Friday!

FYI:
*Literacy Letters due DEC. 18th!
*We are still collecting items for our class community project for December
*Our Class Party is on Dec. 20th from 1:30-2:20.  There will be a letter going home about this soon. I'd love to have everyone attend if you can! The More the Merrier!! :)
*See you all at the GSE Bazaar tomorrow! We are going to be there from around 9-10!!


We had a great Review Friday! Your kids need extra play time after the amount of assessments we had to do!! :)  This was definitely our assessment week with ending our Literacy Block unit.  We will begin new Science, SS, and Writing/Reading standards next week!

**The assessments look weird!! :) We are beginning to model them like the new state test will be - KPrep.  There is an answer booklet and a test booklet for Science!!

*Science Fossils Assessment: Students were given their tests back today. Overall, I was SO impressed with the scores!! I told the students if they wanted to earn extra points for the questions they missed, they can make it up and re-do those questions.  It is due to me on MONDAY.

*Reading Assessment: Whew! This one was tricky! There were only 2 multiple choice questions and they were very 'involved' questions! There was also an Extended Response.  Those are graded, and entered, so I will be passing those out today as well.  Students have a note on the bottom of their test if they need to FIX their test. It is DUE BACK on Monday.  If you aren't sure if your child should re-do his/her test, you can check Infinite Campus.  The grades are posted under TRLI4.6.  Anyone who scores a low B or below should be expected to correct their test.

*Writing Assessment: We didn't finish this!!! The writing standards were tested inside of reading texts! So, there was a lot of reading and we did not have time in our day to finish! Whoops! We will finish up on Monday.

*Math Test:  Ms. Wilham concluded her unit on Algebraic Thinking and gave students their tests.  These will be given back on Monday.

Today we did not get to have Math Groups :( so do not be looking for a slip to sign this weekend!
We did participate in our last CARS & STARS groups for this week.  Next week students will rotate to another group/teacher and review another reading skill. 

Students also met with their Reading RtI teacher for a quick assessment for data.  If your child is in MY RtI Reading group, you will receive a little informal note about their performance.  If your child returns this with a signature they can eat in the room on Monday.

We finally got to complete our Thanksgiving Community Service project today! WOW. The kids were really putting so much thought and effort into decorating the flip flops with love and care.  We talked all about how fortunate we are and how we really need to remember that this time of year! Maybe, just maybe, you won't hear "I want that, I need that" too much this weekend! hehe :)  I will be delivering the flip flops to the appropriate people at Southland Christian Church who will be going to Haiti over the Holiday Break.  With giving these flip flops, children will get to attend school.  Students cannot attend school unless they are wearing shoes! So crazy for us to talk about in here, but so proud of the conversations that occurred during it.

cute little baby ones!!!!!

Lastly, we participated in helping our 1st grade Book Buddies reading and taking AR tests.

Have a great weekend!! ~ Mrs. Burton