Week of April 22nd

 I hope you all had a lovely weekend! We have a lot of things planned for this week. We start ISAT testing next week so we will be spending time preparing for ISATs this week.

ELA:

This week we will continue working on our narrative writing. Students had the choice between writing a personal or fictional narrative. Their rough draft was due today. I encouraged them to bring home their graphic organizer to finish their rough draft at home this evening if they did not have it completed by the end of class. This week we will be reviewing the different ELA ISATs and the tools that are available to them while they take the test. This is a great opportunity to review all the things we have learned this year!

Math:

This week in math we are continuing to work on geometry. Your student may have brought home the protractor I loaned them in class to finish up their math assignment. Please help them remember to get that back in their backpack tonight so that they will have it tomorrow. 

Science:

This is the final week for students to be working on their experiment for their project. Step 3 will be due next Monday, the 29th. If your student is finished with this step before then, they are welcome to turn it in early! I have posted the next step in Infinite Campus and students can access those documents there. They will also find the rubrics I will use to grade their project as well as their presentations attached to that assignment in Infinite Campus.

Social Studies:

We are working away on our Native American projects! Unfortunately, some of my students did not get their parts of the project done. This means they are going to have to work with their group during free times to get caught up. Please check in with your student to see if they are caught up on their project. I am hoping to finish these up in the next week or two. 

ISATs:

We will be taking our ISATs next Monday, April 29th and Thursday, May 2nd. Please make every effort to have your student in class every day until then. Attendance is always important, but it is even more so as we prepare for these tests. I spend class time talking about how to navigate the test, becoming familiar with the format, and doing practice questions to help alleviate some of the anxiety that can happen with the test. 

ISAT Party:

Our class has been talking about the ISAT party that we will be having after we complete our ISATs. Students can earn an invitation to the party one of two ways. The first way is their score, this means that they meet their goal on the ISAT by scoring a 3 or 4 or by improving one level from the practice ISAT they took in the fall. The second way they can earn an invitation is by working hard from now until ISATs showing that they are trying to do their very best. I offer this second option because I know test anxiety is a real thing and my goal is to take that off the plate for my students. I want them to feel confident in their knowledge and be able to show what they know. :) This party will be a lot of fun! I usually have pizza and root beer floats. If you would like to help out and send in supplies, let me know and I will let you know what we need. :)