Ms. Riester

Preparing for the CRCT

Test taking tips:

 

 * Get plenty of sleep the night before the test.

*  Eat a good breakfast.

*  Stay Relaxed and POSITIVE!

Happy Spring!

 

Happy Spring! I hope you and your families had a wonderful Spring Break.  We have just 6 short weeks of school left until the end of the year.  It's amazing how fast the year has flown by!  Your children have been working very hard preparing for the upcoming CRCT testing.  The CRCT will be NEXT week! We will be testing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (April 21-23).  It is extremely important that your child is at school on time as we begin testing right away.  Thank you for your support in getting your child to school on time.

Report Cards and Envelopes

Report cards were sent home today! Please return to school a self-address stamped envelope so that I will be able to mail your child's report card at the end of the year.  Please make sure it has two (2) stamps.  Thank you for your cooperation!

CRCT Reviewing!

The CRCT testing is quickly approach and we are working hard at preparing for the test.  Please continue to do the homework packets that are sent home as these are an excellent review for the CRCT.  Also, the students are working on various practice pages in classes that we check together.  If you see that your child has missed several, please work with them at home and go over the missed questions. 

Book Fair

We are going to the book fair next Tuesday, March 24th.  Students may wear their "fancy clothes" the day our bookfair preview. 

Assessments!

This week your child has been working really hard taking assessments for the third nine weeks.  Be on the look out next week for these to be coming home.  Report cards will also be sent home on Thursday, March 19th

 The  assessments are great ways for you to see what your child might need some extra help with at home.  Please review these with your child.

Picture Day!

School Picture Day is next, Thursday, March 19th.  Please return the picture money and form on Thursday. 

Week of March 2-6, 2009

Phonics:  This week we have continued  to review blending varoius phonics sounds including:  oi, oy, er, consonant diagraphs, and tion.  We also have been practicing adding affixes to the base word.

Writing:  Our "All about Animals" non-fiction books are published.  The students enjoyed sharing their books with their classmates.  The books are now displayed in the hallway.

Grammar:  We have continue to review pronouns and commas were introduced.

Math:  This week we have focused on subtraction and addition facts for fluency.  Please continue to practice at home.  The students need to know their facts to 18!

Important Dates:

March 19th:  Picture Day

March 23-27:  Book Fair

March 27:  Book Fair Family Night

April 6-10:  Spring Break

PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE HOMEWORK PACKETS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT HOME! THIS IS GREAT PRACTICE FOR THE CRCT!

NO SCHOOL!

There is no school on Monday, February 16th for the students.  Enjoy your three day weekend!

Newsletter- Week of February 9-13

Phonics-  We have been focusing on blending sounds- mb, wa, and reviewing long vowel sounds.  Next week we will continue to focus on blending sounds. 

Reading-  The students have continued to read non-fictions books.  We have been focusing on main idea and details/facts in the story.  The students are doing an excellent job retelling their stories!

Writing-  The week the students have begun researching about animal with a partner in order to write a non-fiction story.  We will continue working on this project for the next few weeks.  The students will create a glossary, index, table of contents, and other non-fiction features once they have written the story.

Grammar-  We have review sentence types (asking and telling) as well as root/base words.

Math-  We continued to work on making fair trades with coins and bills up to $20.  PLEASE work on this with your child at home.