Can’t believe it’s snowing right now! Hope you all are staying warm!

This week is a busy one with Math OAKS testing and moving around happening in our Reading Lab classes. We’ve switched up 5th period Reading Lab this week so students are getting the interventions and techniques they need to continue to support their reading comprehension. Find the new 5th period roster here.

In Language Arts this week we are continuing our reading race. The girls are leading the boys with 160 points and Blue Block is just squeaking by Green Block. Keep up the great reading, I’ve been so impressed so far! We also are finishing up a short story and continuing to practice perfecting our writing.

In Social Studies we are continuing our study of China by reading and exploring different aspects of Ancient China.

Making sure students are getting good night’s rest is extra important this week as we continue to OAKS test. Math is especially challenging and the more awake and alert they are the better they’ll do! If they’d like to bring a water bottle in the morning please encourage them to do so as water helps get your brain going!

As always, any questions or concerns, email or call!

Make sure students get lots of rest this week so they’re alert and ready for OAKS testing! If your student would like to bring a snack to have before or after OAKS testing that is fine with me!

This week in language arts we are starting a reading “race”. Students have to read at least two books by the end of the school year and complete the accompanying assignments and questions. We are having a competition between blue block and green block to see which class can read the most books by the end of the year.

In social studies we are continuing to study China. This week we constructed our Great Wall that is 55 feet long in the hallway. Each foot stands for 100 miles of wall! We are also OAKS testing during the social studies period.

Coming up:

• Math OAKS testing next week (April 15-19) during first period Math Lab.

This week in Language Arts we are continuing to fill up our personal dictionaries with sensory words and sentence patterns!

In Social Studies, we’ve started our 4 week long study of China. We’re starting with a map of China showing the main geographic features. This map is due Tuesday and if students don’t finish it in class it is homework due tomorrow. Many of my blue block kids did not finish and should be bringing that map home to finish up!

We have also been practicing answering OAKS type reading questions in reading lab as OAKS testing for reading will start next week on Monday April 8th. Getting a lot of rest is especially important next week!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to call or email!

Upcoming Dates:

• Track started Monday April 1st
• OAKS reading testing week of April 8th-12th.