Week 6

Attached is your conference appointment. Please send back the bottom portion with your student by Monday, October 13^th.

We finished our first unit and had the “big test” today! In general, the students scored very well!  We are now moving on to double-digit multiplication. Also attached is the Parent Guide to our next module in math. (This was sent home with the conference card.)

If you have Internet at home, students can log onto their Front Row account and practice becoming “master mathematicians.”  It has been really beneficial in the short amount of time we’ve used it.  They can practice the “adoptive” math lessons at home, but at school we usually do the “assigned” practice levels.

In Science, we are learning about the human digestive system, and students were able to create a life size human poster earlier this week! 

I look forward to seeing many of you during conference week. Our grading system has changed this year and it’s more focused on learning objectives.  Also attached is a proficiency scale (this was also stapled to your conference card) that breaks apart the 1, 2, 3, and 4’s.  Our goal for each student is to be proficient, so 3 is the goal!  If your student is constantly showing 4’s, then they are probably in the wrong grade and I’m not doing my job of actually teaching them something new.  During conferences, there will be a presentation in the media center that will answer any questions you have about our new reporting of student learning.   I’m still new to it, too, so thanks for your patience as we all work through it together!

As always, feel free to contact me with questions or concerns.