Happy Monday! Today our school day started welcoming back an old friend. Lacey was in 2R last year and moved away in January. She is returning back to Emerson. We all gave her a warm welcome. I am sure she will make a great addition to our class. WELCOME LACEY! :)
Although, it does not look like much, your child will be working extra hard this week with testing. :)
Math-
This week we are starting by adding and subtracting money. We will start to discuss making change using the least amount of coins. Next, week we will start working on time.
Reading-
This week there will not be a story as we are practicing, then taking the Cognitive Ability Tests. A letter went home last week from Mrs. Zostel (our ELP teacher) asking you to make sure your child has plenty of sleep and eats breakfast in the morning. This is good advice for every school day, but extra important on testing days.
Text Talk- No text talk story this week to be able and have extra work/ testing time.
Social Studies-
Mrs. Clark will continue with the Map Champ Atlas
for a few more weeks before starting the next science unit called Earth
Materials. This is a fun unit discovering the properties and
differences between rocks and minerals!
A few mid-year assessments are approaching:
*DAZE the comprehension test, where
students pick the correct word to use in a sentence is scheduled to take
place tomorrow, January 10th.
*DIBELS is scheduled to take place Thursday, January 12th. Our current goal is 92 correct words read per minute.
*I will probably give the
January time tests for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division the week of the 23rd. Goals for 3rd graders currently is 100
correct problems in 5 minutes on addition and subtraction (50 in 2 1/2
minutes) as well as 80 facts correct in 5 minutes on multiplication (40
in 2 1/2 minutes). Division is not currently being assessed for
reporting purposes, but I like to monitor their growth. It will be a
requirement 3rd trimester.
Other events happening this week:
Monday- Playstation Night 5:00-8:00
Friday- Emerson night at the basketball game. If you are planning on attending, please send back the paper which was in your brown envelope. Students will receive free admission.
Mrs. Jodie Yuska
