This week we have the district writing test, so we will not be doing our usual story with vocabulary and spelling. Students will be writing an Informational essay again, but they should be comfortable with the style of writing after we finished our assignment last week. We will be having a Science test on Energy this week, be sure to study!
This past Tuesday the teachers learned more about the Smarter Balance test (SBAC) that students will be taking this year. Students will be practicing on laptop computers in class, since we will most likely be testing in this manner. Our first practice test was this past week. The tentative schedule for testing is the week of March 23 we will test on ELA which consists of 2 parts and 2 parts to a performance task. The week of April 7 we will test on Math, which consists of 2 parts and 1 part performance task. This is not set in stone, and may change several times before the actual testing dates. I just wanted to be sure to keep you up to date on the testing. Remember you can go on and practice at home and see what the test will look like with the link on the Web links tab.
Finally, I have sent home the conference sign up sheets. Please get those back to me as soon as possible. Many dates and times are already filled. I will return the sheets back to you with the date and time I scheduled for us to meet highlighted. I will send out reminder letters closer to the week of conferences.