Hello Everyone,

I hope you enjoyed your weekend and this stunning weather!

Things are going well in the classroom with students and teachers falling into rich and rewarding routines. There is a lot of powerful, small-group learning going on!

5-day hybrid Schedule: starts tomorrow, Monday. There are no more whole-class Monday zooms. Distance learners are the only students who remain on zoom with their cohort.

Schedules: a schedule of work-at-home, time-value assignments will still be given on google classroom. Please continue to support your child with this work at home. This gives them more time to finish in-class assignments like spelling and reading and keeps them on track with their science fair experiment.

Science Fair Projects: please post the calendar on the fridge or wherever it's handy for you and your child so that you keep pace with the science experiment which should begin this week. If followed, the project will be completed in a timely manner, and there will be more time to enjoy the process with lowered stress.

The Report: I will be giving writing lessons and supporting your child with their science fair project report in class. The doc template for doing the report is on google classroom. We will be filling in each section of it on a more or less daily basis according to the calendar. That said, as we near the end of the report, checking your child's data for accuracy and understanding and how they have set up the tables, charts and graphs will be important. This is tricky for most students and the data collected during a project can be complex. Please proofread their report as they go, so that adjustments can be made for accuracy and a great final project. I appreciate your help on the home front with these projects and experiments.

CAASPP Update: there is no CAASPP this year! I lieu of CAASPP, we will administer a spring DRA (reading and writing assessment) and the iReady math assessment. These assessments will be administered and proctored in class and are assessments that your child has completed before, so there will be familiarity. 

The Dates for DRA and iReady: May 10 through May 21.

Important Dates: 

*2021 Auction begins 4/19/21. Don't miss out!

*Open House: May 12

More info coming on how this will be designed. More than likely, it will be online.

Have a great week!

Heather