Students can still collect donations until next week for the Boosterthon. Our class is at $31/lap, so students have earned an additional 30 minutes of recess.
Spelling pretest for periods 1 and 2 will be on Monday. How Night Came... is the story title. 3x each is due Tuesday, 10 sentences are due Wednesday, and test will be Friday.
Students in period 3 will have a spelling pretest on Monday on their next story, Butterflies... Students can find the list in their reading book. I will have a list of words and vocabulary to go home on Monday. 3x each will be due on Tuesday, and the test will be Friday.
Period 3 will continue with reading the Butterflies story and work on figurative language. Periods 1 & 2 will be working on figurative language.
Monday is Day 1 Art.
***In periods 1 & 2, we took a common core test on Thursday on Horse Heroes. There was nothing to study for ahead of time. This was strictly a reading comprehension test. Students' scores went from an 88% to a low of 15%. There was a short story to read and then 17 questions. The questions included inferences, opinion, sequence of events, and context clues. All of the answers were in the story. Students are looking for word for word responses to be found in the story, and that is not how it is written. Students need to use strategies such as process of elimination, context clues, and cause & effect. I wanted to count this as a reading grade to help with their 3rd marking period grades, but due to the poor results, I will not be. I did review every question, and we found every answer either back in the story or we explained why it was what it was. Students will see this type of rigor and intensity on the PSSAs. This is to prepare them for the tests which begin in March. During the tests, I cannot answer questions or read anything but directions, for the most part. I do not want these tests back. I told the kids it was their responsibility to show it to you and discuss it. Please reinforce the importance of taking their time and reading thoroughly.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Herring
Spelling pretest for periods 1 and 2 will be on Monday. How Night Came... is the story title. 3x each is due Tuesday, 10 sentences are due Wednesday, and test will be Friday.
Students in period 3 will have a spelling pretest on Monday on their next story, Butterflies... Students can find the list in their reading book. I will have a list of words and vocabulary to go home on Monday. 3x each will be due on Tuesday, and the test will be Friday.
Period 3 will continue with reading the Butterflies story and work on figurative language. Periods 1 & 2 will be working on figurative language.
Monday is Day 1 Art.
***In periods 1 & 2, we took a common core test on Thursday on Horse Heroes. There was nothing to study for ahead of time. This was strictly a reading comprehension test. Students' scores went from an 88% to a low of 15%. There was a short story to read and then 17 questions. The questions included inferences, opinion, sequence of events, and context clues. All of the answers were in the story. Students are looking for word for word responses to be found in the story, and that is not how it is written. Students need to use strategies such as process of elimination, context clues, and cause & effect. I wanted to count this as a reading grade to help with their 3rd marking period grades, but due to the poor results, I will not be. I did review every question, and we found every answer either back in the story or we explained why it was what it was. Students will see this type of rigor and intensity on the PSSAs. This is to prepare them for the tests which begin in March. During the tests, I cannot answer questions or read anything but directions, for the most part. I do not want these tests back. I told the kids it was their responsibility to show it to you and discuss it. Please reinforce the importance of taking their time and reading thoroughly.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Herring
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