Only four days this week!!!!

I hope that you had an awesome Labor Day Weekend. As always this week is jam packed. Here are a couple of updates for this week. Read and find out what's trending in our class this week.

Reading Logs and Spelling

New Reading Logs and spelling lists came home last Friday. Students are still required to have done four reading activities and four spelling activities for the week. Our weekly spelling test will be on Friday as usual.

Rocks and Minerals Test

On Friday, we took our Rocks and Minerals Test. Many students did very well. I would like to recognize the following students who met standards on this assessment:

Cooper               Cosy                Sanai             David          Layza         Donna Jean

Kaylee               Chaitra             Malik            Ayden         Jayla           Jana

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Math Test

On Thursday of this week, students will take their first math assessment. This assessment will cover place value, rounding, three digit addition, three digit subtraction, and estimation. Students will bring their math journals home on Wednesday night to study.

Field Trips

Today a lime green letter will come home about two field trips that we will go on this year. One trip is on October 16, 2015. On this date we will go to the Tellus Museum in Carterville. The other trip is to The Little White House in Warm Springs, GA. This trip will be on February 26, 2015. Please read the letter carefully, send in payment as soon as possible, sign b oth forms, and return them.

Georgia Milestones Testing

This year students will be required to take the Georgia Milestones Test. This test is replacing the CRCT. This test will not only have multiple choice questions but extended response and constructed response questions as well. Students will need to know how to explain their thinking. To find out more information on this assessment, go to Georgia Milestone Assessment.