Week of March 23-27

Good morning!

This week...

There will be no vocabulary until after the Real STAAR test.  We will be working on going over any TEKS we struggled with on the Practice test in small groups until then.

Mrs. Beth Brantley and Mrs. Tammy Dean are coming into each of my classes for thirty minutes a day to assist with this task in order that we can more specifically gear review and practice towards each individual child's needs!  I am very optimistic that this will benefit us greatly towards the STAAR! 

The good news is that I have been able to identify the areas of struggle for each student as far as the curriculum goes through the practice test we took.  Now we are able to spend time targeting these areas specifically.

Some students do not require individual TEKS tutorials due to scoring very well on the practice.  These students will be challenged with a novel reading project which will hold them accountable for continuing to build and sharpen their reading skills so that they are not being left out of the improvement plan.

I am very encouraged by the results of our exam which are now posted on Gradebook.  We still have time for everyone to improve!

There will be no homework other than for students to practice reading this week in my class.  Next week I will send home a couple of practice passages for homework for your child to work on with you.

Thank you so much for all you do!