Quarter Two is underway - which means conferences are on the horizon. I will have the students write down your date and time in their planners next week.

Math: We reviewed the unit one assessment in class today. They have a parent report coming home today in the math section of their binders. There are three percentages - just 3rd grade, just 4th grade content (what is assessed), and the total. Collectively we did outstanding on this assessment! The average was 83% for the entire assessment - every single item, on-grade and challenge. In general, our class scores were a bit higher than their quiz averages which indicates their understanding is peaking...this is how it is supposed to be.

We took the pre-assessment today and made some decisions regarding switches for this next unit on measurement. Your student will explain this to you on Monday if it impacts he/she.

Language Arts: We began working with informational text by identifying the main idea of a TFK article. This sounds simple - but the challenge is understanding the relationship between details - not locating details in isolation. Furthermore, we are examining the main idea through clearly stated means (titles, captions, and heading) and inferential means (paragraphs, photographs, and passages).

Field Trip chaperones: If you volunteered to be a chaperone (6 of you), your child has a note in their planner confirming your participation next Tuesday. Thank you for helping out!