Preparing for State Testing

Grade 4:

This week the 4th graders were lucky to go outside during their Intervention block and do some reading/writing.  The weather was beautiful- the sun was shining, the temperature hit into the 60's.  The children enjoyed either reading a book or just free writing about their thoughts.  In the near future I am hoping to get out there more so that they can enjoy reading or writing in a different enviornment.  The children can bring in beach towels to sit on whenever we have days like this.  

The children have also been practicing for the RICAS test. One day during Intervention block we reviewed the various tools that they can use during the testing .  April 6th and 7th will be their ELA test dates.  Mrs. Davia has had them practice with a writing prompt.  In Science and History the children are also reading Informational text and completing assignments given by the teachers.  Math is also progressing along with Division as their main topic.

Grade 5:

The fifth graders have also been practicing for the 

RICAS testing.  They will begin on March 30th and 31st for the ELA section.  We have practiced both the computer based and the tools they are able to use.  The writing portion of the test is where most of the time was spent.  There is a RICAS choice board on their google classroom to practice some of the skills we were not able to get to.

After about 3 days of practicing we went back into the EL Education Curriculum and continued with the Rainforest.  The children listened to Seeds of Change and then completed a Padlet that asked them the question: What can you do to save the Rainforest?  There were many wonderful responses.

On Friday we held our third Virtual Student of the Month assembly.  It was great to see so many of our distance learners.  Mrs. Brothers does such a great job with these assemblies.  

This week our 5th graders will begin with the RICAS testing.  We know that they will put their all into them and make us proud.  We have total confidence that if they take their time, answer each question using the RACE strategy, and put in 110%, they will do great!!!  Good Luck 5th graders, you've got this.