News for the 4th and final nine weeks

Yikes! That last grading period just flew by.

As we enter the final quarter of the school year, our attention turns towards a comprehensive review of all the concepts that we have covered this year. The STAAR test is just 4 weeks away, so the next month will contain important test preparation activities. Please do all you can to have your child at school all day, every day as we prepare for them to do their best on the STAAR test. Next Monday and Tuesday we will have a STAAR practice test. Like we did during the DLA in January, we will create test day conditions. The results of this practice test will be communicated to you as soon as possible and I will use the data to personalize review activities to specific student needs.

In the links to the right, you will find the spelling lists and homework schedule for the remainder of the year. The students received these on Monday.

For the next two weeks in each subject, we will be working on the following:

1. Reading- biography and autobiography
2. Language arts- summary writing, proofreading, and editing
3. Math- liquid volume, capacity, weight, and mass; then, data analysis
4. Science- plant and animal life cycles
5. Social studies- review of map skills and geography

The first week of May will include IOWA testing. This is the test that HISD has chosen to replace the Stanford 10 test that students have been taking for several years. More information will follow.

Towards the end of the year, we will host the 3rd and final GT Expo of the year. I will let you know when we are ready to begin work on those projects.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.