First Day of SBAC

I am extremely proud of how hard the students of 3C worked today.  They were taking their time, reading all of the questions, and answering in complete sentences.  As a reward, I will be taking the student out for an extra recess before testing as a way to say Thank You for all their hard work.  Also, Thank You to all the parents for their support in making sure their child was ready for testing.  Students wore their green; got a good nights sleep; ate a good breakfast and lunch; and brought a blanket, stuffed animals and gum. I look forward to another great day of testing tomorrow.

Reminder - Students should bring in a stuffed animal that is fast, to remind students not to go too fast through their test.

Problem of the Week

This week, student completed another boggle board.  Students had to use the letters on the board to complete as many words as they could.  As a second challenge, I asked students to find the longest words they could make as well.

CONGRATULATIONS

The following students were able to create the most words using this boggle board.

Jack - 301 words

Quintin - 242 words

Tobi - 55 words

Kate - 50 words

The longest word that students found were 8 letters: trackers

Week of April 10th

SBAC testing starts tomorrow!  As a reminder, students can wear GREEN.  The students and I spoke on Friday about making sure they got a good nights sleep and a good breakfast.  I have told the students they can bring in a small blanket and a stuffed animal.   Students should also bring in their own headphones to use (for their comfort). Also, with a parent note, students can bring in gum to have during testing.  

In preparing for SBAC ELA testing, I have already told the students that there will be NO spelling list this week.  There is a list of words that students will be working on during Daily 5 (Word Work), but just in the classroom.  For homework, students will have: reading 15 minutes, fluency and a math worksheet.  Also, there will be no reading story this week.  Instead, we will be working on a two week POETRY unit in the classroom.  

In Math, we will finish Chapter 13 with graphing.  Our test should be on Thursday.  Students have been doing a great job with reading and interpreting bar graphs so far.  Now this week we will be working with line plots.  

As SBAC begins, if you have any questions or your child expresses any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.  

SCA - Week 8

This week, students went back in time to the 1700's to find out what animal had been stealing things from the explorers campsite.  Students had to use clues using the furbearer, scat and pelts to figure out what native animal it was that stole things.

Then students broke off into 3 groups to learn more about the furs, tracks and skulls.  

SBAC Celebrations & Parent Homework

Dear Family,

SBAC testing is just around the corner! Thank you in advance for making sure that your child is in school on the days that our class is testing.  The days we will be testing on are :

• Monday (4/10) - ELA - Wear  GREEN
• Tuesday (4/11) - finish ELA     - STUFFED ANIMAL (fast)

• Tuesday (4/18) - ELA Performance Task  - Wear Zippers

(We will NOT zip through our test.  We will take our time)

• Wednesday (4/19) - finish ELA Performance Task -  Wear YELLOW (Midway through)

• Tuesday (5/2) - Math - Wear T-shirt with  POSITIVE message day

• Wednesday (5/3) - finish Math   - Bring “SMART” food for a snack

• Monday (5/8) - Math Performance Task  - Wear BLUE

(We are not sad that we are almost done)

• Tuesday (5/9) - finish Math Performance Task       - Wear RED

(We are DONE!)

The importance of a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast on the morning of the test cannot be stressed enough! In class, we will be reading Winner’s Never Quit by Mia Hamm.  Just like an athlete must always do their best and never give up, students must do the same!  Our theme for testing will be to be Game Day ready!

Athletes also need encouragement from their fans! That’s you! On the next page you will find baseballs.  Please write encouraging notes to your child inside the baseball.  Cut it out and return it to school in the attached paper bag so that your child cannot peek! Each time before we start a new section of testing, I will give an encouraging note to your child from you or myself to remind them that we believe in them!  Sorry for the short notice, but please try to return by Friday, April 7th.

Another way that we will be celebrating is to come up with a theme for each day.  We have come up with our themes.  (Please see above)  Along with this theme, students are allowed to bring in a favorite stuffed animal or small blanket to have near them while they test.  Also, if you would like your son or daughter to be able to chew gum during the test, please send in the gum on the day of the test WITH a note saying that he/she can chew gum during testing.  Lastly, I spoke to students about having them bring in a pair of headphones that are comfortable to them.  Each time that they test, they will be asked to put on a pair of headphones.

Thank you,

Mrs. Coulon

March Book It

I want to CONGRATULATE the following students for completing their March Book-It.  They had to read 440 minutes, take 4 AR tests, and earn between 2-5 points.  Great job to:

Jaylin - 29 tests passed

Kaylee - 14 tests passed

Alexandra - 13 tests passed

Laci Hall - 7 tests passed

Tobi Runnion-Bareford - 4 tests passed

SBAC Schedule & Headphones

3C SBAC Schedule

Monday (4/10) - ELA

Tuesday (4/11) - finish ELA

Tuesday (4/18) - ELA Performance Task

Wednesday (4/19) - finish ELA Performance Task

Tuesday (5/2) - Math

Wednesday (5/3) - finish Math

Monday (5/8) - Math Performance Task
Tuesday (5/9) - finish Math Performance Task

*It is recommended that students bring their own headphones for testing if they have them. The ELA portions of the testing require students to listen to passages and then answer questions.   We do have headphones available for students, however, they are allowed to bring their own.  Headphones are optional for math testing, but sometimes, students like them to block out noise.