Happy
Fall!! Boy, have we been busy! I am
excited to share with you that we will be using a few online resources for
student assessments this year. Our math program, Envision, offers an online
component for student testing at www.pearsonsuccess.net, in addition we
have our reading Houghton Mifflin resources online at www.thinkcentral.com.
The benefits of using the online resources are numerous!
*Students have access to both textbooks and practice books online.
*Students have access to both textbooks and practice books online.
(No more worries about forgetting the book at school!)
*Students
have online games, activities and enrichment opportunities to extend their
learning.
*For digital tests, students become more familiar with the digital assessment experience.
*Students will be more prepared for future assessments that are digital in nature.
*Online resources are an environmentally friendly approach-we reduce our use of paper for copying!
*Time saver for teacher grading and paperwork! Grading is automated!
*Quicker feedback for students-as soon as they finish a test-they can see their score!
There will be reduced paperwork coming home...so how do you keep informed about your student’s progress?
*In order to see copies of tests and assessments, students and parents can go to the specific websites and login to their student’s account.
*Student usernames and passwords for these resources are the same as their Google and Khan Academy accounts.
*I also will be sending home information occasionally for you to sign off on student scores-however these will not show the assessment in its entirely.
ENVISION MATH WEBSITE: www.pearsonsuccess.net
READING: www.thinkcentral.com
*For digital tests, students become more familiar with the digital assessment experience.
*Students will be more prepared for future assessments that are digital in nature.
*Online resources are an environmentally friendly approach-we reduce our use of paper for copying!
*Time saver for teacher grading and paperwork! Grading is automated!
*Quicker feedback for students-as soon as they finish a test-they can see their score!
There will be reduced paperwork coming home...so how do you keep informed about your student’s progress?
*In order to see copies of tests and assessments, students and parents can go to the specific websites and login to their student’s account.
*Student usernames and passwords for these resources are the same as their Google and Khan Academy accounts.
*I also will be sending home information occasionally for you to sign off on student scores-however these will not show the assessment in its entirely.
ENVISION MATH WEBSITE: www.pearsonsuccess.net
READING: www.thinkcentral.com
Upcoming events:
Language Arts:
- With Halloween coming we have composing poems for our collection. This coming week, we will be presenting Halloween and Fall poems that we have memorized.
- We have finished reading in our Houghton Mifflin book, Theme 1: Natures Fury! We were able to take the online version of the Theme 1 test. Our next theme will be Give it all you got! Before reading the next theme, we will be reading Sign of the Beaver as a class.
Social Studies: We are studying
Early People of North America. Your
children have completed Native American Regions projects. They worked in small groups to make at least
2 artifacts from their region. For their
presentations, each group made a powerpoint to help guide their talk. Here are
their powerpoints:
The Great Plains Indians:
Plateau:
California Intermountain:
Southwest:
Northwest Coast:
Southeast:
Please
help your child review by using an on-line tutorial at http://tutorial.teachtci.com/. We are also continuing to memorize our
States and Capitals. We will be having a test on the states and capitals after
Thanksgiving. A fun website to practice is
Science: We are studying
Evaporation, Condensation, and Uneven Heating on the Earth’s surface and how it
relates to our weather. We are lucky enough to now have one more field trip to
the KRON 4 television station in San Francisco to take a tour and meet a
meteorologist on Thursday, Nov. 15th. As I finalized details on this exciting trip,
I will share details. I do know that we
will need drivers and be leaving close to 8:15 and be back during lunch. Please
watch a weather forecast with your child to point out different terms such as
high pressure, low pressure, and offshore winds to get us ready for this
terrific experiment.
****Congratulations
to our Student Council Class Representatives:*****
Maria and Shawn
Field trips:
Tuesday,
Nov. 6th NASA leave at 8:30 back by
lunch – bring a snack
Outside Reading is due this
Friday, NOV 2nd
Number
of pages:
A
= 2400
PAGES
B
= 1600 PAGES
C
= 1200 PAGES
(Plus
and minus grades are given at my discretion.)
B.
Book requirements:
1.
One (1) double-page book
(Newbery,
Newbery author or my approval)
2.
Fiction or non-fiction book about an artist
3.
One (1) mystery, science fiction OR fantasy
4.
Fiction or non-fiction book about astronomy
5.
Fiction or non-fiction book about Native Americans
****Keep an eye out for the test packet
to be signed this week!
I look forward to taking advantage of these online systems
and moving to more digital resources this year! Thank you for your support as
we are using more technology and improving our practices! Please don’t hesitate
to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Technologically
yours,
Andrea Jones
