Yesterday was a very full day! So full in fact, that I forgot to post last night! Sorry about that. I am grateful to hear so many of you are enjoying this form of communication.
We won't have many days like yesterday, where so many tests and quizzes fell on one day. I hope your kids have survived, they sure did well and had great stamina for it all. They must have been super energized about having a day off today.
Speaking of today, we teachers spent the day looking at all of the data that we have been busy collecting from the first day of school and were talking about how to best meet the needs of all of our students. One way we do that here at Cowlishaw is by providing a Guided Reading program. This is a block fo time where we group kids according to what we think their needs are (using data from assessments) and provide instruction based on those needs. For some kids, these groupings are fluid, they should change during the course of the year, if not by the teacher, then the skill that that is being focused on. Some of the skills we focus on in guided reading groups are specific comprehension strategies like self-questioning, summarizing, and using a text format. Some groups will work on fluency goals. Be sure to ask you child what they are doing in guided reading so you can support that at home.
Speaking of fluency, I want to thank those of you who are taking the time to listen to your child read the fluency passage each week. Please don't just listen once...to build fluency, kids need to read it repeatedly. Fluency is more that just the speed at which a child can read, it has to do with accuracy and expression, too. Make sure your child is reading aloud with up and down tones and using voices when appropriate. You can use ANY reading material to work on this! THANK YOU! Also, be sure to go over the questions on the back with them so they are prepared to answer those questions on Friday (they only have a limited time to answer these since they are expected to understand what to do as they go over the questions during the week).
Homework for this weekend includes:Spelling list - pretest Monday - Unit 5 (can you believe this??)
Math - 5th grade Link 2.3 (the lesson 2.4 sheet is extra credit)
Reading Challenge (optional)
This week, Mrs. Eaton, our ELL teacher, will begin in our classroom during Literacy as my co-teacher! We are so lucky! Please ask your child what creative things we are doing with our reading story. Did your child tell you about the game we played with our reading story called "Hot Seat?" Oh, they did an amazing job and the two hot seat people were great under pressure! What a great class!
TO finish this novel of a posting, progress reports are coming home on Friday. Please look at the checklist carefully and let me know if you have any questions or would like to come in for a conference. Parent/Teacher conferences are not until early November, but I am happy to meet with you earlier in order to put things in place for your child's success!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Grezlik
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