8/17/18

Good afternoon, parents!

I hope your students enjoyed the Camp Emoji and Mystery Science fun we had today.  We learned about force and motion in the morning, and reviewed some reading and mathematical curriculum via Camp Emoji in the afternoon.

** Updated **

We will take our math MAPs test on Wednesday, August 29, 2018.  We will take our ELA MAPs test on Friday, September 7, 2018.  Please make sure your student gets plenty of rest the night before our testing days.

Next week, we will start working on the curriculum detailed below:

Google Classroom –

Students will become familiar with logging into Google Classroom, using Google Docs, and responding to questions in Google Slides.  They will learn about using Google Classroom for discussions, including acceptable responses to classmates.

Classcraft –

Students will activate their Classcraft accounts on Monday and will be able to earn XP and GP for working hard in school and at home.  Their Classcraft login will be included in their GO Folder in the early part of next week.  I encourage you to make a parental login and download the application as well.

Math – Multiplication

On Monday, we will begin multiplication.  Our focus for the first week will be finding things in equal groups of 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.  For example, tires on a car come in groups of four, while tires on a tricycle come in groups of three.  We’ll ask students to find things that come in groups at home as well.  Also, we will be building a multiplication flash card set for home and school.  Students will be asked to cut out some flash cards at night to create a set of multiplication flash cards that are for use at home.

Reading – Ask & Answer

Students will work on asking and answering questions to demonstrate an understanding of a text, referring to the text as the basis for the answers.

Writing – Best Part of Me

Students will continue to work on the Best Part of Me writing project and building writing stamina.

Technology –

We will start using Chromebooks on Monday.  We will work on Chromebook use and procedure.  Additionally, we will work on logging into each of the sites we will use for classwork including:

• Google Classroom
• Classcraft
• XtraMath
• ST Math
• Socrates
• Prodigy
• Freckle
• Lexia

We had a great first week.  I can’t wait to see what next week holds.  Thank you for your continued support.  As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at peterjk@nv.ccsd.net.

Thank you!  Have a great weekend!