We have our final STAAR tests on May 9 (math) and May 10 (reading). The students have been working really, really hard to master fourth-grade material and skills, and I’m confident they’ll excel.
May is a very busy month! Highlights include:
May 1-4 — School book fair
May 5 — Cinco de Mayo program
May 9 — STAAR math test
May 10 — STAAR reading test
May 16 — Symphony field trip
May 20 — Fourth-grade track & Field Day
May 25 — Career day
May 26 — School Talent Show (fourth-grade @ 11-11:50)
May 27-30 — Memorial Day holiday
June 2 — Students’ last day
We also have a lot going on in the classroom.
With the STAAR writing test behind us, we're tackling fractured fairytales before giving way to a free-choice writing project that the students will "publish" in a hardcover book. In reading, we'll move on to books groups with a variety of novels.
In math, we'll revisit some of the thornier skills that fifth-grade teachers have identified: adding/subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators, multiplication/division fact fluency, and multi-digit multiplication and division.
In science, we’re continuing to examine our living world and adaptations.
And in social studies, we're seeing Texas grow and prosper in the decades after the Civil War and rejoining the United States.
May is a very busy month! Highlights include:
May 1-4 — School book fair
May 5 — Cinco de Mayo program
May 9 — STAAR math test
May 10 — STAAR reading test
May 16 — Symphony field trip
May 20 — Fourth-grade track & Field Day
May 25 — Career day
May 26 — School Talent Show (fourth-grade @ 11-11:50)
May 27-30 — Memorial Day holiday
June 2 — Students’ last day
We also have a lot going on in the classroom.
With the STAAR writing test behind us, we're tackling fractured fairytales before giving way to a free-choice writing project that the students will "publish" in a hardcover book. In reading, we'll move on to books groups with a variety of novels.
In math, we'll revisit some of the thornier skills that fifth-grade teachers have identified: adding/subtracting mixed numbers with unlike denominators, multiplication/division fact fluency, and multi-digit multiplication and division.
In science, we’re continuing to examine our living world and adaptations.
And in social studies, we're seeing Texas grow and prosper in the decades after the Civil War and rejoining the United States.