Conferences and Spring Break

Hello. Thank you for coming to conferences last week. If you missed your conference time you can always reschedule. Also, you can keep updated with your student's weekly report that is sent home on Fridays.

We will return from Spring Break on April 1st. The students have an assignment over spring break. The students should be reading the passage with the BIG 5 reading strategy and answering the comprehension questions.

Have a safe and relaxing Spring Break!

Conferences are NEXT WEEK!

Conferences are next week already! The students have assigned days for their conference; either:

Wednesday, March 20th- PM

Thursday, March 21st- PM

Friday, March 22nd- AM

The conference schedule will be sent home with the students. If there is a conflict in conference time please contact me to reschedule.

MCA's ARE COMING UP!!!

This week the students have started MCA preparations. The MCA's are an important state test that the fifth and sixth graders will be taking in mid April. This week the students are in guided groups focusing on the BIG 5 Reading Strategies.

In order to fully prepare for the MCA's please make sure students are going to bed early and eating breakfast in the morning.

BELONG Assembly

The fifth and sixth graders hosted an assembly for the rest of Achieve Language Academy this past Thursday. The students did an excellent job presenting one of ALA's core values, belong. The students presented: a chant, a video describing what it means to belong, student art and poetry, and a song and dance.

The Past Couple of Weeks in 5/6 Language Arts and Social Studies...

The past few weeks have been very busy as the fifth graders went to Starbase while the sixth graders studied personal finance in social studies and tone and mood in language arts. The sixth graders studied describing and feeling words to describe various texts and media's tone and mood. At the end the sixth graders were able to write their own story with a specific tone. The sixth graders learned about the importance of goal-setting, saving, and choices in personal finance, social studies economics. At the end the sixth graders played The Game of LIFE to have a fun, yet relevant, well-earned, end of the week activity.

Upon the fifth graders returning back to the normal school day last Wednesday, the fifth and sixth graders finished reading the novel, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. The students practiced their fluency and comprehension skills while reading this fictional novel.