Wow!!

Wow!!!  I'm impressed by how well the students did on their Unit 4 Benchmark Reading Test.  Most scores were in the 80s and 90s.  Historically the the scores have been in the high 60s to 70s, rarely into the 90s.  Ask your child how they did and congratulate them for giving their best effort as I thought all students took the test very serious and really gave it their best shot. 

This afternoon in math we spent time creating slides that will review a math problem that is similar to the test problems they will solve later this week.  Tomorrow the students and their partner or on their own will be teaching the class about their topic using their slide on the SMARTBoard.  I am excited to see how this turns out.  I plan to video a couple of the kids and post them on the blog so look for those tomorrow. 

We also welcomed a new student in our class today.  Ana Gomez-Lopez is joining or I should say rejoining us as she went to Kindergarten and 1st grade here.  Recently she has been in Mexico.  I am always impressed with how well the students welcome new students into the class.  Everyone is willing to help and make them feel welcome.