Unit 6 Vocabulary Practice

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Spelling Unit 25 -ed and -ing endings

Class Picture Day

Class pictures will be taken on April 1st.

NWEA testing

Just a reminder that we will be completing NWEA testing this week. Our testing times are Tuesday (3/25) through Thursday (3/27) from 8:30-10:30. Please make sure your child is well-rested, well-fed and ready to go! We will not have spelling this week. Thank you!

Extreme Adaptations

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Calling All Summer Birthdays!!!

I have quite a few summer birthdays in this group. If you would like to bring treats in sometime this spring to celebrate your child's summer birthday, please let me know and I will get it on the calendar! Thanks!

Testing

Spring testing is approaching. We will be completing NWEA tests at the end of March and then Smarter Balance (new for common core) testing in April. Our class is scheduled to test first thing the mornings of March 25-27. While it is possible to make up these tests, it is difficult. It is much better if we are all here and ready to complete the test together and then move back into our normal routine. Let me know if you have any questions! kanes@billingsschools.org

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Homework

Next week we will have a slight change in our homework system. I have a policy that if all students bring their homework in on time (the next day), we will have 5 extra minutes of recess. This reward has only happened ONE time this year. (To give you background, my class last year had this reward almost every week.) I am not a big proponent of homework, but it is my responsibility to prepare my students for the increased workload of intermediate grades. I told the class a few weeks ago that if homework was not all turned in on time I would have to increase homework from once a week to twice a week as they must need more practice being responsible. For two weeks everyone got the assignment in, but unfortunately this week that was not the case. Starting next week we will have homework twice a week. Anyone who does not bring it in the next day will have to complete it during recess. I do not enjoy assigning more homework or taking away more recess, but the lack of responsibility is too big to ignore. Thank you for your support.

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