I am hoping all of the students at SLE got in a lot of outdoors time this weekend. With the long cold winter and many rainy days, the warm temps and sunshine were awesome!
There are only a few weeks until the OAA tests and we are in full test prep mode. Please make sure your child is ontime to school each day to take part in these important reviews.
In math, both Mrs.Tucker and Mrs. Clements' classes will be finishing our unit on geometry this week and testing on Thursday. In addition, Mrs. Scruby and Mrs. Westley are helping out with the math review during their Social Studies and Science classes. There is a lot of content students are responsible for knowing, so again, attendance everyday and all day is very important. At home, please keep practicing multiplication and division facts.
In reading, we cannot stress enough that students must read carefully, underline/circle key words and to look back in selection/text for their answers. Even though an answer might make sense, if it is not stated in the text, it will be marked wrong. We have a saying in 4th grade --- NO MSU! That stands for NO MAKING STUFF UP! When your child reads at home or brings home practice passages, please encourage him/her to look back in the text and prove to you where they have found answers to the questions they are asked.
Supplies seem to be a huge issue right now. Multiple students are asking for pencils daily. Students must have 2-4 sharpened pencils at the beginning of the day. We have observed students being careless with their supplies, dropping them in the hall, breaking leads on purpose, over sharpening, etc. Please supply your child with pencils and encourage them to be responsible with their school supplies.
This week in the Friday Folders were parent input forms for class placement for 5th grade at Columbia. These forms must be turned back in by April 21st.
