Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

All student work that is assessed and graded is sent home on Fridays in Take Home folders for families to view and discuss.

If a paper is marked “Correct and Return,” that paper should be corrected at home and is due back to school on Monday morning.

4KR math students will take pretests prior to starting each new math unit beginning with Unit 2. Students are reassured that pretests are not scored or graded for report cards.

Teachers will use information from pretests for planning instruction, pacing lessons, and organizing partnerships and small groups.

Teachers will soon be assessing student reading skills using “3-Minutes Reading Assessments.”

Students read a passage aloud while I observe their word recognition, fluency, expression, phrasing, and pace. Then students are asked to retell what they read in the passage to check for comprehension skills.

The results of this informal assessment, along with individual conferences using books students are reading for SSR time, will be used to plan lessons and projects for the whole class, small groups, and individuals.

Progress Reports for the third trimester of the school year are included in today’s Friday folder. Please review and complete the Progress Reports, which are printed on prink paper. Return the Reports to school on Monday, May 4. Thank you.

4K math students will also take pretests prior to starting each new math unit beginning with Unit 2. Students are reassured that pretests are not scored or graded for report cards. Teachers will use information from pretests for planning instruction, pacing lessons, and organizing partnerships and small groups.