Good Evening,
Well we officially have 10 school days left. In that time the class will finish their animal research projects, take end of the year math, spelling and reading assessments, participate in the presentation evening, participate in field days, and help clean up and organize everything we used this year. It will certainly be a
I want to thank all of you who reached out to me this week (after the devastating events that unfolded in yet another school). I want you all to know that we do as much as we can to think about how to handle these scenarios and there are many precautions in place. There was no mention of this week's event in the classroom. If something was to come up, I would certainly let all of you know (much like I did with the Ukraine conversations that arose a few months back).
This week, in first grade math, the students have been working on a rather lengthy end of the year (Bridges Math program) written assessment. This assessment has two parts. The first is a written assessment and the second is a 1:1 math interview with each student. We will continue these assessments next week. We also reviewed telling time to hours, half hours, and quarter hours. Some students were ready for 5 minute increments too. Ms. Figdor had this to say about 2nd grade math: "This week in second grade math students compared unit fractions, explored probability, and solved a variety of word problems where they added and subtracted money. In the beginning of the week students took the Star 360 diagnostic assessment. I was impressed not only by the mathematical growth, but also the deep level of mathematical understanding that students displayed on this test. The main focus of this week was learning about probability. We discovered “likelihood” as the probability of something occurring under specific conditions. For example, the “likelihood” of pulling a red cube out of a bag when the number of red and blue cubes is equal is different from the probability of pulling a red cube out of a bag if ¾ of the cubes are red and ¼ is blue."
NOTES:
*Please mark you calendars for our gathering on Thursday, June 2nd @6:00 pm. Please arrive a bit early so your child will be able to set up their stuff. We will start promptly at 6:00.
*The last day of school is often as special as the 1st day of school. When a school year ends, its a celebration of 175 +/- days of working together to accomplish significant and at times very challenging goals. It's celebrating your children's hard work and their ability to push themselves to things they may not have ever thought they could do. It's also time to celebrate friendships and bonds. With that said, I don't like to end the year with a huge sugar loaded celebration and then send them home to you. So, once again I will be having a "celebratory breakfast" on our last day. I will be making pancakes for the kids and we will need other items as well. If you wish to contribute any items, please check out the sign up sheet by clicking here.
That is all for now. I hope you all have a safe and relaxing Memorial Day weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
