I finished grading last weeks reading and grammar test. Overall, the students seem to be having problems recognizing sounds. For example, here is a sample of one of the test questions asked:
Select the word that has the same vowel sound as in blue.
a. glue
b. blunt
c. bug
The long U sound that sounds like blue is A.glue
Next, the g sound has two possible sounds the hard G sound like great, and the j sound like judge.
Select the work that has the same g sound as good
a. adjust
b. great
c. badger
the answer is b...lots of our kids our having a hard time distinguishing the two sounds of g....
This coupled with the fact that I am showing the test on the screen and reading each question and answers...
Eventually students are going to be reading and answering their own questions by December...
Please look over your child's test and see if your student is having difficulty over these words.
My suggestion is to go over the words and sounds, in the meantime, I will be looking for some websites to assist your child over these issues.
Continue reading with your children, have them read to you daily at least 20 minutes a day.
It is alright to read some stories over and over. Reading familiar stories develops fluency and will carry over to other stories...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Some test now on Thursdays
Because of the amount of test given on Friday, I am moving some test to Thursdays.
Language and Spelling will be moved to Thursday.
Math, reading comprehension, vocabulary will be given on Fridays. I will always have a math test on Fridays and a test as the unit ends.
Language and Spelling will be moved to Thursday.
Math, reading comprehension, vocabulary will be given on Fridays. I will always have a math test on Fridays and a test as the unit ends.
PTA Meeting
Mission Academy will be having its first PTA meeting.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
5:30-6:30 pm in the school library
Membership fee is $10 per person
Agenda: PTA election of officers, background checks for volunteers and future events...
=====Refreshments and door prizes ========
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
5:30-6:30 pm in the school library
Membership fee is $10 per person
Agenda: PTA election of officers, background checks for volunteers and future events...
=====Refreshments and door prizes ========
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
A Bit of Old School Math
Parents and Followers of this blog,
The new math diagnostic test (mclass) showed an immediate weakness in our kids math background...We need to practice basic facts....I've started practicing the students on "doubles" and "tens". You can help me by practicing your child on these same facts at home...(I know it sounds like real old school, but our math curriculum has been focused on getting the kids to practice reading word problems while neglecting the old fashion math facts.)
tens
10 plus 0 = 10
10 plus 1= 11
10 plus 2= 12
10 plus 3 = 13
all the way to 10+10=20
doubles
0+0=0
1+1=2
2+2=4
3+3=6
all the way to
12 +12 =24
Please make this fun for the kids, maybe make a song out of the facts....
also the kids are learning about "near doubles"
double near doubles
4+4 = 8 4 + 5 = 9
5+5= 10 5 + 6 = 11
The new math diagnostic test (mclass) showed an immediate weakness in our kids math background...We need to practice basic facts....I've started practicing the students on "doubles" and "tens". You can help me by practicing your child on these same facts at home...(I know it sounds like real old school, but our math curriculum has been focused on getting the kids to practice reading word problems while neglecting the old fashion math facts.)
tens
10 plus 0 = 10
10 plus 1= 11
10 plus 2= 12
10 plus 3 = 13
all the way to 10+10=20
doubles
0+0=0
1+1=2
2+2=4
3+3=6
all the way to
12 +12 =24
Please make this fun for the kids, maybe make a song out of the facts....
also the kids are learning about "near doubles"
double near doubles
4+4 = 8 4 + 5 = 9
5+5= 10 5 + 6 = 11
Monday, September 20, 2010
Free Dress Day and Progress Reports
Free dress day for Mr. Fierros class has moved to Tuesday. Mr Flores our vice principal was supposed to drop off the free dress wrist bands and because we were testing he said he would come back. Unfortunately he was detained and we did not get our wrist bands....However, Mr. Flores came by on Monday morning and explained to our class that we can get our "Free Dress Day" on Tuesday...
I really like to print my own progress reports, It's more thorough and you can see the assignments, grades and averages of each....You can also see that not everything is inputted such as some homework, or daily assignments. If I did input everything I literally would get swamped with too much grading...I try to select those assignments, classwork and test that best represents the work done in class.
Important note is I always input test grades.
I really like to print my own progress reports, It's more thorough and you can see the assignments, grades and averages of each....You can also see that not everything is inputted such as some homework, or daily assignments. If I did input everything I literally would get swamped with too much grading...I try to select those assignments, classwork and test that best represents the work done in class.
Important note is I always input test grades.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Saturday Weather Post
Raining, cloudy at 3:oo pm Satuday. If the weather was different in your location, make a note of it and tell your child to mark his weather observation chart, on Monday....
Friday, September 17, 2010
TPRI test, M-Class math test,homework folders and Weather...
Parents,
Hectic week! The new TPRI test has been taking an extraordinary amount of time to administer, so much so that the district extended the time to give the test for another week....I honestly wish they would have figured this out sooner.
Apologies: I was not able to cover some of the homework assignments in class, in particular the statement, question and adjective handouts... I did not test the children over these concepts but I did test them today on Spelling, Hard C and Soft C sounds, Long a and Long i sounds and comprehension ( Henry and Mudge 2nd story). The Math quiz only covered 2-1 thru 2-4 and that was also given today . My apologies for the sentences and I am going to count what the children did for homework as extra-credit.
M-class Math testing will be next week but it will not be so time consuming as the TPRI. It will throw my math homework schedule and my pacing a bit off and there is a possibility of a delayed Unit 2 test.
( I really like to give my end of unit test on Fridays)
M-Class Math test? It's new this year! It is a very thorough assessment of your child's mathematical abilities. The M-CM will cover: Computation, Concepts, Missing Number, Number Facts, and Quantity Discrimination. It is given whole class (TPRI is given individually) and should be less time consuming. (hope)
Science: The class has been studying gases (atmosphere) and weather. You may have noticed a weather chart, it's to keep track of the weather till about the end of the month. Since I kept the homework folders to grade over the weekend your child will not be able to chart the weather on Saturday and Sunday. That's OK! We'll keep track of it and post on the blog (if different go ahead and tell your child to mark it differently on Monday when they get back their homework folder ..
Why all this testing? The testing gives a good educational profile of your child. It allows me to tailor a curriculum to your child's strengths and weaknesses, since next year is a TAKS grade (3) this will assist me in getting your child ready for the state mandated test.
Hectic week! The new TPRI test has been taking an extraordinary amount of time to administer, so much so that the district extended the time to give the test for another week....I honestly wish they would have figured this out sooner.
Apologies: I was not able to cover some of the homework assignments in class, in particular the statement, question and adjective handouts... I did not test the children over these concepts but I did test them today on Spelling, Hard C and Soft C sounds, Long a and Long i sounds and comprehension ( Henry and Mudge 2nd story). The Math quiz only covered 2-1 thru 2-4 and that was also given today . My apologies for the sentences and I am going to count what the children did for homework as extra-credit.
M-class Math testing will be next week but it will not be so time consuming as the TPRI. It will throw my math homework schedule and my pacing a bit off and there is a possibility of a delayed Unit 2 test.
( I really like to give my end of unit test on Fridays)
M-Class Math test? It's new this year! It is a very thorough assessment of your child's mathematical abilities. The M-CM will cover: Computation, Concepts, Missing Number, Number Facts, and Quantity Discrimination. It is given whole class (TPRI is given individually) and should be less time consuming. (hope)
Science: The class has been studying gases (atmosphere) and weather. You may have noticed a weather chart, it's to keep track of the weather till about the end of the month. Since I kept the homework folders to grade over the weekend your child will not be able to chart the weather on Saturday and Sunday. That's OK! We'll keep track of it and post on the blog (if different go ahead and tell your child to mark it differently on Monday when they get back their homework folder ..
Why all this testing? The testing gives a good educational profile of your child. It allows me to tailor a curriculum to your child's strengths and weaknesses, since next year is a TAKS grade (3) this will assist me in getting your child ready for the state mandated test.
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