Thank you so much for ALL of your hard work in helping to make this a fantastic first week back to school for your student.

Your children have clear ideas about the types of behaviors that encourage learning or act as distractions and they articulate them well! That’s wonderful.

We have brainstormed as a class, and determined that the behaviors, whether positive or negative, tend to fall under one, or more, of three categories: ready, respectful, and responsible.

If they look familiar, they should! These are the same class expectations that I outlined in the newsletter that I included in the Meet the Teacher packet. Therefore we have been practicing being ready to learn, being respectful of people and property, and being responsible by being prepared for learning and accountable for our choices!

Next week we will be conducting MAP testing. You have likely already read about it on the Intermediate page. It’s a great assessment tool to help me fine tune instruction and pinpoint areas to be reinforced. It kind of serves as a beginning of the year snapshot, almost like a first day of school photo!

This evaluation is a tool for me and will not be used for a grade. I will be teaching the students how we can use the information from the MAP to help us be aware of our strengths and areas for potential growth. More to come!

Here are some important upcoming dates to add to your calendar if you haven’t already:

Wednesday August 23 Reading MAPS testing
Thursday, August 24 Math MAPS testing
September 4th: No school. Labor Day! Whoop!!
September 14th: Fall Yearbook Pictures