Save the Date!  Parents, you are invited to attend our Performance Task Presentations on Thursday, September 26 at 10:00 in our classroom (room 300).  At this presentation, your child will be presenting their reading contract, reading strategies bookmark, and audiobook recording from our first EL Module: Learning Challenges!  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Encrypted Emails
Due to a recent change in privacy rules with Wake County, I am required to label all emails containing information about your child as confidential.  Here at school, that makes my emails appear as encrypted.  It takes a couple more steps to open them.  I have noticed that I have not received many replies to my encrypted emails.  These are not spam!!!!  Please open them as they have important communication about your child. 

What are we learning?

ELA:  We are currently in Unit 3 of our Learning Challenges Module.  Your child is analyzing the structure of a reading contract and will begin writing their own contract about their reading challenges on Friday.  We are also practicing fluent reading with an excerpt of text that will be used to create an audiobook recording!

Math:  We have begun a lengthy unit on addition and subtraction with 2 and 3-digit numbers.  This unit will continue after track out, but your child will have their first assessment on it next Friday.

Social Studies:  We have finished our human body science unit and are now working on a three week social studies unit about history.  We are focusing on the history of Raleigh.  We began over 500 years ago by discussing Sir Walter Raleigh, and will now move through time covering the founders of Raleigh, slavery, Women's Suffrage Movement, and Civil Rights Movement.

CogAT Practice

Your child may be telling you that they are doing CogAT Practice.  We will take the CogAT test the week we return from track out.  Ms. Kessler, our AIG teacher, has been in our classroom this week going over sample questions to ensure your child receives the best possible score!

What is CogAT?

The CogAT testing is the preliminary testing for AIG.  Students who make a high score on these tests will take the IOWA test in December.  The CogAT tests consist of three 10 minute tests per day.  They are number puzzles, word puzzles and visualization.  The kids enjoy them and the whole process takes about 45 minutes out of our day.  

Dates to Remember:

9/19  Picture Day @11:10

9/26  End of Module Performance Task Performance @10:00

9/30-10/21  Track Out

10/22  Quarter 2 Begins for Track 4

10/23-10/25  CogAT Testing

1023  Report Cards Go Home

10/30  Mordechi Field Trip