Dear Families,
We have enjoyed our first five day week of 2018 together and completed many of the lessons that have been stretched throughout January. I am very pleased with the students’ book commercials! Please ask them to log into their google account to see the finished products.
The Trevvett faculty and staff are so excited to present to you Trevvett 2.0!! In your child’s folder there is a red half sheet of paper for you to complete after watching our video. If they return it in their communication folder they can win a prize!
Our History Project due dates are rapidly approaching. If your child hasn’t begun their research Mrs. Moseley has kindly added some resources to her blog. This project has a written part, a poster/creativity part, a presentation part, and a community part. On Tuesday, February 27 Trevvett is celebrating Black History Month with a special PTA event called “Blacks in Wax.” At this event we are encouraging the students to come dressed as their achiever and be ready to present the important information about their person as people come by and push a pretend button by their foot. We hope the children will get excited about this special activity and act like statues in a wax museum while they wait to be “activated” by their button. Please continue to let me know if you have any questions about their project! Thank you!
Next week in Reading we will be focusing on author’s purpose for fiction and how dialogue contributes to students’ understanding of what they read. We will receive new vocabulary words and they will be tested on them on Friday, February 2. In writing we will learn how to revise our writing by adding vivid language and specific word choices.
In Math we will begin our unit on Probability. In Science we will complete our unit on Earth, Sun, and Moon cycles and take a test on Friday, February 2.
Here is our updated benchmark testing schedule for the first semester:
Math: February 6 part 1 (no calculator), February 7 part 2 (calculator)
VA Studies: February 13
Reading: February 22 part 1, February 23 part 2
The students will have additional materials to study for their VA Studies benchmark test. Please continue to make sure that the children are reviewing their Race Card books.
Have a great weekend!