First I want to apologize for not getting this week's spelling words on Spelling City until today. I completely forgot and did not realize it until this morning! I guess that "Full Moon" has had an affect on me as well. I will do better to get our words on there every Monday morning!
-Ms. Poole
TESTS
Every Thursday during computer time the kids practice their spelling words on Spelling City in preparation for their test the next day, BUT last week we had many low spelling test grades. Please make sure your child is practicing their spelling words in some way at home every night (not necessarily writing them down 3 times). There are many other ways that they can practice them at home other than just writing them down repeatedly. Yes, they do need practice writing these words but we do not want them writing them so many times that they begin to have a dislike for writing. One thing that I know works for some students/parents is having the child spell the words out loud (kind of like a spelling bee). Check out these websites for some ideas on how your child can practice their spelling words at home!
http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/10/75-fun-ways-to-practice-and-learn.html
http://www.readingresource.net/support-files/spellingpractice.pdf
http://www.summithill.org/FileUploads/TeacherFiles/72WaystoPracticeSpellingWords_9_7_2013_12_47_00_PM.pdf
Make sure tonight that you remind your children that on their spelling test tomorrow if they have any capital letters on their words they will be counted off half a point since that is something we have been going over and working on all...year...long! ALSO, very important if the word is a open compound word then they must have space between the words. For example: post office If the word is a hyphenated compound word then they MUST have a hyphen in between the two words. For example: part-time.
MATH TEST
We are taking our BIG end of Module 5 Math test tomorrow. We reviewed together in class yesterday and AGAIN today! We have asked the students BOTH days to go over that review with their parents at home and have them sign it! Please check their work, ask them how they solved certain problems, and have them do a few more practice problems similar to some of the ones that are on the review. Thank you so much for your help and cooperation. I know they are going to do a great job tomorrow after preparing so hard and for so long!
