Weekly Memo

We are officially one week away from the CRCT. On Tuesday of next week, students will take the Reading portion of the CRCT. This will be followed up by Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. It is very important for all students to attend these days, so if you have to make appointments for students, try to make them in the afternoon, so they can be here to take their tests.

Today, the entire system, along with the entire state, will conduct the first ever State-wide Lockdown Drill. Over the past week, we have conducted a few practice drills in our school, so I believe the majority of students are prepared for the drill today. Ask your students how they did when they get home.

This week in 1st and 6th Period classes, we will start a new story, "The Revolt of the Evil Fairies" by Ted Poston. This story is not as long as "The Smallest Dragonboy," so we should be finished with it by the end of next week.

In 2nd and 3rd Period, we continue with Workshop 4 - Stolen Childhoods.

On Friday, we will have our final Flashback Friday, where we review problem areas heading into the CRCT. This will be done in all classes.

This week, we will also be giving out Team Progress Reports, so be on the look-out for them.

Remember to have your students work on Study Island. This is a great practice for skills they have struggled on heading into the CRCT, not just for Reading, but for all their subject areas!