Language Arts: We have cycled through all reading and writing TEKS and will now begin spiraling through them again. We will likely have more project based instruction during this last quarter of school. In class that might look like small group work or independent studies with guidance from me along the way. We are not working on a new TEK in reading this week, but putting all our focus on writing and social studies. There will be informative reading IN social studies though. I bumped the 5 Minute TEKS writing homework from 2 to 4 pages this week and told the students that nightly reading this week would be optional. I am having more and more students not completing the homework. :( The homework is not optional, and an overall completion grade will be given at the end of it. There are some students who will receive a failing grade for that in the grade book due to lack of completing expected work. Our Writing STAAR is next Tuesday, April 10th.
Social Studies: We are wrapping up the Texas Revolution. This week we will be doing a lot of review, and on Friday the kids will have an "open notes" test. They've known this was coming for a while. We've organized our notes to be sure we have everything we need.
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