Last week, we were really busy! The first day of school was filled with fun introductions through an adaptation of musical chairs and completing an about me survey page (it was on the opposite side of the information that I asked you to fill out). After the fun, students buckled down, read an article, took notes, and answered two short response questions. This will give me an idea of their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to note-taking and constructed responses.
This week, students start the week off with a diagnostic essay. The information will let me know how much structural writing we will need to review, prior to moving on to more analytical writing. We will also take the MAP assessment to assess their reading comprehension skills at the end of the week. This district assessment is given three times per year (fall, winter, and spring) in the hopes to show growth. When students are at or above the 8th grade level according to RIT scores, typically one point of growth is all that one will see (click here to see score norms). For the non-assessment day, we will work on digital citizenship (they should have fun with this). In today's society, this is a very important skill for students to understand and apply to their daily lives.
Writing Diagnostic Essay (On Demand)
Tuesday
Digital Citizenship HyperDoc: Digital Footprint
*Chromebook needs to be brought to school and fully charged!
Wednesday
Digital Citizenship HyperDoc: Rework, Reuse, and Remix
*Chromebook needs to be brought to school and fully charged!
Thursday
MAP Assessment
*Chromebook needs to be brought to school and fully charged!
Friday
MAP Assessment
*Chromebook needs to be brought to school and fully charged!
AR Log Check (Log/Signature)
*Students need to be reading an AR book that has a reading level of 3.5+ for 30 minutes 5 nights per week. Students need to earn 30 points at every checkpoint (10/16, 12/11, 03/19, and 05/28). Please see the Accelerated Reader Roadmap for more information.
