Wednesday, January 16, 2013

FAQs as of 1/16/13


1.   IREAD and ISTEP-How can I help my child study for these tests coming in March and April? We will be sending home several different packets of activities/questions to prepare each third grader for the IREAD and ISTEP assessments. Those packets will come home mid-February. They will NOT be optional, so we’ll probably scale down the reading log minutes for those weeks ONLY. More information to come on that next month. J

 
2.   Reading Log: Can my child read his story from the reader and count it toward his 20 minutes each night? YES!!!! If you want to read the story to your child (as I often do with my own 2nd grader, go for it! You’re modeling what a fluent reader sounds like, and your child will probably gain MORE from listening and discussing with you than doing so alone.

 
3.   Math: We will be finishing up Unit 7 and will be testing over the unit next Friday. Study guides and review sessions will come next week. PRACTICE THOSE FACTS (multiplication) at home each night to help ACE this unit’s test!

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