Dear Parents,

   We are well into the third quarter of the school year and the children willl be receiving their progress reports soon..  Please remind the children to keep working hard and to remain focused in class, as fifth grade is just around the corner! But most importantly, remind your children to treat others as they would want to be treated, especially during the Lent season.  We will be emphasizing "Acts of Kindness" around the school all during Lent.  Please remind your children the importance of being kind. I tell the class all the time that good conduct and grades go hand in hand.  
   In ELA classes we are preparing for the state exams by reading and writing daily while focusing on comprehension strategies such as determining the theme of a story/poem, making connections between texts, making inferences, comparing/contrasting characters,and refering to details and examples in the text.  Additionally, we are working on the writing process and practicing written responses for the ELA state exams. All of these skills are necessary in mastering the reqirements for the ELA state exams.  We are also deteremining the author's purpose and analyzing the overall structure of texts.  In Social Studies, we are  focusing on geography, the study of New York State, important ideas and social and cultural values/traditions from U.S. history.  Also feel free to contact me on the Remind App if you ever have a question or concern.
 
Continue to work on Readers are Leaders.  The log and the Book Report are due at the end of the month.

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."  Read, Read, Read!

                                                                               Thank you for your continued cooperation.

   

                                                                                                                        Sincerely,

                                                                                                                        Ms. Evanego

This is the Writng Rubric that I will use to grade writing assignments.
1= 60       2=70        2+=75       3- =80         3 =85            3+= 88             4-  =90       4= 95         4+=98