Hello,
We finished the math portion of our NECAPs this afternoon. I was able to squeeze in the school questionnaire right at the end of the day as well. The questionnaire is a portion of the test where the students answer what they do and how often they do it during a normal school day. There are no wrong or right answers, only opinions. By finishing this, we can attempt to have a more normalized day tomorrow with a full literacy block and science class. Unfortunately the rest of the school has seven more days of testing. Special education services won't kick back in until after next week. We will do our best to differentiate and challenge everyone, but we won't be back to our regular schedule, which the kids have hardly seen anyway, until the week of October 24.
We had our first staff meeting tonight. I have joined a scheduling committee to try to make our schedule fit the building a bit better and to try to give the younger students easier afternoons. We discussed the lunchroom and the playground. More changes for the better should be coming soon there as well.
Please don't panic if you don't see anything written in your child's assignment book tonight. We finished the questionnaire with about two minutes to spare. The kids got ready to go as I collected the books. It would be a good night for them to get in their reading log minutes. Other than that, the only homework is for specific math classes.
We got a new student today. I hope your child can tell you something about her. At the very least, they should be able to tell you her name and where she is from.
I read a story called The Character in the Book by Kaethe Zemach this morning. I am trying to get them to embrace all of the freedom that they have during writing time to create whatever they want, like zany characters with ridiculous quirks that live in faraway places. I'm anxious to get back to our regular schedule so they can get their free reading and writing times in.
All for now. Thanks for reading.
Mr. Shea
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