Welcome Back! We hope everyone had a great spring break!

As we come back from break we will be working on test prep for our upcoming MAP assessments.

We understand that occasional absences are unavoidable due to illness or other circumstances. However, we encourage you to prioritize school attendance whenever possible. Here are some ways you can help:

• Establish a consistent bedtime and morning routine.
• Schedule appointments outside of school hours whenever possible.
• Communicate with the school promptly regarding any absences.
• If your child is ill, please follow the schools guidelines for when they can return.

Please make sure that if your student is out, that they bring a note with them when they return to school.

Please make sure your students know how they are going home, and to let the front office know/ your child's teacher know if there are any changes.

Please make sure that your children have their bus tag on their backpacks each day.

4/14-4/18: Spanish Math MAP test

5/5-5/9: English MAP testing (ALL students : Math and Reading)

5/5-5/9: Teacher Appreciation Week

5/8: DLI Showcase 6:00pm

5/12: Muffins with Mom 8:00-8:30

5/16: Field Day

5/21: Awards Day

5/23: Last Day of School

With the weather warming up, it’s a great time to get outside and explore. See the attached article for ideas for enjoying the outdoors and learning at the same time. 😊

https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/outdoor-explorations

https://www.colorincolorado.org/es/articulo/exploraciones-al-aire-libre

Practice describing feelings and emotions.

Give or say the name of an object and have your student practice using adjectives.

Give your students word problems to practice addition and subtraction within 20.

Practice skip counting forward and backwards.

Students should be reading at home every night.

Have students practice rereading books that they are familiar with to practice fluency, reading rate, and reading with expression.

Please have student practicing their handwriting at home. This can be as simple as having them rewrite the alphabet and numbers, practice spelling high frequency words or their family members names!

A List of High frequency words/ heart words were given at conferences along with comprehension practice! These are easy things to work on at home!

Go over high frequency words with your students like:

the, I, a, said, to, do, of, see, he, be, me, from, look, book, are, was, you, what, have, your, want, no, go, so, goes, says, she, we, talk, walk, were, could, would, should, or, for,

All students have access to MyPath through their Schoology/ Clever. Students can access targeted reading and math activities based on their needs on their phone, ipad, or computer.

MyPath is the application that is connected to the students MAP test scores. So students are given a pathway based on the areas that they need to continue working on. The steps are below.

1. From the Marietta City Schools Webpage, Go to schoology. Log in should be your students lunch number and their password is their birthday in the format (MMDDYYYY)

2. Go to the waffle icon in the top right corner and hit Clever
3. Hit the rainbow "G" to login with google.
4. In the search bar type "MyPath". (There should be a reading and math option)

• or look for the icons already made to favorites on the main Clever Screen.

5. Once you click on which subject you would like, they should be able to practice skills in different areas that align with their MAP scores.

Reading: We began our unit 4: Cinderella Stories. Discussing Cinderella stories from around the world.

Phonics: We continued learning about vowel teams. Two or more letters that pair up to make a long vowel sound. This week we reviewed /-ue/, /-oo/, /ew/ like in the words: stew, tooth, blue

Social Studies: We continued our new unit on Economics, discussing wants, needs, producers, consumers, and saving and spending.

Writing: Students worked on conjunctions and making more complex sentences.

Math: We continued our new unit working with manipulating numbers up to 120, such as: identifying tens and ones, adding and subtracting two-digit numbers within 10, true false equations, real life word problems.

Reading: We will continue our new unit on Cinderella Stories.

Phonics: We will be continuing learning about vowel teams. Two or more letters that pair up to make a long vowel sound. This week we will be working on the two sounds of /oo/ like in: book, took, tooth, foot.

Social Studies: We will be beginning our comprehensive end of the year project "Build a Zoo". Student will work on using money, shapes, time, animals, habitats, and budgeting to build their own zoo.

Writing: Students will begin discussing opinion writing and the purpose behind it.

Math: We will continue our new unit. In unit 5 students will be working with manipulating numbers up to 120, such as: identifying tens and ones, adding and subtracting two-digit numbers within 10, true false equations, real life word problems.

At the Givebacks link below you will find our PTA School Spirit Store! Please check it out! All proceeds come right back to Park Street!

All students are expected to be in uniform. Fridays "Spirit Days" are the only days students should be out of uniform, on these days, students are still expected to wear Marietta/Park Street gear and be weather and school appropriate.

Reminder that all students should be wearing tennis shoes every day.