Dear Room 19 Families,
WOW! We had an outstanding week in Room
19! By far, the best week all year! We are still using Class Dojo, but ask your
student about the new daily Room 19 vs. Miss Rahrig competition. Best decision
we have ever made as a class!
We are continuing to move full speed ahead
as we approach Winter Break. Please continue to discuss daily with your learner
how important it is to be focused and on task these next few weeks. I will continue
individual Leveled Reading Assessments with every student this week. I was
hoping to have until December 18, but have a Data Meeting on Monday the 15th
to discuss all students and make sure we are doing all we can at Crooked
Creek to help them be successful. I will need to get all assessments done this
week. These assessments take at least 20
minutes per student and are done one on one. During this time it is imperative
that students are studying outside of school, as this will have to be done
during some of our small group work time.
Additionally, to ensure all students are
meeting his/her LexiaCore5 minutes, doing Lexia at home once or twice a week
would be very helpful! We have had three students complete all levels on Lexia! Congratulations Johanna, Fiona, and Stella!
Our learning this week continues with:
• Reading-Unit 3,
Lesson 14 in Journey's-James Forten (Biography)
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Skill: Sequence of Events
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Strategy: Summarize/"GIST"
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Word work focus: similes and metaphors
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Fluency skill: pauses
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New Novel Assignment: Due December 18th!!!! (Error on
last the Newsletter.
In order to get Novel Assignment on this report, they must
be turned in on time.)
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Reading Quiz Friday
• Social
Science- We have started our unit on Colonization. Students will start
memorizing the 50 states starting with the first 13 colonies! We will be
analyzing reasons for settling and looking closely at each region: New England
Colonies, Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies
• Writing-Students
have started typing informational texts. We will be adding a glossary,
bibliography, captions, pictures and finish typing this week! This is a huge
portion of writing grade.
• Math-Unit 6: This week we will review multiplication of fractions and start
division of fractions. Students not only have to know how to do this
algorithmically, but also need to understand why it works. There will be
an exit ticket on Wednesday on multiplying and dividing fractions.
Assessments this Friday will consist of:
• Friday: DMR
Quiz
• Friday: Lesson
13 Reading Quiz
Other Announcements:
• Next Monday:
Last day for Cookie Dough Pick-Up
· Friday:
Freaky Friday $1 to wear Favorite Ugly Sweater
Students should be using online resources
every week!
Online Resources for Students:
Username: Student ID #
Password: Last name
Please do not hesitate to contact me with
any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!
srahrig@msdwt.k12.in.us
317-259-5478 ext. 12219
