Parents, in the Friday Folders that went home yesterday there is a great deal of important updates for you to review.  The update letter has information about Mock EOG's, the actual EOG's, need for volunteers, Field Day, and much more!  So please make sure you read through this letter and let us know if you are in any way available to help out for a variety of events that we have coming up in our classroom and at Banks Road!

Also, a spreadsheet with your student's name went home yesterday as well.  This spreadsheet has important information about how your student is performing on EOG Reading Vocabulary review activities over the past few weeks.  One copy has a bright pink sticker on it, which indicates that you will need to sign and return that copy to school.  The other copy is for you to keep.  There will be similar spreadsheets going home over the next few weeks for both reading and math.  Hopefully this will give you an indication as to whether or not your child has been keeping up with their class work, studying, and how they are performing on common assessments.  Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this information that was sent home.  Thank you!

EOG's are only 3 1/2 weeks away!
It's hard to believe that they are so close, but I am confident that the students will do their very best on the test!  We have continued to work hard on reviewing our old skills and learning our new ones.  A lot of the students had that infamous "light bulb" go on this week while working with particular math and reading skills.  It was great to see their "aha" moment happen in class!

Even though we are working hard, we need to continue to keep up that pace and the "we can do it" attitude in class.  If we all think positively and work our hardest in class then we can enter the EOG with confidence in 3 weeks.  Please make sure to review the EOG Vocabulary packets that go home each week as well as the EOG homework packets.  These contain great examples of the kinds of reading and math work they will see on the actual EOG.

Also, End of the Year Conference slips went home earlier this week.  Please let me know if you have lost or never received the form and I will send another one home.

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ALL SUPER STARS AND I BELIEVE IN ALL OF YOU!

It has been a very eventful week for Team Sonntag!  We have been working so hard in class and had 3 exciting events to attend this week.  Pioneer Day was a great success and the students absolutely loved it!  Thank you so much to the parents of Team Sonntag for all of their support with donating all of the supplies needed and volunteering to help out in the room that day.  Words can't express our gratitude for everything that you do!  Also, we were able to attend our last in school field trip with HighTouch HighTech on Wednesday.  During this field trip we explored the science objectives form 3rd quarter about the Sun, Moon, & Stars.  We were even able to "launch" a rocket to the moon.  Lastly, we had the chance to work with the Artist in Residence for BRES this week.  The class had the opportunity to learn about a 300 year old loom used for weaving.  We  brought in our own items to weave into a school tapestry that will stay at BRES to display the students' items.  All of these great moments were captured on camera, so please check out the updated photos on the "What We Are Up To" page of the website!

With EOG's quickly approaching, the students have been hard at work learning new skills and reviewing old ones.  We have started to review a plethora of math and reading EOG vocabulary that students have been working with daily in the classroom.  I am also so proud of the class for taking the initiative to study the words at home before they were assigned it for homework!  We will continue to work with the vocabulary and different skills for the EOG. 

Also, the students will be getting a new type of homework next week that will even further prepare them for testing.  Therewill be no traditional homework for the next few weeks.  Instead students will be working on a review packet for reading and math.  Inside this packet there are stories with comprehension questions for each night and a list of math problems the student should also complete daily.  These new homework packets will start on Monday night.

Therefore, students will not have to keep a reading log for reading 20 minutes each night, unless they would still like to do so.  Also students will not have spelling words sent home and will not have to do any spelling point activities.  Instead of spelling words, students will be studying definitions of EOG vocabulary words.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the new homework and I would be happy to answer them!