Celebrating Learning

Dear Parents and Students,

Let the celebrations begin! Beginning Monday, May 2nd, students will start our yearend celebrations (tests). As I hope your students have shared, we refer to our tests as celebrations. This is what they really are - celebrations of our learning, growth, and progress.

To best further prepare students for testing, please help your students with these 3 keys of success:

1) Get a good night's rest.

2) Arrive on time to school.

3) Eat a good breakfast.

I am so proud of your students! They are such a joy to learn and grow with each and every day. Thank you for the opportunity to teach them. I feel I learn so much more from them in return. I love laughing and learning with them. They truly some magical pixie dust in my life.

Our CRT Celebrations will soon on May 2. In an effort to help students CONTINUE build confidence and perform to their best ability, students’ homework will focus on reviewing all that we have learned this year. Each week students are expected to complete 2 practice tests on the computer at home! I am so pleased with their diligence to do them!

To take the tests on line, follow the directions below. If you do not have access to the Internet, please let me know ASAP, and I will get you a paper copy to take at home instead. The advantages to the computer tests are that students get immediate feedback on their performance. They will know right away what their scores are, if they got the question correct, and if not, what the correct answer is and a possible explanation. Practicing computer testing will also help students prepare for our CRT computer testing. Thank you for your help and support with this! Here are the directions to login.

DIRECTIONS TO LOGIN

1. Log on to: www.myutips.org/~ryates

2. Click TWO of the following tests DUE BY THE END OF THE WEEK: language arts, math, or science.

3. Enter your first and last name, then click on login and start button.

4. Please record your score on the homework cover sheet.

Our curriculum goals for the week include:

Reading: Literacy Groups
Writing: A to Z Utah Bare Book

Math: Triangle Area & Probability

Science: CRT Review
Social Studies: Pioneers

I love learning and growing with your students each day. Each day I look forward to their sweet smiles, giggles, and hugs! It is hard to believe they are almost on their way to another year. I wish they could stay, but so glad I was able to teach them this year. Thank you for all your support through emails, phone calls, donations, and bright smiles.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Yates