Parents,
Next week is the beginning of the end of the year testing schedule. I wanted to give you a little idea of how that takes place in 5th grade and general idea of how that affects our school day. There are four tests in 5th grade- writing, reading comprehension/grammar, math, and science. We will take one test per week. This involves 50- 60 minutes of testing each day until the student completes their test. In the subject that we will be testing, we won't have any direct instruction that week. We spend these weeks reviewing the material we learned this year. This slightly changes our normal schedules. For example, we won't have the normal language arts work (comprehension tests, spelling paragraph test, etc.) during the next two weeks. Similarly, next week we will finish the math book. The following week before the test will be a review week. Because we take the testing sessions seriously, I try to give the kids a bit more relaxing downtime. We will still be working on assignments that will lead to grades, but it will be more relaxed. The big push is to have them ready for the testing each day. Please encourage good sleep habits and healthy breakfasts as much as possible. They worked hard this year, and I want them to feel good about their tests. It is a challenging time pushing them to do their best while not putting too much stress on them. We will discuss this in depth, and practice some of the stress relief skills that we have learned this year (mainly focused breathing and mindfulness.) If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Regards, John
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