update

a science study guide was given today--test on Thursday. Progress reports go home today and in general Math grades have improved -- YEA !! thanks AG.

update

today the students were given a Social Studies guide- test on Thursday. thanks AG.

update

a science study guide was given today--the test will be on wednesday. report cards go home tomorrow. for some students the third and fourth nine week will be crucial in determining promotions. please encourage your child to stay focused and do their very best. there will be a Math test tomorrow on Fcat math standards. thanks AG.

update

parents, just to let you know the latest. a social studies study guide was given today- test on wednesday. a math study guide for measurement was given today test on Friday. usually at this point of the year, no new skills will be introduced and by now students should be able to handle any skill in math I test them on, so therefore I usually don't announce math tests. all of the tests from now to the FCAT will be standards based skills oriented. They will have approx i-2 tests per week. Thanks ag

update

students will have homework tonight and tomorrow night. the homework consists of skills we have been working on in class and which track with the FCAT. we will review the homework in the class the next day. On Thursday students will be given a test that is consistent with the homework and classwork we have been doing since last thursday. Thanks. AG.

FCAT NEWS !!!

Happy New Year to all ! I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday. Well, back to business. With approx. 38 days to the FCAT I was given a wonderful resource to use to help prepare the students for the Math FCAT. It is a packet of FCAT like problems that target specific skills and then repeats those skill using different numbers to provide reinforcement. I will be sending home skills sheets for homework. The one fly in the ointment is that to fully implement this packet I would have to run approx. 1600 copies. Right now most teachers either pay for their copies or have their own private copiers and unfortunetly my copier is not big enough to handle that load, so implementation will be partial --that is instead of homework every night as it's designed for, homework will occur 2 or 3 nights---PLEASE make sure your child does the homework-it will be reviewed in class the following day. Upcoming tests will be based on these skill work sheets. Hopefully grades for some will improve and FCAT scores will be good. Thanks for your support. AG.