For the week of November 9-20, 2009 we will be working on Test Taking Strategies. This will help the students know better what to look for when taking tests and especially the TAKS test. It teaches them how to identiy the different types of questions and how to break the questions down into parts that are easier for them to understand. This will be an important two weeks for the students. They need these concepts for the TAKS test and to be successful on test taking.

This week all four classes will be concentrating on a Bat unit! We will be reading the stories Stelleluna, Bats at the Beach, Magic School Bus Going Batty and many other Bat books!! We will close the week by making our own edible bats on Friday! Some of the things that we will talk about is how helpful bats can be for humans, plants and trees. The difference between bats and birds and how bats migrate.

For the two weeks from October 12- October the 23 we will be reading the childrens novel "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. We will be doing many different projects while reading this novel. The students are following along as the Author, E.B. White is reading the story from a CD. We will also be working on several Scholastic News (SN) papers which help to build Reading Comprehension as well as supplying current events and history and science lessons and information. Also please remember to sign up to help out with the Fall Carnival. The money we raise will go toward helping to pay for the "Polar Express" field trip in December. If you have any questions you can email me at rivers@arpisd.org or call (903) 859-4650.