This week in Academia...
Virginia Studies: We will learn about a variety of people this week that made significant contributions to Virginia history in the 20th century including Maggie Walker, Lindwood Rose, Oliver Hill, Harry Byrd, Woodrow Wilson, and more. Ask your kids who Harry Byrd was, be prepared for a surprising answer! The SOL Assessment for VA Studies is in 17 days. Students are doing well with their reviews, thank you for signing off on their solpass.org review schedule. On Friday I gave students in-class time to complete some more activities and games in advance and gave them stickers to indicate that I checked their work.
Reading: Students will continue to participate in book clubs this week and be expected to read nightly and write brief summaries on their reading logs. In addition to book clubs, we will review testing strategies and reading strategies, and implement these with practice passages.
Writing: Once students complete their book club book, they will be expected to write me a reading response letter in which they summarize the book and share their opinions. This will be graded for reading and writing. I will pass back their Williamsburg letters this week so they can see what they need to improve upon when writing a friendly letter. The Word Study test will be this Friday, May 6th.
RELEASED SOL ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE for MS. AKBAR'S CLASS:
Virginia Studies: Tuesday, May 17th from 10:15 - 12:15
Reading: Wednesday, May 25th from 8:00 - 10:00 AND Thursday, May 26th from 8:00 - 10:00
Math: Tuesday, May 31st from 8:00 - 10:00 AND Wednesday, June 1st from 8:00 - 10:00
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