Ms. Fiocchi's
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Facts/Time Tests:
-Students have to do facts EVERY night, even when they are absent, until they
pass the test.
-As long as a student keeps passing the test, he/she doesn't have to do facts.
-The KEY to PASSING time tests and NEVER having to do facts, is to
practice flash cards every night!
Reading:
-Reading books should be brought home Monday through Thursday, or Tuesday
through Thursday (depending
on which is the first day of school for that week.). Story
should be read 2X out loud each night to an adult.
-ALL workbook pages are completed at school.
-Vocabulary words, if not finished, may ONLY come home on Thursday evening, but
must be turned in on
Friday morning for credit.
Spelling:
-Spelling words are to be written 10X each, including challenge words.
If a student gets 100% on the pretest, the words only
have to be written 5X each.
-Spelling pages are completed during group time.
-Spelling words, if not finished, may only come home on Thursday evenings,
and are to be returned Friday morning for credit.
-Spelling tests are given on Friday.
Accelerated Reader Program:
-The requirement for the each semester is that each student read 20 books and
pass the 20 corresponding tests.
-By November 1, all students should be checking out ONLY second grade books (or
above), for testing purposes.
-Test days are Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.
-There will be a separate AR grade on the report card, and the average of
all tests for each child will be included in
his/her individual reading grade.
-Your child should read no less that fifteen (15) minutes per day, EVERY DAY, in
addition to the time allotted for
reading the story in the reading book.
-GOAL: This is the year your child should begin reading chapter books.
Journal:
-Journals will be assigned three days per week - Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
-Journals will be checked on Friday by sharing them orally with the class.
-There should be a minimum of six (6) sentences: focus sentence, four (4)
detail sentences, and a wrap-up sentence.
-Students are responsible for (1) staying on topic; (2) capital letters; (3)
punctuation; and (4) indenting.
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A 94-100
B 87-93
C 77-86
D 70-76
F 0-69