What's New in Basic Skills

September into October: MIS Grades 4-5

4th-5th Grade Math:

We are continuing to utilize i-Ready this year. This online program identifies gaps and addresses math skills along each student’s learning pathway. Teachers conduct small group or individual sessions to address areas where students get “stuck” in their online work. Thirty minutes per week is spent with i-Ready work while the remaining BSI time is spent with direct lessons reinforcing classroom math content.

Additionally, 4th grade math students have focused on place value, estimating, and rounding. Fifth grade classwork focused on volume for Mrs. Shipman’s classes and exponents and 2 digit multiplication for Mrs. Stab’s classes.

4th Grade Reading: Students began work with the Just Words version of the Wilson Reading System. They are spelling and decoding words with Latin roots. 

5th Grade Reading: Our older students are utilizing the REWARDS program to increase decoding and spelling skills. Initial units focused on breaking words into prefixes and bases for these purposes. We also read paired texts to apply our accuracy skills. The comprehension focus for the trimester is comparing and contrasting.