What's New in Basic Skills

January into February: MIS Grades 4-5

4th Grade: Our 4th grade Wilson Just Words students are continuing to combine their first four syllable types to read and spell multisyllabic words.  Practice with review suffix spelling rules added to r-controlled syllables has been a focus.  Each unit involves work with individual wordlists, phrases, and passages.  Work on individual iReady paths continues with topics stemming from midyear diagnostic results.

4th grade math students have focused on supporting classroom topics leading up to their Unit 4 assessments with the addition of multi digit multiplication problems. 

5th Grade: Our LA students recently completed the lessons 11-15 review. Word attack strategy use is becoming more independent.  The markup system to use will help us to break apart to read as well as spell words utilizing various syllable types. Comprehension work continues on days we do not utilize REWARDS books.

Our math sessions have focused on unit 4 content, namely decimals and graphing ordered pairs.  The students got to use Speed Stackers to practice writing decimal times to the thousandths place in various representations. They are using their iReady accounts to practice skills diagnosed from the midyear test.