Naaktgeboren's Class Blog

Greetings Families, I hope you have enjoyed your weekend. This week will be a busy week for your child as they will be taking two important tests this week. There is much in regard to the plans to discuss, so let me give you an idea of what each day will look like. Monday Students will start the week taking the AIMS Science test. This is an online test to gauge there scientific knowledge and scientific thinking. It is difficult to gauge how long this will take, but they should all be finished by lunch. Students will then spend time looking at the U.S. Consitution is history and then reviewing math and English. Tuesday Students will continue to look at the U.S. Constitution in the morning and then spend time reviewing math and English throughout the rest of the day. Wednesday Students will spend time looking at their essays from the prior week and review what they must do on the AzMERIT Writing test the next day. They will then review math and English. Thursday Student...

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Greetings families, Due to various scheduling conflicts, all P.E. classes will take place outside for the next several weeks. As the temperatures heat up, please send a water bottle to school with your child/ren. We will be sure to give students water breaks during P.E. If your child requires sunscreen, please apply it before school starts. Students may also wear a hat (free of pop-culture) during P.E. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions. Have a great day and Go Chargers! Best regards, Coach Gethings and Coach Warren

Greetings Families, With AzMERIT and AIMS Science around the corner, much of what we are doing over the next four weeks in preparation for that. Thus, instead of writing the same thing over and over for the next four weeks, I'm going to just give you one long blog post so you know what to expect. Before the break, I sent out  a pretty long post about AzMERIT and how we will be preparing for that. If you haven't read that, please do so if you have any questions.  Lessons Math : In math, over the next four weeks, students will spend time learning about data analysis, graphing, and units of measurement. However, the majority of the time will be spent reviewing things they have learned in prior units such as factors and multiples, fractions and decimals, and the four operations. There will be nightly homework and weekly quizzes in math but no tests.  Literature : During the literature time over the next four weeks, students will be reading short stories and art...

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Greetings Families, For those students who participate in tutoring on Wednesdays, I have to cancel tutoring for Wednesday this week (3/6/19). I will be leaving at 2:05 on Wednesday to travel to Maryvale for a middle schools girls basketball game. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Best, Michael Naaktgeboren

Greetings Families, One more week to go. It is hard to believe that the third quarter is gone. I'm ready for the break. It will be a good time to rest before we come back and focus our attention on preparing students to be successful on AzMERIT. Though this test isn't what we are most concerned with and it surely doesn't measure the value of the individual, it is a good metric to measure the students' academic achievement and my success as a teacher. Passing or failing the AzMERIT does not necessarily indicate whether a student will pass or fail fourth-grade, but it is an additional tool that we use to help decide if a student is ill-equipped for the next grade. The test itself has no impact on a student grade in the class. Thus, my goal, and I ask for your partnership, is to create the appropriate level of stress for students to do well. Now you might be thinking that the best thing to do is to create no stress, but studies show that students need a minor amount ...