Important Exam Information

Hi everyone, 

Here are the rest of the exam review. If you have any questions or concerns don't hesitate to ask me and I'll be happy to over a concept with you. I will be sending home hard copies of the review tonight. Happy studying super kids, you will all do great! 
Reminder: Please send healthy snacks to school next Wednesday-Friday for extra brain food between exams! Also, don't forget to bring extra pencils and erasers.

3rd Quarter Exam Schedule

**Please note that I have changed the exam schedule slightly from last semester. I feel that 3 exams a day is too much for our Grade 1 students and puts unnecessary pressure and time constraints on them. I have talked it over with administration and received approval to spread their exams out over the course of three days instead of two. SO, students will write 2 major subject exams Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. This will give them more time to write each test should they need it. Keeping in mind that some students won't need the extra time, I encourage them to bring in books to read once they finish writing exams. 

Wednesday March 12, 2014 (Regular school schedule until 4pm dismissal)

Language and Spelling

Phonics

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Thursday March 13, 2014 (half day, no lunch served, students dismissed at 12pm)

Reading

Math

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Friday March 14, 2014 (half day, no lunch served, students dismissed at 12pm)

Science

Social Studies

3rd Quarter Reading Exam Review

• Students will be tested on the following stories from their Journeys Reading textbook:

Little Rabbit’s Tale (Please note that this story was from the first Journeys textbook so if students need copies of the story please ask me as soon as possible)

The Tree

Amazing Animals

• Be familiar with the sequence of events in each story

• Be familiar with the bold vocabulary words from each story

        (Little Rabbit’s Tale: falling  try  use  rowboat   something   wash)

• Contractions and Compound words will be tested

• Students should be able to write the two words that stand for the following contractions:

        They’ve   You’re   he’ll  I’ve  She’s  can’t  don’t  isn’t (they have, you are, he will, I have,            she is, can not, do not, is not)

• Be prepared to read a short excerpt from the stories and answer questions about it

• Students should be able to tell what the main idea in each story is

3^rd Quarter Science Exam Review

·         Be able to classify animals into their appropriate groups (birds, fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, insects)

·         Know some distinguishing characteristics between the groups

Example: Mammals have hair or fur and give birth to live young.

Birds have wings and beaks.

Fish have gills and breathe under water.

Amphibians have smooth, wet skin.

Reptiles have dry skin with scales all over it.

Insects have six legs.

·         Be able to list the needs of living things

·         Distinguish between the needs of plants and animals

·         Be familiar with the following vocabulary: gills, reproduce, nutrients, roots, stem, leaf, fruit, flower, seeds

·         Be able to label the parts of a plant (roots, stem, leaf, fruit, flower, seeds)

3^rd Quarter Social Studies Exam Review

·         Recognize common symbols for mountains, hills, water, cities, and capital cities on maps

·         Know appropriate colors for land and water on a map

·         Know the direction of North, East, South, and West

·         Be able to look at a map and answer questions such as, Which continent is south of North America?

·         Know how many continents there are and which continent we live on

·         Vocabulary Words: Hill, plain, neighbourhood, resource, predict

·         Name 2 resources you can find in Taiwan (gold, marble, natural gas, copper, limestone, coal)

·         Understand why saving resources is so important

·         Be able to tell 1 way to save resources

·         Recognize that people around the world have different kinds of homes

·         Be able to tell 1 reason why people must think about the weather when they are building their homes