Hi All:
Just like that, fifth grade is nearly over. Thank you for all of your support and encouragement this year; it has been an amazing ride. Though Stacy has covered almost everything in her last few emails, I have a few additional pieces of information that may be of use. Final Projects Please have your students fill you in on the final projects we've been working on during the last month, in the time we've had. Students closed out their climate change projects and have most recently been working on writing screenplays for books of their choosing that they read this year (independently). Taking the screenplays they wrote, the kids divided themselves into three groups and each group chose a screenplay to perform. Groups are working on finalizing their scenes this week, and next week they will perform them for a few primary classes as a last hoorah. With the help of our poster consultant (Drew), the groups also made posters for their productions. See above. No School For Fifth Graders on Friday, May 31st While many of you may already be aware of this, the last day for fifth graders is Thursday, May 30th. If your student absolutely must come on Friday, they may, until 1:00, but students are advised not to. We may have tasks for a couple of kids, but a group larger than that will have very little to do. i-Ready Diagnostic Reports I will be sending home final i-Ready Diagnostic reports this week or next (as soon as we get more ink for our printer, which has been down for a few weeks). Our class did incredibly well again this year, and registered, once again, the highest growth in reading in the school. The median reading growth in our class this year was 343% of the nationally normed expectation, demonstrating growth -- and not just performance -- which was well beyond virtually all other classes across the country. All students in our class met their standard growth targets this year (100%), and all but one met their stretch growth targets (95%). Our class was highest in the school in both of these categories as well, by 19% and 27% respectively. Ten kids from our class are ending the year in the eighth grade band (three levels above); four in the seventh grade band (two levels above); two in the sixth grade band (one level above); and five in the fifth grade band (on level). Compare that to where our class was entering fourth grade: two entered fourth grade in the sixth grade band (two levels above); three in the fifth grade band (one level above); twelve in the fourth grade band (on level); and four in the third grade band (one level below). Our class has made astonishing growth, and it cannot be overstated. Results were similar in math, though slightly less overwhelming. The median math growth in our class this year was 171% of the nationally normed expectation, demonstrating significant growth that far exceeded national growth norms. While the numbers are a bit harder to pin down in math due to the level of student movement in our building, students in our class achieved their standard and stretch growth goals at the highest rates in the building (100% and 81% respectively). If you have any questions about your student's final diagnostic report when you receive it, please reach out to me. Report Cards Final report cards will go home the last day of school. Please let me know if you have any questions when you receive them. Please let me know if you have any questions for me as we close out our last year together. I am happy to meet and chat about anything. Thanks again, for everything. All the very best, Parker
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