CogAT 2012

The week of Monday, January 9th-Friday, January 13th your child will be taking
the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) in class. The test will be read aloud to all students,
and paced in such a way that there will be plenty of time for completion for each child.
The CogAT measures developed cognitive abilities, those abilities start at birth and
continue through early adulthood. This test reflects the overall efficiency of cognitive
processes and strategies that enable students to learn new tasks or solve problems,
especially in the absence of direct instruction. This test measures general thinking and
problem solving skills that students have learned through in-school and out of school
experiences. You can find more detailed information about the test at www.cogat.com.
The best preparation you could provide for your child would be plenty of sleep on the
nights before the test and a nourishing breakfast on the mornings of the test. Make up
tests will be given the following week with results being sent home in approximately 6-8
weeks.
If you have any questions regarding the test please feel free to contact your child’s
teacher or myself.
Thank you,
Karen Kidd
Campus Instructional Support Facilitator
kiddk@friscoisd.org
469-633-3675
CogAT Testing Notification
1st Grade Parents

You will be getting a hard copy of this notice tomorrow in your child's folder!

What a WEEK we've had!

Just getting back into the routine of things...it's assessment time and of COURSE football championships!

Today we had the privileged of hosting Sam Houston State University at Robertson!  Of course when I want to post a video of something extra special...you tube says it is taking an extra long time to process videos but we've been added to the list and they'll get to us when we can! SO...needless to say I will try again with videos tomorrow! 

Language Arts

This week in Language Arts we have been listening to a lot of Arthur books by Marc Brown!  So much fun...we have done an amazing job of questioning ourselves as we read!  We have noticed that some questions do not get answered in the TEXT and we have to use our INFERRING skills!  We like playing detective and looking for clues that help us answer the questions! We have also had the opportunity to story map several of the books. We've noticed that Arthur always has a problem, and a solution.  Marc Brown uses the same characters in most of his books and that there are only a few settings!  

Next week we will go to the library to learn more about MARC BROWN the author!

Be sure to ask your little one about these stories!

To enter PBS KIDS Arthur website Click Here!  Lots of fun Arthur activities...

Math

In math we are still working on place value and comparing and ordering numbers!  We used cups to help us understand place value and expanded notation!  (Wait til you see them!)

Science

Science time has been all about natural water sources!  See if you can name some!

                                                 

Like I said, hopefully tomorrow you tube will be more cooperative and you can enjoy what's going on in our classroom and school with us!  Thanks for all you do!!!