Timed Drills
Now that we are halfway through 2nd grade, our timed drills will change.
Instead of giving 5 minutes to complete 50 problems, students will now have 4
minutes. It will stay this way for the remainder of the year. You may see some
regression in their scores since we are taking a minute away, however we hope
to see them improve quickly!
CogAT
(Cognitive Abilities Test)
Students’ verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning abilities are measured
by three test batteries, each of which is comprised of three subtests. Students
typically complete three subtests per day, for three consecutive school days,
to complete all nine subtests. These tests are untimed; however, each day’s
testing period usually does not exceed 90 minutes. Students work through each
subtest at his or her own pace, and the entire test is read aloud to students
by means of pre-recorded audio.
Students cannot prepare or study for the CogAT. Instead, they will have the
opportunity to become familiar with test items through teacher-directed
practice activities. Additionally, practice questions, administered before the
first subtest, will familiarize students with the online testing environment.
Score reports will be sent home to parents/guardians together with the 3rd
Quarter report card.
Valentine's Day Party!
Our class party will be Thursday, February 14th, 11:00am to 12:30pm.
All parents are welcome to attend and help out! We will be passing out Valentine's
Day cards at the party as one of the activities. If your child would like to
write out Valentine's they need to for the whole entire class! A class list has
been sent home with everyone's names! Please do not send in Valentine's that
have candy attached to it.
Test Dates:
February 13th - Telling Time Test
February 20th - Weather Test
February 27th - Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall
Quiz
Important Dates:
February 14th - Valentine's Day Party
February 17th - Presidents' Day (No School)
February 18th-21st - Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
* Science - We will continue our weather unit.
Timed Drills
Now that we are halfway through 2nd grade, our timed drills will change. Instead of giving 5 minutes to complete 50 problems, students will now have 4 minutes. It will stay this way for the remainder of the year. You may see some regression in their scores since we are taking a minute away, however we hope to see them improve quickly!
Now that we are halfway through 2nd grade, our timed drills will change. Instead of giving 5 minutes to complete 50 problems, students will now have 4 minutes. It will stay this way for the remainder of the year. You may see some regression in their scores since we are taking a minute away, however we hope to see them improve quickly!
CogAT
(Cognitive Abilities Test)
During
the month of February, second grade students in Loudoun County Public Schools
will take the online Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT), Form 7, Level 8. The
CogAT measures general and specific cognitive skills that allow a student to
learn new tasks or solve problems in the absence of direct instruction.
Students’ verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning abilities are measured by three test batteries, each of which is comprised of three subtests. Students typically complete three subtests per day, for three consecutive school days, to complete all nine subtests. These tests are untimed; however, each day’s testing period usually does not exceed 90 minutes. Students work through each subtest at his or her own pace, and the entire test is read aloud to students by means of pre-recorded audio.
Students cannot prepare or study for the CogAT. Instead, they will have the opportunity to become familiar with test items through teacher-directed practice activities. Additionally, practice questions, administered before the first subtest, will familiarize students with the online testing environment.
Score reports will be sent home to parents/guardians together with the 3rd Quarter report card.
Students’ verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal reasoning abilities are measured by three test batteries, each of which is comprised of three subtests. Students typically complete three subtests per day, for three consecutive school days, to complete all nine subtests. These tests are untimed; however, each day’s testing period usually does not exceed 90 minutes. Students work through each subtest at his or her own pace, and the entire test is read aloud to students by means of pre-recorded audio.
Students cannot prepare or study for the CogAT. Instead, they will have the opportunity to become familiar with test items through teacher-directed practice activities. Additionally, practice questions, administered before the first subtest, will familiarize students with the online testing environment.
Score reports will be sent home to parents/guardians together with the 3rd Quarter report card.
Dreambox
Students
need to complete 60 minutes of Dreambox to earn Fun Friday. If you are
having difficulty accessing Dreambox through LCPSGO, you can click the link
below. The login and password is your child’s student number and the
Class Code is 44359.
Valentine's Day Party!
Our class party will be Thursday, February 14th, 11:00am to 12:30pm.
All parents are welcome to attend and help out! We will be passing out Valentine's
Day cards at the party as one of the activities. If your child would like to
write out Valentine's they need to for the whole entire class! A class list has
been sent home with everyone's names! Please do not send in Valentine's that
have candy attached to it.
Test Dates:
February 13th - Telling Time Test
February 20th - Weather Test
February 27th - Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall Quiz
Important Dates:
February
3rd-7th - National School Counseling Week
February
4th - Meet the Counselors Parent Coffee (Connecting School Counseling Lessons
To Home) 8:30am-9:30am Pinebrook Lounge
February
7th - Someone Special Dance
February
10th - PTA Meeting 7PM
February 14th - Valentine's Day Party
February 17th - Presidents' Day (No School)
February 18th-21st - Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week
February 14th - Valentine's Day Party
February 17th - Presidents' Day (No School)
February 18th-21st - Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week
Focus Areas for the Coming Week:
* Reading: We
will continue our new unit about reading bigger books in order to amp up our
reading power.
* Writing: We
will continue our writing unit which is all about writing about the things that
you read.
* Math: We
will continue our unit on telling time.
* Science - We will continue our weather unit.
* Science - We will continue our weather unit.
