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Mueller Messenger

Volume 2, Issue 23 February 25, 2010

What’s New? MATHEWS RAP the MAP!!!


March Character Trait is
Courage!! Reaching for Awesome Performance on the MAP!!!
Stand up and be brave!!  Test Tip: Answer every Question
TCB with your Word Up:
Rapper Slang for: Taking Care of Business with your
Weekly Quizzes & Work
Friday ~ Math Check Up, Spelling Test, Cool Words of Wisdom
Reading Skill Assessment On the MAP test, every question counts. So, it is very important you
Daily- Reading towards 100 minutes for the try to answer every question. A blank answer gives you a 0% chance
week, DLR of getting the question correct. If you don’t know the answer, the
responses that don’t make sense should be eliminated and then the
best answer should be chosen. If taking a timed portion, you should
Future Plans! know to take the last few seconds to fill in blank answers if they are
not finished. Take the shot! If you miss, at least you TRIED your
Mar. 10th End of 3rd quarter/PBS best right?

Big Event Brain Based Strategy


Find a Focus:
Mar. 14 -18 Spring Break
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Nobody knows how much you can handle more than your own
Mar. 29th Boot Camp
brain! When your brain starts to wander, find a focus! Keep
Mar. 30 -Apr. 8 MAP Testing 
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your eyes on the prize! When your brain gets tired, try a brain
stretch! Cross your arms or legs during testing. Rub your
Mathews McDonald’s night is opposite ear! Remember that this test is only a portion of the
day. If you get tired, persevere. You are almost there.
MONDAY!! Come join us from 4-8pm.
20% of sales go directly to Mathews Word of the Week
Elementary!!! Explain aka Drop Science:
Drop Science means to explain your answer on a given topic
Explain means to provide specific details to support your answer.
Yearbooks are on Sale!
Show your work
Our school year is packed with special Write neatly
memories that your child will want to Practice how you play
RQIA –restate question in answer
remember forever. The yearbook captures
Eliminate unimportant information
the excitement and fun of this school year in a Get to the point
keepsake that your child will treasure for a GIST/Summarize
lifetime. Order a yearbook today! Paraphrase
Deadline: March 11, 2011
Congratulations to our Merit Award winner last week:
Standard Yearbook: $ 16.00
Optional Personalization: $ 5. 00 Caleb Faulk

What’s Coming Up?


Reading: MAP Review
Writing: Writing to a prompt
Working With Words: let’s, almost, wear, semifinal, supermarket , wreath, wrench, wrist, wreck, wring
Prefix: semi-, super-
Math: Skill Review
Social Studies: Famous Missourians

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