Terra Nova Note

 Dear Parents, March 1, 2021

Good morning everyone, as I write this note to you, I hope this will help explain how we will prepare for the up and coming Terra Nova Testing happening in the next week and a half. My hope is to continue to teach new material for the school year while having the kids complete some Terra Nova packets in school and at home for their practice. I will try to go over those packets weekly. For those who don’t know what the Terra Novas are, they are simply a standardized test that all the grades in our school take. The school uses the data from the testing to see where we can do better as a school in educating the students of St. Katharine’s. There is no study guide for the class to look over. We can’t tell them what is exactly on the test. All we can do is prepare them for how to answer questions that might be on the test. I will try and encourage them to do their best without making them anxious. All I ever tell them is to try their best and God will do the rest!

Things they will need to be successful during the testing days. A good night’s sleep, a great breakfast, plenty of sharpened number two pencils, a filled water bottle, and something to read quietly. The testing schedule will be posted soon. The Third Grade is the only grade with a longer In-View Test. It will be on Wednesday and Thursday, March 10th and 11th. The In-View is a test that measures their Cognitive ability. The rest of the Core Battery Testing will take place the following week. The Core Battery are the Subject based tests: Reading, Math, ELA, Social Studies, and Science.  Please talk to your children and reassure them to just try their best. During Terra Novas there will be no homework. Any other questions or concerns please feel free to email me at any time and I will get back to you in a timely manner. Have a great day. 

Mr. G