Weekly Reminders: *Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Inventions, Contract, and Grading Sheet due on Tuesday.
*OLSAT Testing on Tuesday.
*Straight A's recognized during School Board meeting on Tuesday evening.
*Spring Open House on Thursday evening, 6:30-8:00.
*Math "Check your Progress" quiz on Friday. Reschedule band lessons if at the same time.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*Check your child's grades on Friday - Midpoint of trimester.
Plan Ahead:
*Thirty-nine state test on Tuesday, April 19.
*Early Dismissal on Thursday, April 21, 11:00.
*District Eat-Out at Panda Express on Thursday, April 21. Click here for more information: http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/FundRaisers/Panda.pdf
*No school on Friday, April 22.
*MAP Testing April 25 - May 6. I will let you know exact dates as soon as possible.
OLSAT Testing:
Our 4th graders will take the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) on Tuesday, April 12. The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test is designed to measure abstract thinking and reasoning abilities that are relevant to school achievement. Here are a few reminders that you can do to help your child do their best:
1. Make sure your child attends school on testing days unless they are sick.
2. Make sure your child get a good night’s sleep.
3. Provide breakfast for your child.
4. Remind your child to ask the teacher questions if he/she does not understand the test directions.
5. Let your child know that you have confidence in their abilities.
6. Advise your child not to worry about the test, but do their very best possible work.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - In science, we will take a break from our unit on simple machines to focus on our inventions. On Monday, your child will be assigned a "note card speech." These will be due on Wednesday. The children will practice on Wednesday. On Thursday, the children will each give their invention presentation (note card speech) to the class. This presentation will be part of their grade.
Social Studies - The children should keep studying for the 39 state test. The test will be on Tuesday, April 19. Capitals are worth bonus. Students must know the location and spelling of all the states in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, & Southwest.
English - We began our Pronouns unit on Friday. The children took a pretest on this unit on Thursday, April 7 and chose their enrichment projects the same day. This week we will focus on subject and object pronouns, using I & me, and possessive pronouns.
Spelling - Our pretest will be on Monday. If your child misses 1 or none, they will be a challenge speller. They will take the challenge test on Friday and will need to do challenge activities throughout the week. If your child misses 2 or more, they will take the weekly spelling test on Friday and will work on pages from the workbook. Both of these tests will need to be done in cursive. Keep practicing cursive formations at home.
Reading - Our focus in reading this week will be on understanding different genres, specifically pourquoi tales. Pourquoi is a French word meaning “why.” Pourquoi tales are stories that tell how, long ago, something in nature came to be. Often times these tales contain animals or natural forces that speak or have personalities.
Mrs. Sulima's Reading Class: Our class will be doing a readers' theater this week. The children will get their scripts on Monday. They are to practice their lines, as well as, read all 5 Pourquoi Tales. We will present our readers' theater on Thursday. Lines do not need to be memorized! In class, the children will be writing their own creative Pourquoi Tales. Hope you can come to open house on Thursday night to read these fantastic stories.
Our final Word Masters list will come home last week. Here is a link your child may want to use to practice these words: http://quizlet.com/4766271/wordmasters-4th-blue-2010-2011-3rd-list-flash-cards/
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday -Subtracting Fractions with unlike denominators. HW: WB pgs. 55 & 56.
Tuesday - No math due to OLSAT testing.
Wendesday - Subtracting Mixed Numbers. HW: WB pgs. 57 & 58.
Thursday - More subtracting of Mixed Numbers & Estimating of Mixed Numbers. HW: WB pgs. 59 & 60. Quiz tomorrow.
Friday - "Check Your Progress" quiz on lessons 6-12.
