What’s Up This Week
in Ms. Kane’s Class:
1/6
Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a wonderful vacation. This
week we had a 21st Century Class with Mrs. Marcis. We identified owl pellet bones and began
creating our final projects. In Social
Studies, we finished Chapter 3 on the first people of
1/13
This week in Language Arts, we read a story called, “My Diary
from Here to There”. We used clues from the story to help us make inferences.
In Grammar, we worked on spelling plural nouns correctly. In Math, we are
working on multiplying 3 digits by 2 digit numbers. Please study math facts
every night. We compared parallel circuits to series circuits in Science. Please
continue to work on your Science Fair projects at home. “Designing the
Investigation” is due on Jan. 20.
1/20
This four day work week seemed to go so fast. In Language Arts,
we have been practiced our listening and note taking skills. We learned about
photosynthesis and finished up on Photosynthesis posters in Science. We continued to multiply with greater numbers
and took a chapter 7 math test this week.
1/27
The students
took the NWEA test during computer time to monitor their progress from the
beginning of the year. We took a science test on plant parts, their function,
and photosynthesis. In Language Arts, we are reading a nonfiction article
called, “Stealing Beauty.” We are
working on distinguishing fact and opinion. In Math, we are starting a new
chapter on Geometry. As the Science Fair approaches, the students handed in their
paragraphs about their projects this Friday.
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For
Parents:
Charles Campagne
Elementary School Website
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Character Education: Our school will continue this year with our Character Education program. Each month will focus on a different character trait, and class discussions and/or activities will follow. As always, modeling positive behaviors is a great way for children to learn how to be great citizens.
SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER: RESPONSIBILITY
– Perseverance, Personal Best/Patience, Self-Discipline
DECEMBER - FEBRUARY: RESPECT
-
Citizenship
MARCH - APRIL: HONESTY
- Good Judgement, Integrity, Courage
MAY - JUNE: EMPATHY
- Kindness
September:
Abigail, Carsi, Brianna
October:
Chris,
November:
Jillian, John, Juliana
December:
Matthew, Tara, Jason
January:
Ms. Kane, Manit, Andrew, Joseph
February:
Alexa, Katelyn, Brian O’
Boyle
March:
April:
Gina, Allison, Louis
May:
Krysten
June:
July:
Michael, Kevin, Brian O’Keefe
August:
Reminders: State
requires that each student read 25 books a year.
READ!! READ!! READ!! READ!!
*Science
Fair -
*Art
Show –
STATE
TESTS: 2011-2012
ELA - April 17th, 18th, 19th
MATH –
April 25th, 26th, 27th
SCIENCE - Performance Test – May 30th
Written
Test - June 4th
v EXTRA HELP – Every Tuesday & Thursday
NY State Learning Standards for English Language
Arts
· Standard
1: Language for Information and Understanding
· Standard
2: Language for Literacy Response and Expression
· Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
· Standard
4: Language for Social Interaction
ELA Assessment: The fourth grade ELA test will be
administered in April. It is a 2 day
exam with three sections. The first day is section 1 and the second day is
section 2 and 3:
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Part I |
Reading Comprehension
(multiple choice questions after several reading passages) |
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Part II |
Listening/Writing
Section: take notes after listening to a story, answer questions, and
complete a writing piece about what you heard |
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Part III |
Writing Section: After
reading a short story, students will complete a graphic organizer and writing
piece about what they read. |
ELA STATE TEST
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Section |
Subject |
#
of M/C Questions |
#
of Short-Response Questions |
#
of Extended-Response Questions |
Total
# of Questions |
Approx.
Testing Time |
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1 |
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43 |
0 |
0 |
43 |
70
Minutes |
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2 |
Listening/
Writing Mechanics |
8 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
30
Minutes |
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3 |
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0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
60
Minutes |
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Total |
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51 |
7 |
1 |
59 |
150
Minutes |
Math Assessment: The fourth
grade math assessment will be given in April.
It is a two day exam with the following components:
MATH STATE TEST
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Section |
# of M/C Questions |
# of Short-Response
Questions (2Credit) |
# of Extended-Response
Questions (3 credit) |
Total # of Questions |
Approx. Testing Time |
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1 |
45 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
70 Minutes |
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2 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
70 Minutes |
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Total |
45 |
8 |
4 |
57 |
140 Minutes |
Science Assessment: The fourth grade science assessment will be
administered in June. It is a two day
exam with the following components:
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Part I (no time limit) |
30 multiple choice
questions plus 12 open-ended questions |
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Part II Performance (15 minutes per station) |
Magnetism/electricity,
ball and ramp, measurement (volume, balance scale etc.), displacement |
Comprehension Strategies
(Multiple
Choice questions)
Ø Read
the directions
Ø Read the title
Ø Review
questions
Ø Read
and underline the Main Ideas in the story
Ø Look
back and answer questions
Ø Check
your work
Listening Comprehension
Strategies:
q Sit
up straight, feet on the floor
q Pencils
are on your desk; nothing is in your hands
q Eyes
are on the reader
q Think
about what the reader is saying - make pictures (images) in your head to help
you remember
Taking Notes:
ü
Only
write down important details (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?)
ü Do
not write in complete sentences
ü Skip
lines
ü Abbreviate
when possible
ROAR Like a Lion
Read the
question.
(What does the
question ask you?)
Organize
your thinking.
Answer the question.
Review your answer:
· Did you answer the question?
· Does it make sense?
· Did you check your spelling, capital,
punctuation, language, etc?