Weekly Info: May 14-18

This week:
5/15 4th Grade end-of-year party @ Meeks (10-1; parent involvement at noon): Please bring a beach towel to sit on.  Students may bring soft outdoor toys (Nerf-style) or whiffle-style toys.
5/16 STEM Day in Mrs. Cook's room
5/17 Spring Fling yearbook signing (more info Wednesday due to weather); please RSVP for class cookout on 5/21
5/18 Sparkle & Shine Day

Next week:
5/21 Circus Day; class cookout at Meeks @ 6PM
5/22 Camp Out
5/23 4th Field Day (12-2)
5/24 Water Day
5/25 Last day; talent show; early release!

Two Events (RSVP Requested)

Feel free to click on the images below to read more about two upcoming end-of-year parties!  Both flyers/invitations went home today in purple folders.

(Front)

Please note that we will be partying and playing at Pavilion 3 by the gazebo at the very bottom of Meeks Park.  (Your child should have changed the location on your flyer.)

(Back)

Please fill out, cut off, and return the bottom portion of both invitations.

Week 35: May 4-11

Click HERE for the weekly info sheet!  Spelling and vocabulary has been loaded into Spelling City (although it seemed to be down this afternoon for some reason.)

Don't forget to wear sneakers Friday for our field trip to the Experiment Station.  Sunscreen and bug spray might be good to add to your morning routine on Friday.  Also, there will NOT be a Sno Cone fundraiser on Friday after all.

SS Extra Credit: Voting

This year in social studies we have studied the Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights.  We also learned about many of our rights and our civic responsibilities.  Your child can earn extra credit in social studies by going with you to vote.  Students need to write a paragraph that either

• describes the voting process (going to the precinct, showing ID, etc.).
• how early voting works.
• explains how a primary election works.

This assignment is due NO LATER THAN 5/21.  (You will have to go to the courthouse for early voting, but I must have grades by 5/21.  Thank you!)

5/3-4

Students have worked VERY hard to be successful on their Milestones!  Thursday is the final math test.  Keep going strong!  We will have a reward PJ party on Friday.  Feel free to send in board games and a special individual drink and/or snack.  Also, there will be a bake sale Friday ($1 items).

Week 34: MILESTONES TESTING (4/30-5/4)

Milestones testing begins Monday with ELA 1. Please help your child get a good night's sleep all week and make sure they eat a good breakfast (either at home or at school). Thank you for your help and support! Tuesday is ELA 2 & 3, Wednesday is Math 1, andThursday is Math 2. We have some fun rewards planned each afternoon for students who DO THEIR BEST on the test! They are going to rock the Milestones!

Click HERE for all of this week's info.

Milestones ELA Practice Test

In today's folder, you will find a sample Milestones practice test that your child completed in class last week.  I have attached a pink rubric to the front of each one so that you can see your child's score.  Please go over this packet with your child!

NOTE: After scoring each response based on the rubric I created to get the GRAND TOTAL on the right (see below), I began to think that I was weighting the paragraphs too much.  I went back and re-scored each student using a percentage model to get the score on the left.  In the grade book, I recorded the highest of the two scores.

GRAND TOTAL SCORE (on the right): There were 7 multiple choice questions worth 5 points each (35% of total), a two-point constructed-response paragraph (22% of total), and a four-point constructed-response paragraph (43% of total).  I'm including screen shots here of exemplar responses to try to show the level of work expected of our 4th graders.

PERCENTAGE SCORE (on the left): Total correct divided by 13 (total possible).

Item 5 (two-point constructed-response paragraph) sample responses:

Item 8 (four-point constructed-response paragraph) sample responses:

Please contact Mrs. Dyer if you have any questions!  Thanks so much for being our partners in education and for all that you do for and with your child!