April 14 -- Spring Open House 6:30-8:00
-- 4th graders taking OLSAT Test
April 21 -- School Improvement -- Early Dismissal
-- District Eat-Out at Panda Express
April 22 -- No School
April 25 - May 6 -- MAP Testing
Plan Ahead:
*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
OLSAT Testing:
Our 4th graders will take the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) this week. 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:
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.
Language Arts
Students will be working on poems this week. We are applying the brainstorming techniques with the topic of themselves in these poems. While encouraged to independently complete this task they are learning to effectively use their Quick Word Guides during this process.
Reading
The students are divided into reading stations. The students will be reading and discussing either the book Fossils in the Soar to Success Series or the news article Cherry Blossom Festival. We will continue working on phonics, decoding, encoding, and comprehension throughout the week through direct instruction, Lexia, and hands on materials.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! This month students should be reading daily or a minimum of 20 minutes for 20 days. Please sign on the date the reading was accomplished. The Independent Reading Folder should be turned in every Friday for a checkpoint of dates and minutes. Keep reading!
Spelling
The spelling words this week will continue to cover phonograms or word families, "-oke" & "-ock". They will be receiving a spelling practice page daily as an assignment. They will also be making flashcards this week that you can use to study daily. A test over this week's lesson will be given Friday. One strategy you can use to help with spelling words this week is:
Don't try to learn all the words at once
Even if you learn them all in one sitting, practice them a few at a time. Find out what works best for you — it may be one or two words or as many as three or four. Then, add another word to your list, or start on different ones. Each time you learn another word, go back and practice the ones you learned before it, because, after all, practice makes permanent. (http://www.ldonline.org/article/6192)
Don't try to learn all the words at once
Even if you learn them all in one sitting, practice them a few at a time. Find out what works best for you — it may be one or two words or as many as three or four. Then, add another word to your list, or start on different ones. Each time you learn another word, go back and practice the ones you learned before it, because, after all, practice makes permanent. (http://www.ldonline.org/article/6192)
Math
This week students will continue with Chapter 11, Comparing and Ordering Numbers. They are working on greater than and less than.
Science
Students are greatly enjoying the Human Body Unit. We will explore six systems of the human body.
Daily Homework
Reading
- read 20 minutes and fill in Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling
- Practice Page nightly to be turned in & study words for test
