Thursday, September 26, 2013

9/23/13 Team Mindcrafters Daily Update

Parents,

STAR Math Parent Report.  Yesterday I sent home a parent report to show you how your child performed on their Fall benchmark assessment for Math.  As a class, the kids did awesome!  The Percentile Rank (PR) on the paper shows how your child "stacks up" so to speak with all of the other students who took the test nationally.  A PR of 50 would mean than your child scored better than 50 percent of the all of the students who tested.  This report also has a parent signature line - I meant to leave this off of the report.  These do not need to be signed and returned.  Thank you to the conscientious parents who already did anyhow!

-Mr. Pransky

Science test.  Your child will have a test over Chapter 1 (The Nature of Science) next Wednesday.  For each test, I will try to post a Practice test on Moodle that your child can do at home to be sure they know what they need to for the test.  The practice test has been posted here.  Students can do the practice test as many times as they would like for review.

Reminders:
  • Book Orders.  Due September 30th.  Use class activation code: GJLYC to order online.  This is open to both classes.
  • Carnival Donation Items: Mr. Pransky's class theme is BBQ, Mrs. Dressel's class theme is Car Wash.
  • Earbuds for use with laptops in class.
Have a great night,
Mrs. Dressel and Mr. Pransky

Reading/Language:  

Text Features worksheet.

Novel reading:
  • Boy in the Girls' Bathroom pgs 174-193
  • Strider pgs 123-147
  • Hollis Wood pgs 138-159

Social Studies:  

Keep practicing that Preamble, students need to be able to say this to me (or sing it) by 10/1.  Many students have already done this successfully!! Schoolhouse Rock video 


Science

Ch. 1 - Lesson 4 Check (worksheet) - Use the book!


Math:  

Study math facts 

(addition and subtractions facts must be mastered by end of 1st quarter)


Spelling:  

Practice list on SpellingCity

Test for Dressel is Thursday

Test for Pransky is Friday.


Class Blog- frequently used links and daily updates.


--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade