Miss Bell’s Fourth Grade News Huntington Seacliff Elementary May 9 – May 20, 2016

Miss Bell’s Note

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms! I hope you had a

lovely Mother’s Day – a well deserved day of

recognition for all you do.

SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)

We are in the midst of state testing. It is extremely

important to be on time and present everyday. We will

be reviewing concepts and taking/discussing practice

tests over the next two weeks. These review/test

practice experiences cannot be made up and are as

important as being present on the days we are actually

testing. Thanks for your extra support to help our

students do their best. We take official tests on

Wed/Thurs. of this week and on Tues/Wed/Fri. of the

following week.

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/

Volunteer Tea Please join us on Thursday, May 19th from 1:30 – 2:15

in the MPR as we celebrate our volunteers! We thank

you for all you do and I would love to see you there. I

will attach the invitation to this newsletter.

Agenda Reminders

Please check your child’s homework and agenda

everyday to ensure assignments are complete. Please

also sign their agenda every Friday to indicate you have

seen their behavior and homework completion for the

week. Highlighted items were not completed.

Math We are finishing up our chapter on area and perimeter

tomorrow and taking our test on Wednesday. After

that, I will be doing a few crash course lessons on

concepts we have not yet learned and a lot of review.

Reading

We are reading, By the Great Horn Spoon! Please do

not read ahead in this novel – I know it’s hard not to.

As with prior novels, students will be responsible for

their Reading Response Journals. I encourage you to

read the chapters we have read in class at home with

your child – you will LOVE this book. It is so clever!

We should test on chapters 6-10 this Friday.

Spelling Please review “Missed Words” with your child each

week as many of the words they have missed will spiral

back into future spelling tests. Students have this list

that they add to in their homework folder.

Science

Your child will be bringing home the ecosystem they

created in class this week. Be sure to ask them about:

1) Biotic and abiotic factors, 2) Evidence of the water

cycle, 3) Evidence of photosynthesis, and 4) The

food/energy chain. Then you might persuade them to

free their isopod into the big world. ☺ With testing, I

am unsure as to when we will conclude this unit and

test on it. It will be sometime next week at the earliest.

Library

Our library is closing for the year this week. I believe

we can keep our books through state testing, but please

start sending in any stragglers you might find at home.

Important Dates

May 2 - May 27: Seacliff School State Testing (SBAC)

Wed., May 11: Math Test chapter 13 (area/perimeter)

Fri., May 13: BGHS quiz chapters 6-10, plus vocab

Thurs., May 19th: Volunteer Tea, 1:30 – 2:15, MPR

Sat., May 21: Family Fun Run, 9-12

Thurs., May 26: 2nd Trimester AR Goal Movie

Fri., May 27: Spirit Day – 80s attire!

Mon., May 30: Memorial Day – no school

Thurs., June 2: Musical Performances (8:30-9: chorus

recital; 9:20-9:50: keyboarding recital)

Fri., June 24: Last day of School

sbell@hbcsd.us

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