Welcome back!

SNOW DAYS!!
Well, that was a week!   Hopefully we have winter behind us now, and spring is in view!!  Please mark your calendars, that the last day of school for students will be June 1st.  Since we have exceeded our 5 allowed calamity days, we will now have to extend the year by two days.  These days are already part of the Kings school calendar.  Please plan accordingly.

PARCC TESTING NEXT WEEK
Please take note that next week we will begin the PARCC Performance Based Assessment Tests.  The dates are listed below and each test will begin first thing each morning listed, so please be at school on time.  Thanks so much for your cooperation and support.

Testing Dates:

Tuesday, March 3rd: ELA Unit 1 (75 minutes)

Thursday, March 5th: ELA Unit 2 (90 minutes)

Monday, March 9th: Social Studies (75 minutes)

Wednesday, March 11th: ELA Unit 3 (60 minutes)

Friday, March 13th: Math Unit 1 (80 minutes)

Monday, March 16th: Math Unit 2 (70 minutes)

Testing Tips:

1. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep the night before testing.
2. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast the morning of testing.
3. Please tell your child to just try their best and not stress out over these tests.

March Happenings:
March 13 - PTO March Madness Fundraiser. Look for more info coming home soon as well as info on contributing to our class baskets.

March 19 and 26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - Your child's reading teacher will be contacting you with more information

March 26 - 4th grade to Riversbend Country Club for Etiquette Lunch

March 30 - April 6 - Spring Break

Mid-February Checkpoint

Just a few items for this week:

1. THANK YOU so much for joining us for the PARCC information meeting last week.  If you were unable to attend, the handout from the meeting was sent home in the Friday Folder this past week.   As we get closer to the testing dates or as you explore the information and websites we gave you, please let us know if you have any questions.

2. Reminder:  VALENTINE CARD EXCHANGE will be TUESDAY, FEB. 10.  This is completely optional.  Students will have the opportunity to exchange cards with homeroom classmates during afternoon homeroom time.

3. There will be NO SCHOOL Friday, February 13th and Monday, February 16th.

4. Gifted Testing: The deadline to submit gifted referral form and permission to test for our spring Gifted Testing window is Tuesday, February 17.  These forms can be found on the district website or picked up in the school office.

February Updates

To assist parents in understanding the upcoming PARCC Assessments, we have scheduled an information night. 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

6-7pm

SLE Science Lab

We will go over:

• what the specific assessments include
• how PARCC differs from previously given OAA tests
• how tests will be administered
• what parents can do to help your child prepare 

Please mark your calendar and we hope to see you there. 

The 4th grade will have an optional Valentine's Day card exchange with students in their homerooms on Tuesday, February 10 at the end of the day.  This will not be a party, but a simple card exchange.  If students wish to participate, they should bring cards for classmates in their homeroom class (ready to be passed out) on that day.  

SLE Student Council now has a school supply store open for 3rd and 4th graders on Monday and Wednesday mornings.   The supplies are not quite as plentiful as you see above, but there are pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, glue sticks and notebooks for sale.   Supplies are all under $1 -- if you have difficulty getting to the store and your student needs to restock something, this is now an option available to them.

Please remember that we monitor the temperature daily to determine whether or not students will be going outside for recess.  4th grade recess us not until 1:15, so it is possible some days our students will go out when earlier recess times had to be indoor.   Because of these daily changes, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather with heavy coats, hats and gloves.  

Starting in February the E-Club will be kicking off our 2015 NO WASTE LUNCH CAMPAIGN!!!   We're looking for students at lunch who are doing their best to use reusable containers! The less waste, the better!!!  Check out the commercial we created in 2013 to kick off our efforts!

E-Club_NO WASTE LUNCH COMMERCIAL 2015

Update - January 19, 2015

REPORT CARDS

2nd Quarter Report Cards were sent home this past week in Friday Folders.  Please take time to go over your child's report card and discuss it with your child.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. 

We have set the 3rd Quarter behavior goal.  For the 3rd Quarter, students may not miss more that 2 Freaky Fridays -- that means they can have no more than 2 missing or late assignments.   We have noticed several students had difficulty getting back in the habit of homework after winter break.  We ask that you please work with your child to assist him/her in organizing and scheduling homework time.

TESTING UPDATE

Dates have been set for the 4th grade PARCC Performance Based Assessments (PBA).  4th graders will be tested the following dates:

Tuesday, March 3 - Language Arts Part 1

Thursday, March 5 - Language Arts Part 2

Monday, March 9 - Social Studies

Wednesday, March 11 - Language Arts Part 3

Friday, March 13 - Math Part 1

Monday, March 16 - Math Part 2

Each test will begin first thing in the morning and will last 60-90 minutes (time varies by the test).  It is very important that students arrive at school on time. 

Reminder: No pre-approved absence forms will be accepted during this time. 

There will be another round of testing, End of Year (EYO) Assessments will be given April 13 - May 15.  When specific dates are set, we will communicate those to you.

To assist parents in understanding the upcoming PARCC Assessments, we have scheduled an information night. 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

6-7pm

SLE Science Lab

We will go over:

• what the specific assessments include
• how PARCC differs from previously given OAA tests
• how tests will be administered
• what parents can do to help your child prepare 

Please mark your calendar and we hope to see you there.

Hey parents!  In art class, our students are busy creating beautiful artworks.  These artworks are going to be used for the fundraiser program Art to Remember.  Student artworks can be printed on bags, coffee mugs, book marks etc.  All items purchased by students will help our school and art program raise money to buy art supplies. Order forms will be passed out in art class in early March.  Thanks for your support. 

Mrs. Hoffert (shoffert@kingslocal.net)

Art teacher  

For more information you can go to arttoremember.com

Xavier Basketball Kings Day!!!

Join us for Kings Day at the Cintas Center on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.

 where the Musketeers take on DePaul.

The Kings Firecrackers will be performing at half time, too!

Tickets can be purchased by clicking the special link below. Cost of the tickets is $17 or $22 depending on seat location. Click the link below and enter promo code: Kings.

We hope to fill the Cintas Center with our own Knight Nation and support our Firecrackers that day! 

https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/xavier/EN/promotion/home

Happy 2015!

We hope you all had a fun winter break!   A few items of which we would like you to take note: 

Reminder that to reduce paper usage all information from the 4th grade team can be found right here on our website.   Each teacher has a page (tabs at the top) for class specific info and you can find our contact info there as well.  We ask that you bookmark this site and check it weekly to stay up to date on the happenings in 4th grade at SLE.  You may scan the qr code below to make bookmarking our site even easier!

Supply Check - this is a good time of year to check your child's school supplies for both quality and quantity.  Some students still have supplies in their extras bags, but we have noted shortages in the following:

GLUE STICKS

PENCILS 

SCISSORS

3-SUBJECT NOTEBOOKS (many are full)
 

End of the Quarter is this Friday, January 9. 
 

Etiquette Training - We are so excited that our students will again be participating in etiquette training.   Please ask them about what they are learning and encourage them to practice their good manners at home.

 

January 19  - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
 

Reminder of Change in Testing this Year:

This year, students in grades 3-4 will participate in new state assessments to measure their language arts, math and fourth grade social studies achievement. There area two types of assessments that are required to be given: Performance Based Assessment (PBA) which will be given at about the 75% completion mark of the school year and End of Year (EOY) which will be given around the 90% mark.
We will schedule PBA assessments sometime during the testing window of March 2nd-20th and EOY assessments between April 13-May 15. All assessments will be taken online using a district-owned device. Once we have the exact dates for each grade, we will communicate that information. We hope this advance information is helpful as you plan and schedule appointments.

PRE-APPROVED REQUESTS FORMS WILL NOT BE HONORED DURING THE TESTING DATES. Also, we ask you to please try to avoid school-hour appointments during these dates as well. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.  

DECEMBER!!!

So many things seem to happen between Thanksgiving and Winter Break -- here is a rundown of what is on the calendar as of now:

4th Grade Choir - Performance with 2nd Grade Thursday, December 11, 6:30pm @ SLE (4th grade chorus should report at 6:15)

SLE Snow Shop - PTO is sponsoring this shopping opportunity for students again this year.  4th graders will be going with their reading groups at the following times:

Monday 12/15 - Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Westley's Classes

Tuesday 12/16 - Mrs. Scruby and Mrs. Clements' Classes
NOTE: Students will be shopping with their READING CLASSES NOT their homeroom class.  The teacher's name listed above is by reading class/

4th Grade Holiday Dance - December 19th, 1:35pm in the gym.  

Winter Parties - Please sign up to help with homeroom parents.   They should be contacting you.  Please note that only those parents who are signed up are to attend the party.  Thank you for your cooperation on this new policy.

COATS!!  -  Remember if the temperature is warm enough, students will be going out for recess --- Please make sure your child has a coat and if needed, gloves, scarf and hat to wear each day.  We have noticed may students still wearing shorts and t-shirts.  May of the classrooms are cold and you may want to encourage your child to dress warmer.

Testing Update

This year, students in grades 3-4 will participate in new state assessments to measure their language arts, math and fourth grade social studies achievement.  There area two types of assessments that are required to be given: Performance Based Assessment (PBA) which will be given at about the 75% completion mark of the school year and End of Year (EOY) which will be given around the 90% mark.  

We will schedule PBA assessments sometime during the testing window of March 2nd-20th and EOY assessments between April 13-May 15.  All assessments will be taken online using a district-owned device.  Once we have the exact dates for each grade, we will communicate that information.   We hope this advance information is helpful as you plan and schedule appointments.  

NO PRE-APPROVED REQUESTS FORMS WILL BE HONORED DURING THE TESTING DATES.  Also, we ask you to try to avoid appointments during these dates as well.  Thank you for your assistance in this matter.