Fourth Grade News
November 13th, 2017
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Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop
A Look Ahead We have really been enjoying reading books by Andrew
Clements. The past few weeks we’ve been reading the
Veterans Day- NO SCHOOL for students! book Frindle during workshop time and The Report Card
Friday, November 11, 2015 during Read Aloud. Using Andrew Clements books as
mentor texts, we have focused our mini-lessons on the
End of Trimester following goals:
Friday, November 10th ● I can explain a story by referring to details and
examples in the text.
Parent Teacher Conferences ● I can summarize a piece of fiction in my own
End of November- December words.
● I can use specific details in a story to help me
C.O.L. describe a character, setting or event
Friday, November 17th at 8:10AM in the story.
Fourth Graders Presenting!!! When we finish the Clements books, readers will begin
to look at the two Andrew Clements books and focus on
Report Cards this goal:
Friday, November 17th ● I can compare and contrast different stories by
thinking about the different points of view.
Thanksgiving Break- NO SCHOOL!
November 23th-November 27th During Writing Workshop, students have been learning
about leads, figurative language, organization, dialogue
Early Release- Parent Teacher Conferences and transition words to revise their narrative stories.
December 5th, 2017
Appreciation
Thank You to all parents who helped chaperone for our
trip to the Rock of Ages! Students were appropriately
Math impressed by the awesomeness of the quarry,
We just wrapped up the first two modules in Unit 2. interested in watching the artisans at the factory,
Students should have a strong foundational enjoyed shopping at the gift shop and bowling at the
understanding of factorization and patterns within granite bowling alley. Thanks to your supervision, the
multiples, and are now beginning to apply this students were well behaved and the trip was a success.
knowledge to multi-digit numbers in this unit. Please We can look forward to future trips as a fourth grade
continue to check in with your child as they practice group beginning with our Winter Wellness Days in
these skills in their homework and be in touch if you February. A Winter Wellness Day packet will come
see any confusion! home soon!
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November 13th, 2017
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Parent Teacher Conferences
I am truly looking forward to meeting with all the 4th
grade parents at our upcoming conferences. Thank you,
families, for taking the time out of your busy schedules
to come in to meet with me. It will be such a pleasure to meet with
you and fill you in on the progress the students are making. I truly
enjoy working with the students both together and individually. I am a 4th Graders to present at
teacher because I love working with students, but it is also a double C.O.L.!
bonus to get to know the families of those students. It makes the
world feel a little bit smaller. At conference time, I will be sharing On Friday, November 17th,
student work, data from the fall benchmark assessments and a report the 4th graders will be
about what I have been observing about your child. This is also a time
presenting their growing
for you to ask questions unique to your child. Through our partnership,
state pride by singing the
I see each student gaining confidence, becoming more and more
responsible and striving to meet his or her unique goals. Each student
Vermont state song for the
needs to feel how important they are to our community and these school! Please have your
conferences show that we feel they are important. I really look child at school on time this
forward to meeting with you! day so that we can warm
up our voices before C.O.L..
Try to join us if you can!
The 2017-18 REPORT CARD!
C.E.S. students will be getting report cards this Friday, November 17th. Our report card is Common Core
aligned and meets Vermont’s Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements and Transferable Skills
Initiative. To cater to a younger audience, the transferable skills will be taught and assessed through the
16 Habits of Mind. (A Habits of Mind Poster was handed out at the beginning of the school year.)
The new report card is evidence-based and data driven. Assessments and projects are intentionally
focused on and around these learning targets. Students’ scores (grades) are based on their current
progress toward a specific learning target within a trimester. In standards-based reporting, the research
states that teachers should separate students’ academic achievement (learning targets) from b ehavior
(transferable skills). This will paint a more accurate picture of where students are in the learning
continuum at the end of a trimester.
If a student is proficient in a standard for this point in the year, they will receive a “3” on their report
card. For example, a student answered the questions, addressing that particular standard, on a math
assessment correctly. Earning a score of a “3”, means the student is right on track and working at
grade level.
A level 4, or “Expanding” is about application to new learning and puts emphasis on student initiative.
A student receiving this grade is working at a higher level of understanding and has extended their
thinking and applied it to new learning opportunities. As you can see, receiving a “4” is difficult to achieve
and is seldom used.
Examples of what a “4” might look like:
● took the initiative to create a formula that has not yet been taught for a math problem
● solves a math problem in multiple ways
● applies above grade level writing skills ex: the student uses commas to set off introductory parts
of a sentence.
● Reads and applies reading strategies at a much higher reading level
In summary, receiving a score of a “2” or “3” is wonderful and receiving a “4” will be rare!
Fourth Grade News
November 13th, 2017
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