May 28-June 2

Dates to Note

Monday: No School
Tuesday-Friday: End of the Year benchmark assessments

SOL's!!

We are so proud of how hard the students worked on their state testing. Thank you for all your support and hard work at home! Scores will be mailed to the primary address listed in Powerschool. 

Content Update: 

Canalichio Homeroom: Solar System Unit

Elsie Homeroom: Jamestown Unit

Shifflett Homeroom: Virginia Geography in Minecraft

Address Updating!
     As the summer draws near, it is important to make sure you have all your information recorded correctly in Powerschool. Summer mailings will be occurring and we do not want you to miss any information that is critical!! Please take a minute and check to Powerschool this week. If you need any assistance, let one of us or the office know and we will be glad to help. 

End of the Year Activities
     We will be celebrating our last eight days together by doing some fun event each day. We are also going to be mixing up classes so children have an opportunity to play with friends from each  homeroom! 

Backpacks!

     Please clean out those backpacks. We are sending home things no longer needed on a daily basis. Also, hang onto those Science and Social Studies folders until 6th grade. They are a wonderful resource when preparing for next year's SOLS.

May 21 -- May 25

Dates to Note

Thursday: Math SOL Part 1
Friday: Math SOL Part 2
Monday: No School

Math SOL's!!

This Thursday and Friday we will be taking the 4th Grade Math SOL. We have been preparing for this all year, with one strong push the past few weeks. You can help at home by keeping your routine as normal and low key as possible this week. Getting to bed by 9, having healthy dinners and breakfasts make all the difference. Please send a healthy snack with your child every day, to keep their brains fortified. Children will be asked to sit and focus without noise for extended periods of time to keep the testing environment.  When all students are done for the day, teachers will be taking the classes outside to allow for the needed movement and socialization. 

Content Update: 

We will be finishing up the second rotation on Wednesday. We will then take a break until next Tuesday, and then resume with the last rotation. 

Address Updating!
     As the summer draws near, it is important to make sure you have all your information recorded correctly in Powerschool. Summer mailings will be occurring and we do not want you to miss any information that is critical!! Please take a minute and check to Powerschool this week. If you need any assistance, let one of us or the office know and we will be glad to help. 

May 14-May 18

Dates to Note

Thursday, May 24th & Friday, May 25th: Math SOL

Reading SOL's!!

The Reading SOL's went very well. Thank you for all your support at home. We will be working on finishing up county reading assessments for the remainder of the year. 

Math Update

Our focus will shift now to overall math review to prepare for next week's tests. You can help at home by working on elapsed time problems and measurement conversions, both customary and metric. 

Content Update: Time to learn something new!

For the next few weeks, we will be doubling up on content. This enables students to really delve into each area deeply. 

Mrs. Canalichio's Homeroom: Virginia Geography through Minecraft.

Mrs. Elsie's Homeroom: Earth, Moon, Sun, & Planets

Ms. Shifflett's Homeroom: Jamestown Unit

May 7 - May 11

Dates to Note

Thursday: Reading SOL Part 1
Friday: Reading SOL Part 2
Thursday, May 24th & Friday, May 25th: Math SOL

Reading SOL's!!

This Thursday and Friday we will be taking the 4th Grade Reading SOL. We have been preparing for this all year, with one strong push the past few weeks. You can help at home by keeping your routine as normal and low key as possible this week. Getting to bed by 9, having healthy dinners and breakfasts make all the difference. Please send a healthy snack with your child every day, to keep their brains fortified. Children will be asked to sit and focus without noise for extended periods of time to keep the testing environment.  When all students are done for the day, teachers will be taking the classes outside to allow for the needed movement and socialization. 

Math Update

Mini units continue.  Here is this week's agenda:
Canalichio Homeroom: Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
Elsie Homeroom: Multiplication and Division
Shifflett Homeroom: Probability

Content Update: 

We will be taking a mini break from content focus and really work hard on math review. Students will be working in stations to revisit the harder areas!