From the Desk of Mrs. Larned...
April 26th, 2024
Upcoming Dates to Remember
April
- April 28th: Registration deadline for the BAS Summer Learning Program
- April 30th: 4th Grade M-STEP Math Testing
May
- May 13th: Camp Roger Field Trip
- May 15th-17th: 4th Grade NWEA Testing
- May 27th: No School- Memorial Day
- May 29th: Last Day of School (**Awards Ceremony in the afternoon)
Camp Roger Field Trip
It is almost that time again! 4th grade will be heading out on one more adventure before the school year ends. On May 13th, our class (along with Mrs. J. Feuerstein and Mrs. Hill's classes) will be heading to Camp Roger for the day. If you would like to volunteer to chaperone for this trip, please reach out and let me know that you are planning to join us. You can give me a call (616-794-4750), jot me an email (larnedk@bas-k12.org), or drop me a line through the ClassDojo app. Please make sure to send in your student's permission slip and money ($10 per child) on or before May 3rd (next Friday).
End-of-Year Testing
As we begin to head into the final month of this school year, our 4th graders will be working hard to complete their end-of-year assessments. I have listed the remaining official testing dates for our NWEA and M-STEP assessments in the "Upcoming Dates to Remember" section above, for your reference. Getting a good night's rest, eating breakfast, and getting to school on-time for these mandatory tests will help to ensure that students are setting themselves up for success. Thank you so much, in advance, for your help in preparing our learners to finish strong this school year! 🙂
Summer Learning Program
The registration window for the BAS Summer Learning Program has officially opened! If you are interested in signing your student(s) up for this 6-week program (running from June 10th-July 25th), please click on the link below to access the official registration/sign-up form and gain further details. The registration deadline for the BAS Summer Learning Program is April 28th.
(*Any registrations after this date will be on a first- come first- serve basis, dependent on staffing.)
Summer Learning Program Sign-Up Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSkacctUk4HYLkoRqOsQOpb9yeyz9gI20EJX52X4u0qd_drg/viewform
Transportation Request Form (for the Summer Learning Program):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHRr5i2Pq7wkRdsGARZuJEVYk1w6-oUzuw9GQ-EM3Jz9yRAg/viewform
Math
Embarc Online (Math Curriculum Resource)
🙂 EMBARC.Online is a website designed to provide parents/families and teachers with a variety of different materials that come straight from our district EngageNY math curriculum. I love it because it very easy to navigate! Families that are interested in checking out this site can use the link below (or find it by typing "EMBARC online" into their Google search engine).
Once on the EMBARC home page, you will see a list of grade levels at the top of the page. Scroll over the "4th Grade" icon and then click on "Module 5" from the dropdown tab. Once you have been redirected to the Module 5 page, you will find all of the lessons within this new Fractions unit. For each lesson, there is an informational video that provides step-by-step examples of how to complete problems that mirror the problems found on the students' homework pages coming home with them nightly. (*You can find the current lesson number in the top, right corner of each homework sheet). There is even a "Homework Solutions" link for each lesson that has a master copy of the completed homework assignment sheet, so you can take a look at it and see exactly what it is that students are being asked to do for each question.
Language Arts
In Language Arts, we are almost half-way through our 5-Week Genre Study. So far, we have learned about genres of Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Historical Fiction. Our upcoming genre-of-focus will be Greek Mythology. I look forward to diving into this brand new genre with the class next week!
Social Studies/Science
This week, we began wrapping up our current Science unit-of-study: The Human Machine. In this unit, we have been learning all about the skeletal system, the structure and function of the eyes, and the brain/nerves information processing system. In the next few days, students will be taking an assessment that gauges their overall understanding of what we have learned over the course of the past several weeks.