Amazing Students and Coaches, Our first round of end of year testing is almost complete! We know our students that were scheduled this week, rocked their in person writing assessment. Our writing window continues next week, so your fourth-grade teacher may be out assisting with statewide assessments. Learning must continue, so please make sure you are completing any student paced lessons in your student plan or email in lieu of live class connects. Be sure to read our newsletter to keep up to date with the latest and greatest in 4th grade! FAST Writing Testing Window: If you are scheduled for next week, please be mindful that students are expected to attend their testing site in person to complete this assessment. You should have received an email from Testing Nirvana with the student's location date and time of the test. is a requirement to remain enrolled at DAOF. If you need assistance locating this information, please reach out to your student's homeroom teacher. Reregistration for 2024-2025 school year: Your story continues with DAOF! Re-registration is now open for the 2024-2025 school year. Save your spot for next year by re-registering your student today! Please see the graphic below for more info. Writing Assignment-Cellphones Argumentative Essay: If you haven't already sent your completed essay to your teacher, please make that a priority this week. You will receive credit in the gradebook for submitting your essay. We have included a checklist for Argumentative essays. We encourage students and learning coaches to use this checklist to ensure their essay includes all the important parts of an argumentative essay. (See below) Additional Resources for FAST: As we get closer to our progress monitoring assessment in May, we will continue adding helpful resources to this tab on our webpage. This will include insight to the types of questions students will be encountering on the FAST test, along with tips to prepare for the assessment. We ask that learning coaches support their student by taking advantage of this valuable resource. Continuing this week are the two featured question types, in addition to informative videos that our principal, Ms. Dewey, would like for you to view. You will find these videos underneath the section labeled "Weekly LC FAST Prep Videos". (see below) Thank you for your continued support! Your Fourth Grade Teachers💜 Weekly LC FAST Prep VideosWriting Argumentative Essay ChecklistRe-Registration for 24-25 school yearIn-Person TestingWhat We Are Learning:I-ready ExpectationsGrades And Teacher Assigned LeSSonsGrade books are updated every Friday. Make sure that you are checking your child's grades weekly. Remember, students can retake quizzes or assessments in the OLS for a better grade! Additionally, don't forget to complete teacher assigned IXL and I-ready Lessons! Please see the list below, for April's IXL and I-ready Lessons and other teacher graded assignments! WritingWe have concluded Writer's Workshop! Our students have worked very hard, and we know you are rockin' your in-person assessment! Don't forget to make sure you have turned in your Antarctica and Cell Phone essays to your teacher. Please be mindful of your daily plan during our regularly scheduled writing time, as it will be replaced with Panther Power Up! As we are wrapping up the FAST Writing in-person assessment next week, please remember this assessment is computer based and students will be expected to type their essay on a computer. Click on the link below to visit this free website to improve your typing speed and accuracy! https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/games/keyboard-climber-1 Cursive handwriting pages of the weeKWe will be working on pgs. 73-74. This is a review, so there are no videos this week. APril we have arrived!Testing season has begun! Thank you for another exceptional week of learning in fourth grade last week! This week your fourth grade teachers may be out assisting with statewide assessments, make sure you are completing any student paced lessons in your student plan or email in lieu of live class connects. Please browse through our newsletter to stay fully informed of all the important events and assignments coming up! FAST Writing Testing Window: The FAST Writing testing will be has begun! It is occurring April 1-12. Students are expected to attend their testing site in person to complete this assessment. You should have received an email from Testing Nirvana with the students location date and time of the test. Please make sure to confirm your students testing site, date, and time for this assessment as it is a requirement to remain enrolled at DAOF. If you need assistance locating this information please reach out to your student's homeroom teacher. Reregistration for 2024-2025 school year: Your story continues with DAOF! Re-registration is now open for the 2024-2025 school year. Save your spot for next year by re-registering your student today! Please see the graphic below for more info. Writing Assignment-Cellphones Argumentative Essay: We have concluded our cellphones essay. Students should now be typing, editing, and revising their essay to prepare for submission. We have included a checklist for Argumentative essays. We encourage students and learning coaches to use this checklist to ensure their essay includes all the important parts of an argumentative essay. (See below) Additional Resources for FAST: We are also happy to share there is a new tab on our fourth grade website "FAST Additional Resources". We have shared supplementary prompt resources for writing practice as we are preparing for the writing assessment in April. Make sure to check this page weekly for additional resources. We will also be sharing videos on our newsletter that will include insight to the types of questions students will be encountering in the FAST test along with tips to prepare for the test. We ask that learning coaches take advantage of this resource and please watch these videos each week to be well-informed about the FAST test. You will find these video underneath the section labeled "Weekly LC FAST Prep Videos". (see below) Thank you for your continued support! Your Fourth Grade Teachers💜 Weekly LC FAST Prep VideosWriting Argumentative Essay ChecklistRe-Registration for 24-25 school yearWhat We Are Learning:Grades And Teacher Assigned LeSSonsGrade books are updated every Friday. Make sure that you are checking your child's grades weekly. Remember, students can retake quizzes or assessments in the OLS for a better grade! Additionally, don't forget to complete teacher assigned IXL and I-ready Lessons! Please see the list below, for April's IXL and I-ready Lessons and other teacher graded assignments! WritingWe have concluded Writer's Workshop! Our students have worked very hard, and we know you are rockin' your in-person assessment! Don't forget to make sure you have turned in your Antarctica and Cell Phone essays to your teacher. As we are wrapping up the FAST Writing in-person assessment next week, please remember this assessment is computer based and students will be expected to type their essay on a computer. Click on the link below to visit this free website to improve your typing speed and accuracy! https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/games/keyboard-climber-1 Cursive handwriting videos and pages of the weeKWe will be working on pgs. 73-74. This is a review, so there are no videos this week.
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