Thursday, April 13th

It has been a wonderful and busy week!

We had a wonderful visit with The Wylde Center on Tuesday!  The class inquired into the nutritional components of soil and even tested our soil here at F.AVE to determine its quality!

We are inquiring into the Core Democratic Values of America.  These are the ideas and beliefs that are at the core of our country.  Students are researching these values for a small project for later this week and next.

Ms. Monroe's last day with us will be tomorrow.  We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with her and wish her the best as she returns to her Kindergartners at Westchester.  We look forward to seeing her back here at F.AVE as a 4th grade teacher in the fall!  Thank you, Ms. Monroe!!

This afternoon, we completed a practice GMAS session this afternoon.  This year, students will be taking the GMAS completely online.  Today, they were given a stand for their iPad and a key board.  We were able to log-in to the GMAS practice session to explore and practice using the different tools available for the test.  Students then practiced answering and responding to a variety of questions.  We will continue to practice using the key boards tomorrow and Monday, so they become more familiar with them.  Our testing will go from Tuesday to Friday next week.  We will test first thing in the morning, so it is VERY IMPORTANT that students arrive on time to school.  Please see the message below for a message from Ms. Newton about next week's testing:

Parents,

As you know we will begin GMAS testing next week.   F.AVE teachers will administer this year's GMAS to classes other than their own.  This is sometimes requested of schools by the state department of education.  It has been required of us for this year's administration.  Please note below the assignments for testing.  The pairings indicate the two teachers who will switch classes to administer the test. The children will remain in their classrooms and the teachers will report to another class.  In most cases, the pairings are teachers directly across the hall from each other and there is some familiarity for students.  Traditionally, many of our students do not test with their teacher because of testing accommodations, so it is a familiar practice for us and we will prepare the kids for this change as well. As always, if you have questions or concerns, please contact me.  Thanks for your continued support!

4th grade 

Broman-Fulks/Holliday

Ellis/Robinson

Curry/Goode

Luke/Guest

Sanders/Taylor

Clark/Withers

Williams/Waugh

Eber/Smith

Goucher/Weaver

5th grade

Black/Niemeyer

Prophet/Dudley

Stewart/Wright

Grant/Worm

Madhere/Fiber

Hardwick/DiGiacomo

Shershin/Carty

Johnson/McFaddin

Have a great night!