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Arrival Information
Doors open 8:25 Students in homeroom by 8:35Students dismissed at 3:15Half-Day dismissal at 12:25Enter and exit at front doors onlyParent drop off in driveway; can only drop
on Crosswicks after all buses have departed
CHILD program at CBS A.M. at MIS P.M. Band/Strings Drop off by Gymnasium Door
Arrival Information
What’s the same?
ArtVocal Music Concert (December)General Music ClassLibraryHealthPhysical EducationSpanishELPAT (PEP at PMS/CBS)Lunch and RecessSpeech/OT/PTBasic Skills Intervention
What’s The Same?
What’s new?
New Friends!New Teachers!LockersTechnology/Computer class Instrumental Music
Band Strings
Newspaper ClubStudent CouncilOther New Clubs on the horizon!Buddy ClassesService Projects
What’s New?
PTO Sponsored Events
Lenape LifewaysScience Assembly Grade 5 Trip to Franklin Science
InstituteSnacks for NJ ASK TestingGrade 4 Trip to Sayen GardensField DayEnd of Testing Laser Show AssemblyT-Shirts!Snacks for Events
PTO SPONSORED EVENTS
• Fall and Spring Book Fair• School Store and Pretzel Sales• Back To School BINGO• Halloween Dance (Grades 4 and 5)• Trenton Devils Ice Hockey Game• Trenton Thunder Baseball Game• International Sports and Skating Center• MacFarland’s Got Talent• Grade 5 Spring Fling• End of Year Picnic• Fundraising, Fundraising, Fundraising!
PTO Events
Guidance
Ms. Meg Perrine, School Counselor
• Anti-bullying: From Bystander to Upstander - HIB Laws• C.H.A.R.A.C.T.E.R.• Individual Counseling• Group Counseling – “Lunch Bunches”• Peer Facilitators• Study Skills• Confl ict Resolution
GUIDANCE
Summer Skills
• Transition from third grade to fourth grade can be termed a transition from learning to read to reading to learn.• Read along with your child – ask them to paraphrase
what they have read and discuss it. • Students lose skills over the very long summer vacation• Combat:• Read, read, read• Math Facts• Have your student complete summer exercises
• Does your child need a phone in Intermediate School?• Monitor your children’s computer use• Social Networking can lead to bullying!
SUMMER SKILLS
Summer Reading
Mrs. Christine Corcoran 500 minutes for the summer Goal: about - 10 minutes per day (you may choose
to skip some days) Can do it in 9 days with 1 hour in 8 days and 20 minutes on the last day
One writing assignment Parents need to initial reading minutes and submit
paper Papers will be given to third grade teachers mid-June;
will be available on the MIS website
SUMMER LANGUAGE ARTS
Grading System- Reading Divide minutes on a 500 pt scale to see grade:
Example 450 minutes x 100 ÷ 500 = grade of 90
500 or more minutes = A+ 100% 450-499 minutes = A- 90%400-449 minutes = B- 80% 350-399 minutes = C- 70% 300-349 minutes = D- 60% Less than 300 = F
Grading System – Writing P Advanced Profi cient = 100 P Profi cient = 85 pts PP Partially Profi cient = 70 pts
SUMMER LANGUAGE ARTS GRADING
Communication
E-MailParent Placement Surveys
Sent home with grade 3 in May – more available tonight
Please return these pages tonight, or send them in an envelope to your school labeled “MIS Main Offi ce.” Your child’s teacher or offi ce will forward them to us!
COMMUNICATION
Summer Reading will be sent home June 13 and available on the internet in June
Supply lists will be sent home and available on the internet in June
Class Assignments sent home at the end of August
There will also be an opportunity on Wednesday, September 4 between 1 and 2 p.m. for students to find their homerooms, to introduce themselves to their fourth grade teacher and to drop off any school supplies
TRANSITION