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Arrival Information

Arrival Information. Arrival Information. Doors open 8:25 Students in homeroom by 8:35 Students dismissed at 3:15 Half-Day dismissal at 12:25 Enter and exit at front doors only Parent drop off in driveway; can only drop on Crosswicks after all buses have departed

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Arrival Information

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  1. Arrival Information

  2. Arrival Information • Doors open 8:25 • Students in homeroom by 8:35 • Students dismissed at 3:15 • Half-Day dismissal at 12:25 • Enter and exit at front doors only • Parent 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

  3. What’s the same?

  4. What’s The Same? • Art • Vocal Music Concert (December) • General Music Class • Library • Health • Physical Education • Spanish • ELPAT (PEP at PMS/CBS) • Lunch and Recess • Speech/OT/PT • Basic Skills Intervention

  5. What’s new?

  6. What’s New? • New Friends! • New Teachers! • Lockers • Technology/Computer class • Instrumental Music • Band • Strings • Newspaper Club • Student Council • Other New Clubs on the horizon! • Buddy Classes • Service Projects

  7. PTO Sponsored Events

  8. PTO Sponsored events • Lenape Lifeways • Science Assembly • Grade 5 Trip to Franklin Science Institute • Snacks for NJ ASK Testing • Grade 4 Trip to Sayen Gardens • Field Day • End of Testing Laser Show Assembly • T-Shirts! • Snacks for Events

  9. PtoEvents • 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!

  10. Guidance

  11. 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 • Conflict Resolution

  12. Summer Skills

  13. 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!

  14. Summer Reading

  15. Summer Language ARts 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

  16. Summer Language Arts GRADING 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 Proficient = 100 P Proficient = 85 pts PP Partially Proficient = 70 pts

  17. Communication

  18. communication • E-Mail • Parent 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 Office.” Your child’s teacher or office will forward them to us!

  19. transition • 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 4between 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

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