Sunday, March 3, 2019

March 4-8, 2019

Week at a Glance:



Monday, March 4: Day 5

Lunch:
#1 - Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake
#2 - BBQ Shredded Pork Sandwich


Tuesday, March 5:  Day 6

Lunch:
#1 - Roasted Turkey w/Mashed Potatoes
#2 - Chicken Nuggets



Wednesday, March 6:   Day 1

Lunch:
#1 - Cheese Pizza
#2 - Ham & Turkey Chef Salad

Thursday, March 7:   Day 2

Lunch:
#1 - Soft Shell Taco
#2 - Beef, Bean & Cheese Burrito

  • 3rd Grade to PAC Fox Cities Symphony, 11:45-2:15
  •  Conferences and Book Fair Tonight from 4:00-7:30



Friday, March 8:     Day 3


1/2 Day, 11:30 Dismissal - No Lunch
  • Kids Heart Challenge Donation Forms/Envelopes Due!!!
  • Conferences and Book Fair this afternoon from 12:20-4:00


Manner March 4-15:

Opening and holding a door for others



Mark Your Calendars!


Mark your calendar for National School Breakfast Week- March 4-8, 2019!  Eating breakfast is an important part in helping students achieve academic success. 




Kids Heart Challenge - Donation Forms Due

Thank you for taking part in collecting donations for the Kids Heart Challenge (prev. Jump Rope for Heart).  As you know we postponed our "EVENT" due to the flooding in Gym A.  We are anticipating an April date for the event, watch for further information.  In the meantime, we would like to move forward with collecting Donation Forms/Envelopes.  Please send these to school with your child on or before Friday, March 8th.  This will allow us to begin working on securing all the Thank You Items that students have earned by collecting donations.


Summer School - 2019

Before we know it Summer School registration will be here.  Feel free to keep referring back to the Summer School Website to stay up-to-date:

Click here for 2019 Summer School Information




We are Snowshoeing in PE!

2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students started snowshoeing in PE last week! The fun will continue this week with more snowshoeing on days when the temperature is above 0. 

Please remember to continue sending snowpants, hats, gloves, jackets and boots because they will be using these during Phy Ed time as well as recesses. It would be a good idea to send an extra pair of mittens or gloves for the day because they are used for recess as well as snowshoeing. It may also be a good idea to send an additional pair of socks in the event that they get wet while they are outside.  Thank you to 1000 Islands for sharing the showshoes with us and thank you Mrs. Stratton and Mr. Halloran for providing this great experience for our students.



Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences

We look forward to seeing families at Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences this week. We sincerely appreciate your care and involvement in your child's education.  To check your sign-up time click this link to view the sign-up schedule...  www.signupgenius.com/tabs/23677D705AECAEAC60-marchpts
The Scholastic Book Fair will be taking place in the lobby/entrance.  Make sure to stop by the book fair on your way in or out of school.  Proceeds from the book fair are used to provide birthday books to students, classroom materials, books for family events, and more!



Wisconsin Forward Spring State Assessment

The Wisconsin Forward Exam will be given in schools between March 18 and May 3, 2019. The Forward Exam is a state mandated summative assessment which provides information about what students know and can do in relation to the Wisconsin Academic Standards. Students receive a score based on their performance in each content area.

There are sample or practice test questions available for students. An Online Tools Training (OTT) is available for students at http://dpi.wi.gov/assessment/forward/sample-items. The OTT is intended to give students the opportunity to practice with tools available on the Forward Exam, as well as allow them to familiarize themselves with the testing platform. The OTT is not scored, nor is it intended to provide practice on the test content. Students will be exploring these tools and training at school prior to testing.

The Forward Exam will be administered online and be given to:

  • Grades 3-8 in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics,
  • Grades 4 and 8 in Science and,
  • Grades 4, 8, and 10 in Social Studies

The Forward Exam includes several question types:

  • Multiple-Choice (MC): Question that has four answer choices, including three distractors and one correct answer.
  • Enhanced Selected Response (ESR): Question which may contain combinations of MC, short-answer, and technology-enhanced.
  • Evidence-Based Selected Response (ESBR): Question which has two parts. The student answers Part A, then provides evidence in Part B to support answer in Part A.
  • Text-Dependent Analysis (TDA): Question used on the ELA test. The TDA is a text-based analysis, based on a passage that is read by the student during the assessment. Students must draw on basic writing skills while inferring and synthesizing information from the passage in order to develop a comprehensive, holistic essay response. Students have up to 5000 characters to formulate their response.
  • Technology-Enhanced (TE): TE questions allow for a more engaging, interactive assessment.

Accommodations and supports for students with disabilities and/or English language learners are built into the system so that the progress of students can be accurately measured.

The estimated time for the test administration in each grade is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes for ELA, 1 hour and 45 minutes for Mathematics, 1 hour and 40 minutes for Science, and 1 hour and 30 minutes for Social Studies. These are estimated times, as the WI Forward Exam is not a timed test so students work at their own pace.

If you have any questions or concerns about the new assessment, please contact the office.





Doodle for Google

Doodle for Google contest entries for grades 2-4 are due to Mrs. Siegel by March 12th.  A parent signature is required and the whole top of the contest form needs to be completed.  We have a lot of creative artists entering!!



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