February News from 4th Grade
Mrs. Bryant, Ms. Doherty, Mrs. Miller, Dr. Upson, Mrs. Vilbrun
February Dates of Importance
Tuesday/Wednesday February 12,13: FCAT Writing Test
Tuesday, February 26: PTA at 4p.m. SAC at 6p.m. All Welcome!
Monday, February 18: Presidents Day: No School
There will be a State wide tornado drill this month. We will also have a bus evacuation drill and a duck and cover drill
March Dates of Importance
FCAT Testing- March 11-24
Tuesday, March 25th- Be Happy FCAT testing is over
Friday, March 28- Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
March 29- April 6- Spring Break
Monday, April 7 : Return to School Quin 4 begins!
SSS Reading- Tuesday /Wednesday, March 11th & 12th
SSS Math- Thursday March 13th.
NRT Reading- Monday, March 17th &
NRT Math- Tuesday, March 18th
Makeups- March 19th – 24th.
Flow Map for FCAT Success
Be attentive in class. Pay attention to test taking strategies that are taught
Get a good nights sleep each night before a test
Eat a good breakfast each morning of the test.
Try your best
Reread the passage, question, or prompt to be sure you know what you are being asked to do.
Be proud of your efforts!
FREE Orlando Regional History Center Field Trip
We have secured a grant to pay for the entire trip. Each teacher needs 1 chaperone to come. Please be sure you are an approved Additions volunteer. This trip is on Friday, May 2th!
Field Trips:
If you are interested in being a chaperone, you must sign up, register on the addition volunteer web site (https://volunteer.ocps.net/), fill out paperwork & be cleared to go. The History Center is tied in directly with the fourth grade curriculum and your child will remember these valuable educational experiences for years to come.
Multicultural Cinderella (Cendrillon) Stories by Mrs. Vilbrun
I celebrate multicuralism through reading in my classroom. The wonderful story of Cinderella is probably the most popular fairy tale in the world. Cinderella is known as Cendrillon in French which was read in class last quin. Students really enjoyed the reading, especially the ones who are from different countries.
Almost every culture seems to have its own version and every storyteller his or her tale.
Here’s what we did for additional class activities
*On a map of the world, find the countries where the Cinderella story the class has read is based.
* Compare illustrations in different versions of the Cinderella to Cendrillon. How do they capture the mood?
*Make a Venn diagram of the differences and similarities in versions of the Cinderella stories and what they both have in common. Let the class select a favorite version and act out the story.
Chinese New Year will be celebrated in Mrs. Millers Class on Thursday, February 7th. 2008 is the Year of the Rat, which is also known by its former name of Wu Zhi. Chinese New Year's Eve is known as Chúxī. Chu literally means "change" and xi means "Eve". Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries with significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese, but it is not part of the traditional culture of these countries.