Birthdays We �Celebrated This Month!
Upcoming Dates
Evelyn (8th)
Wyatt (13th)
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Ms. Davidshofer
April 3rd-10th: Spring Break
April 11th: First Day Back from Spring Break
April 12th: Donut Day
May 8th: Field Trip to Riverfront Museum
Student Work of the Month
Featuring: Iditarod Poems
I believe in you,
You can win this race today.
You are talented.
-Haiku by Mila P.
Iditarod
Dogs
Icy
Track
Alaska
Race
Out in the wild
Dog race
-Acrostic by Mila P.
Congratulations Iditarod Mushers! Lilah picked Peter Kaiser, who came in 2nd place for the Iditarod. And Wyatt picked the third place musher, Richie Diehl.
No one in the class selected the musher who came in first place!
Everyday Math
During March, we went through Unit 7 of Everyday Math as well as prepared for the state assessment (Illinois Assessment of Readiness or IAR). A great deal of the lessons in Unit 7 were challenging as they were story problems that required many different steps. Some of the content covered was:
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Ms. Davidshofer
Wonders
This month, we skipped ahead in Wonders, so we could complete “The Best Part of Me” project, which is a highlight in fourth grade!
Reminder: Wonders is our English Language Arts curriculum. It focuses on reading, writing, grammar, �but it incorporates science & social studies.
Iditarod
When learning about the 50 states, the class was intrigued by Alaska. The idea of dog sledding/racing came up, which spiraled into a great learning opportunity of learning about the Iditarod and the serum run of 1925, where Balto and Togo were seen as heroes.
Piggybacking on the students’ interests, we followed the Iditarod race this month! Each student picked a musher, and they used morning work time to track their musher.
Through the morning work project, students learned:
What Did We Learn in March?
Independent Reading (AR Reading)
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Ms. Davidshofer
Student received a new BINGO board, which is on green paper, at the beginning of March. Their BINGO for this quarter is due May 19th For more information about this quarter’s BINGO board, please see the bright green BINGO board in your child’s folder.
Remember: In recent years due to the pandemic, AR quizzes have had a little more flexibility. However, with the pandemic mostly behind us, it’s 4th grade policy that ALL AR quizzes must be taken at school. Therefore, all future quizzes must be taken at school. students have opportunities to take AR quizzes during morning work, centers, Ketchup & Pickles (aka study hall), so there are multiple opportunities throughout the day for AR quizzes here at school
Central Code
March’s Social Emotional Learning focus was aware. During this month the students learned about how to talk to people, not about people.
In the coming months, we will continue to learn about what it means to be a Central Trojan by focusing on the different traits that make up a Trojan.
The 4A winner for aware will be announced at a later date due to school getting out early on March 31st for the weather. With school getting out early, we were unable to have our assembly for awareness.
To Be Announced at a Later Date
Star of the Week
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Ms. Davidshofer
Thanks to all of the students that were featured in March.
Every student will get their own week throughout the year. The week before your child’s assigned week, your student will be given a piece of paper with more information about what to bring and information to have ready.
To see pictures of all �of our features students �this month, please go to �the photo slides in this �newsletter!
Upcoming Weeks are:
After Spring Break → Kai
Central Intermediate’s Grade Scale
Just a reminder: here is the CIS grade scale, which is how your child will be scored on assignments & assessments. If your child does not show mastery on an assignment or assessment, they’ll be required to redo until they can show mastery. Often, they’ll receive some reteaching during centers or ketchup and pickles (study hall) to help ensure they understand the content.
Typing Practice + Games
Does your child need some more practice to become more efficient with typing on their Chromebook? We are making typing more of a focus this semester, and students are going to have specific lessons to accomplish each week during centers. In addition to the lessons, there are also numerous typing games found, on typing.com as well as the 4A website. The games are linked at the bottom of the student links portion. Some of these games are a lot of fun if I must admit.
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Stars of the Week This Month
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March 1st, 2023:
Science Activity with Oreos and the Phases of the Moon
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March 11th 2023:
Guest teachers during math while we review skills from Unit 7
Fun Fact
Did you know there are 86,400 seconds in a day?
And did you know that there are 31,536,000 seconds in a whole year!
The students were having fun converting in math this unit. They asked if we could convert how many seconds are in a day.
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Ms. Davidshofer
March 21st, 2023: Chicken Nugget Day!
The fun activity this time around was to create a chicken nugget mascot.
Fourth grade teachers then voted on their 2 favorite mascots in each class, and those students will receive McDonald’s chicken nuggets for lunch one day at the end of March. Congrats to the 4A winners – Evelyn and Lilah!
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Ms. Davidshofer
March 24th, 2023:
We had a pirate celebration after finishing the IARrrrrr Test!
During the morning, we had a STEM challenge to build a boat out of a foil sheet. How many pennies could their boat hold before it sunk?
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Ms. Davidshofer
First Place Boat:
201 pennies
2nd Place Boat:
187 pennies
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March 28th:
Twinning Tuesday!
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March 29th, 2023: Therapy dogs visited the classrooms at CIS! Meet Lucy, a collie doodle service dog with Paws Giving Independence!
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Ms. Davidshofer
The students all had an opportunity to pet Lucy!