4th Grade
News
April 8, 2016
Upcoming Events
PSSA ELA Testing
Monday- 4/11/16 through
Thursday- 4/14/16
PSSA Math Testing
Monday- 4/18/16 through
Wednesday- 4/20/16
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PSSA Test Preparation Tips to Help
Your Child Be Successful
PSSA Science Testing- 4th Grade
By: Miss Vilsmeier
Establish an appropriate time for your child to go to bed
each night.
Make sure your child eats breakfast each morning of the
test. Help your child select a healthy breakfast.
Success starts with good attendance.
Please make an extra effort to arrive to school on time
each day for testing. Once testing begins, students will
not be permitted in the testing room, and they will make
up the test another time.
Encourage your child to listen to all of the directions
given by the teach or staff member and ask questions
about anything that is unclear.
Help your child maintain a positive attitude during the
testing periods. 
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child is to simply relax and to put forth their
best effort! The tests are not timed so they
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should feel at ease.
Literacy Night: 4:30-6:30 PM
Monday- 4/25/16 and
Tuesday- 4/26/16
Thursday- 4/28/16
Student Council Spirit Day- Green &
White Day
Friday- 4/29/16
Math
By: Miss Yates
As we get more and more comfortable with fractions, we
are beginning to look at how we can transfer from
fractions to decimals. We compared the way that we find
equivalent fractions to the way that we can find equivalent
denominators. We are also spending some extra time
preparing for the math PSSAs by finishing up our practice
packets and reviewing concepts from earlier in the year.
We continue to work towards fact fluency by working on
mad minutes and Moby Max practice problems! We spend
time in class working on Moby Max to help rack up minutes
for our Moby Max challenge of the month, April All Stars!
Contact Information
Mrs. Susan Lahneman
lahnemsm@npenn.org
215-855-4331 Ext. 5718
Miss Christie Vilsmeier
vilsmecl@npenn.org
215-855-4331 Ext. 4682
Miss Breanna Yates
yatesbs@npenn.org
Science
By: Mrs. Lahneman
What a turn-out of 4th grade science enthusiasts at the
Science Night activity. We just wanted to again say how impressive
their choice of experiments were, and how proud we were of
them. Our congratulations to all of those students who took
part! In class this week we continued to look at information on
weathering, erosion and deposition, and also where our drinking
water actually comes from. We have been working on power points
and have just begun to use our listening and speaking skills learned
to present our information to the class. The goal is to have the
students be able to read non-fiction materials and pick out the
important information. We are looking forward to learning
more information about glaciers next week.