Happy Spring!

We want to take this opportunity to share reminders about NYS tests next week.

Day 1: April 22nd

Day 2: April 23rd

Makeup Window: April 24th - May 15th

Students must bring their device (Chromebook) to school fully charged on Monday, April 20th. Devices will stay at school that evening to ensure that everyone is prepared for tests starting midweek.

You'll also want to keep our math exams in mind.

Day 1: May 6th

Day 2: May 7th

Makeup Window: May 8th - May 16th

To learn more about CBT, please visit the NYS Education Department website. To see sample CBT questions, you may explore the NYS Question Sampler website.

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Our fourth graders have just completed their unit on multiplying and dividing larger numbers. During this time, students explored several strategies for multiplying multi-digit numbers.

For division, we focused on one consistent approach called the “bus stop” method. This method is very similar to the standard algorithm many adults are familiar with.

Included with this article is an image that shows a side-by-side comparison of the standard method and the bus stop method. You’ll notice that both methods follow the same steps in the same order—the main difference is where the work is written. In the standard method, the work is typically organized in a vertical column. In the bus stop method, the numbers are spaced out, and the work is completed within that space.

Buy 1, Get 1 Free Scholastic Book Fair!

The Buy 1, Get 1 Free Scholastic Book Fair will be in the library May 11 – May 15.   

More information will be in the letter that comes home the week before the Book Fair. 

The class schedule will also be in that letter.

Family Night for Last Name A-L will be Wednesday, May 13 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

**Of course you can come on either night regardless of your last name, but we’re just trying to limit the number of people in the room at one time due to the space. I also found that having the Book Fair open for 2 nights worked well for families that might have had a prior commitment on one of the nights. 

You can check out the Book Fair Homepage below starting on May 20. You can also

sign your child up for an eWallet beginning that day.

Please be sure to have your child return ALL their library books. 

Any books that are not returned must be paid for or replaced.

Students have been listening to a wide variety of poems in library and many students have been sharing poems on the morning announcements. Wayne Elementary also celebrated poetry April 10, April 15, and April 30 with Poem in Your Pocket days. Many students and staff carried poems in their pockets on these days and were “pulled over” by Poetry Police and had to read their poems. Ask your students about some of their favorite poems!

Detailed information coming home soon, but set aside up to 5 paperback books that your child NO LONGER WANTS and they’ll be able to trade them in for books that other students bring in. This will happen during a library class in June. This is an optional activity.

Classes will be walking to the Ontario Public Library the week of June 8 – June 12. Students will receive information about the Summer Reading Program and may have the opportunity to check out a book. Students MUST bring their library card that day in order to check out a book. More information will come home soon.

Screen-Free Week is about limiting the amount of time that we spend looking at screens for entertainment. Challenge your family to have at least one day/night at home of screen free time to celebrate National Screen Free Week. 

Learn more by checking out their website at https://screenfree.org/