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Doors open 8:25 Students in homeroom by 8:35Students dismissed at 3:15Half-Day dismissal at 12:25Enter and exit at front doors onlyParent drop off in driveway; can only drop

on Crosswicks after all buses have departedCHILD program at CBS A.M. at MIS P.M. Band/Strings Drop off by Gymnasium Door

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What’s the same?

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ArtVocal Music Concert (December)General Music ClassLibraryHealthPhysical EducationSpanishELPAT (PEP at PMS/CBS)Lunch and RecessSpeech/OT/PTBasic Skills Intervention

What’s The Same?

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What’s new?

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New Friends!New Teachers!LockersTechnology/Computer class Instrumental Music

Band Strings

Newspaper ClubStudent CouncilOther New Clubs on the horizon!Buddy ClassesService Projects

What’s New?

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PTO Sponsored Events

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Lenape LifewaysScience Assembly Grade 5 Trip to Franklin Science

InstituteSnacks for NJ ASK TestingGrade 4 Trip to Sayen GardensField DayEnd of Testing Laser Show AssemblyT-Shirts!Snacks for Events

PTO SPONSORED EVENTS

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• Fall and Spring Book Fair• School Store and Pretzel Sales• Back To School BINGO• Halloween Dance (Grades 4 and 5)• Trenton Devils Ice Hockey Game• Trenton Thunder Baseball Game• International Sports and Skating Center• MacFarland’s Got Talent• Grade 5 Spring Fling• End of Year Picnic• Fundraising, Fundraising, Fundraising!

PTO Events

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Guidance

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Ms. Meg Perrine, School Counselor• Anti-bullying: From Bystander to Upstander - HIB Laws• C.H.A.R.A.C.T.E.R.• Individual Counseling• Group Counseling – “Lunch Bunches”• Peer Facilitators• Study Skills• Conflict Resolution

GUIDANCE

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Summer Skills

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• Transition from third grade to fourth grade can be termed a transition from learning to read to reading to learn.• Read along with your child – ask them to paraphrase

what they have read and discuss it. • Students lose skills over the very long summer vacation• Combat:• Read, read, read• Math Facts• Have your student complete summer exercises

• Does your child need a phone in Intermediate School?• Monitor your children’s computer use• Social Networking can lead to bullying!

SUMMER SKILLS

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Summer Reading

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Mrs. Christine Corcoran 500 minutes for the summer Goal: about - 10 minutes per day (you may choose

to skip some days) Can do it in 9 days with 1 hour in 8 days and 20 minutes on the last day

One writing assignment Parents need to initial reading minutes and submit

paper Papers will be given to third grade teachers mid-June;

will be available on the MIS website

SUMMER LANGUAGE ARTS

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Grading System- Reading Divide minutes on a 500 pt scale to see grade:

Example 450 minutes x 100 ÷ 500 = grade of 90

500 or more minutes = A+ 100% 450-499 minutes = A- 90%400-449 minutes = B- 80% 350-399 minutes = C- 70% 300-349 minutes = D- 60% Less than 300 = F

Grading System – Writing P Advanced Proficient = 100 P Proficient = 85 pts PP Partially Proficient = 70 pts

SUMMER LANGUAGE ARTS GRADING

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Communication

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E-MailParent Placement Surveys

Sent home with grade 3 in May – more available tonight

Please return these pages tonight, or send them in an envelope to your school labeled “MIS Main Office.” Your child’s teacher or office will forward them to us!

COMMUNICATION

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Summer Reading will be sent home June 13 and available on the internet in June

Supply lists will be sent home and available on the internet in June

Class Assignments sent home at the end of August

There will also be an opportunity on Wednesday, September 4 between 1 and 2 p.m. for students to find their homerooms, to introduce themselves to their fourth grade teacher and to drop off any school supplies

TRANSITION

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