MSA Heads - Up

  Parents! Parents! Give me a M - M we got your m we got your m.  Give me a 
S - S.  We got your S  We got your S.  Give me an A - A. We got your A We got 
your A.  What does that spell, MSA What does that spell MSA.  Yes for MSA, 
Yes for MSA.  

Parents it is that time of year!  MSA tesing is right around the corner.  MSA 
test will be administered March 12-21, 2012.  We have been working hard to 
make sure our students are going to be ready.  We have been learning and 
reviewing skills need to be successful.  Here is a list of skills that we are 
going to continue to focus on throughout the next several weeks.  

Fourth Grade Tested Math Skills

Algebra
1.  Numeric Patterns
     a. Skip Counting 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
     b. Complete function table (0-50)

2.  Non Numeric Patterns
    a.  Repeating patterns: generate rule (3 to 5 levels)
    b.  Growing patterns:  generate rule (4 objects in core)

3.  Expressions
    a.  Represent numeric quantities using