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NMS INFORMATION M-STEP This spring, your child will be participating in an important educational assessment. All third through eighth and eleventh graders in the State of Michigan will participate in an assessment called the Michigan Student Test of Educational Pro- gress (M-STEP). The M-STEP is administered online, and covers the state content standards taught this year. The online Sample Item Sets are a select group of test items in ELA, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies that en- compass different item types, such as multiple choice, constructed response, and various kinds of technology-enhanced items. The sets provide students, teachers, and parents practice in solving grade-level and content-specific test items aligned to Michigan's academic content standards. The Sample Item Sets can be accessed by clicking here. PSAT On Tuesday April 14, NMS 8th graders will be taking the PSAT 8/9 test for college prep. This is their first big step towards college readiness! For more informaon please visit: hps://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-8-9 ~6th and 7th Grade Parents please Click Here to note delayed start info. for April 14~ It is very important that, unless your child is ill, he/she be in attendance on testing dates. We ask that you make sure your child is well rested and has eaten breakfast in the morning before testing. Students should come to school re- laxed, but also understanding the importance of staying on task and doing their best. Also, at the end of each testing day, please commend your child on putting forth their best effort. Thank you for reinforcing our efforts to make the upcoming state assessments a successful experience for your child. Our success is ultimately built on the high expectations you have for your child and all of the children in the Portage Public Schools. Thank you for your ongoing involvement and support of your child’s education. 8 th Grade Social Studies April 21 Science April 23 7 th Grade ELA May 5 Math May 7 6 th Grade ELA May 5 Math May 7 Please refrain from scheduling appointments during test taking periods. All testing will begin promptly at 7:45 am. Students will be using their school issued Chrome Books for testing. Please help by making sure the Chrome Books are charged prior to the testing days. March 10, 2020
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NMS INFORMATION
M-STEP This spring, your child will be participating in an important educational assessment. All third through eighth and eleventh
graders in the State of Michigan will participate in an assessment called the Michigan Student Test of Educational Pro-
gress (M-STEP). The M-STEP is administered online, and covers the state content standards taught this year.
The online Sample Item Sets are a select group of test items in ELA, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies that en-
compass different item types, such as multiple choice, constructed response, and various kinds of technology-enhanced
items. The sets provide students, teachers, and parents practice in solving grade-level and content-specific test items
aligned to Michigan's academic content standards. The Sample Item Sets can be accessed by clicking here.
PSAT On Tuesday April 14, NMS 8th graders will be taking the PSAT 8/9 test for college prep. This is their first big step towards college readiness! For more information please visit: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-8-9
~6th and 7th Grade Parents please Click Here to note delayed start info. for April 14~
It is very important that, unless your child is ill, he/she be in attendance on testing dates. We ask that you make
sure your child is well rested and has eaten breakfast in the morning before testing. Students should come to school re-
laxed, but also understanding the importance of staying on task and doing their best. Also, at the end of each testing day,
please commend your child on putting forth their best effort.
Thank you for reinforcing our efforts to make the upcoming state assessments a successful experience for your child. Our
success is ultimately built on the high expectations you have for your child and all of the children in the Portage Public
Schools. Thank you for your ongoing involvement and support of your child’s education.
8th Grade Social Studies April 21
Science April 23
7th Grade ELA May 5
Math May 7
6th Grade ELA May 5
Math May 7
Please refrain from scheduling appointments during test taking periods.
All testing will begin promptly at 7:45 am.
Students will be using their school issued Chrome Books for testing. Please
help by making sure the Chrome Books are charged prior to the testing days.
March 10, 2020
CURRICULUM SPOTLIGHT
Writing in ELA Class and Beyond
It has never been easier to spell well! Students spend a lot of time writing and publishing their writing on their Chromebooks, so let’s make it easy for them to achieve good spelling using this resource! Here is a link to help students set up Spell Check on their Chrome-books: https://mywindowshub.com/how-to-automatically-to-turn-on-spell-checker-in-google-chrome/
Research, References, and Citations
Students are gaining experience with research in their classes at NMS. One important part of research is finding good articles, and NMS offers great databases to find those sources.
Once the researching is accomplished, students can begin their project and appropriate ci-tations are necessary. Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, offers a terrific resource to help students with their citations, it is called KnightCite. It has a citation builder! Here is a link: https://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
Another terrific resource for citing references is Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab. It is a quick and easy website that will show examples of correct citations and reference lists. Here is a link: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html
KHAN Academy
This site is an amazing online tool that helps student’s access free education! KHAN Acad-emy is an organization that produces short lessons in the form of videos. It is a wonderful resource that provides extra study and practice for the subjects we teach at school! Here is a link to KHAN Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
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