Transcript Welcome to Fourth Grade!

Welcome to Fourth
Grade Open House!
PTO Business
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Sign up for Parties – volunteers and supplies
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http://chagrinfallspto.org/
Mrs. Heartz
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Born and raised in Chagrin
Graduated high school from Chagrin;
parents and grandma, too!
Graduated from Bowling Green State
University with a BA in
Environmental Studies
Obtained my masters degree and
reading endorsement from Kent State
17 years teaching – Fremont,
Windham, Gurney – 5th grade and
reading specialist
9th year at CFIS – 5th and 4th
Live in South Russell and have a
daughter, Olivia, who is 51/2.
Hobbies: reading, being outside,
playing with Olivia, being with my
family and friends, and drinking
coffee.
We are Family!
Heartz Homeroom Schedule
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8:25 – 8:42 Homeroom
8:45 – 9:42 Writing
9:45 – 10:12 Encore 1 class
10:15 – 10:42 Encore 2 class
10:45 – 11:42 Reading
11:45 – 12:42 Social Studies/Science
12:45 – 1:12 Lunch
1:15 – 1:42 Recess
1:45 – 2:12 Math Intervention
2:15 – 3:12 Math
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We have a full day and it is very spread out, I
know appointments are sometimes
unavoidable, but always making them at the
end of the day will mean the students miss
math.
Encore (Specials) rotation
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Day 1 – Encore 1 = Tech Lab with Mrs. Adick
Encore 2 = SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
Day 2 – Encore 1 = Music OR Strings
Encore 2 = Physical Education (PE)
Day 3 – Encore 1 = Spanish with Senora Stapulionis
Encore 2 = Library
Day 4 – Encore 1 = PE
Encore 2 = Spanish
Day 5 – Encore 1 = Learning Lab in Homeroom
Encore 2 = Music/Strings
Day 6 - Art for 60 minutes
Day 7 - Encore 1 = SSR
Encore 2 = Guidance
Handout from Encore classes
Class Business
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Thank you for sending in all the ‘beginning of the year’ forms
and class fees. If you have not turned in everything, please get
them in as soon as you can.
Please send in notes for daily changes to dismissal plans.
**Please don’t email me, call office and they will let us know.
Building opens at 8:15, students in homeroom by 8:25. If they
are late, need to get a tardy pass from office.
Homeroom is 8:20 – 8:42. Students get ready for the day, listen
to the Announcements, participate in Morning Meeting.
Birthday treats!
If a student is absent, Miss Florkiewicz and I will collect the
work missed and give it to the student when (s)he returns. If
you would like the work to be sent home with someone else in
the building, just let me know.
Class Business
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Field Trips are being
finalized and a separate
note will be sent home
with all the information
and fees.
Fall, student-led parentteacher conferences will
be Tuesday, November 19
and Thursday, November
21 from 3:30 – 7:15.
These are student-led, so
please make sure your son
or daughter can make it
with you.
Reading
“Reading is not dancing on top of words. It is grasping the soul of them.”
Paulo Friere
Teaching Methods
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We will use Literacy by Design
(the same program from third
grade).
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We use mini-lessons, whole
group work, small group
meetings (guided reading),
independent work and individual
conferences.
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We will be learning about
comprehension strategies and the
metacognition behind reading.
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We continue to expand
vocabulary and improve fluency.
Reading - continued
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Big understandings for
fourth grade
Effective readers use specific
strategies to help them better
understand the text.
Readers need to read between
the lines to find meaning.
Audience and purpose
influence the use of literary
techniques.
Writing
“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.” Nietzsche
The Six Traits of Writing
Grammar
Ideas, organization, word choice, voice, Types of sentences, nouns, verbs,
sentence fluency, conventions
pronouns, adjectives, adverbs,
prepositions, etc.
The Writing Process
Prewriting, rough draft, revising,
editing, publishing
Forms of Writing
Story, research report, personal
narrative, biography, persuasive
essay, letter, poems, newspaper
article
Spelling
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Literacy by Design spelling program
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Two week cycle
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Homework every week
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Tests every other Friday
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Spellingcity.com
Math Intervention class
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We are having data meetings currently and will
have this class up and running by October.
 Monday – Thursday, 1:45 – 2:12 pm
 Based on OAT scores from third grade, fall
AIMS benchmarks and current teacher
observations students are placed in
differentiated groups based on needs
 Students may have any of the fourth grade
teachers, Mrs. Vicchio or Mrs. Blackwell
Assignments
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The assignment planner will be
filled out with the class and
checked and stamped by me.
Reading Logs are given at the
beginning of each week,
students are to read 60 minutes
for the week. Turn in Log on
Friday.
Right before a Reading theme
test, the kids will have
Ongoing Test Practice for
homework.
Students will have spelling due
each Friday. Tests are every
other Friday.
Reading Log and Spelling homework
Assignments - continued
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Students will have
Math homework
Monday – Thursday.
Social Studies/
Science homework
assigned Monday –
Thursday.
Grading
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Graded work is sent home on Fridays in “Friday
Folder.”
Infinite Campus is our district-wide electronic
grade book. I update periodically.
We give letter grades on report cards.
Communication
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Tiger Folders will be sent
home on Friday with graded
work and
notes/announcements from
the office, PTO, other
groups. Please send these
back to school EMPTY on
Monday.
Email is the best form of
communication.
All information is on my
class website which can be
accessed through the
school’s web page.
New this year at CFIS!
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Family Fridays – we meet every Friday during
homeroom with the Wallenhorst (5th grade) and
Jansen (6th grade) homerooms.
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Vicchio and Mr. Dole are a
part of the Family, too.
We’re building a sense of multi-grade
community
Promoting positive student communication
Increasing student participation in community
service
Genius Hour!
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This year our entire school will be involved with
Writing from the Heart!
The students will be picking a topic that is important to
them.
The kids will do research on their topic and throughout
the year create projects of their choice.
Genius Hour will be spent every other week or so with
a Mentor Teacher and other students with similar
topics.
Multi-genre, multi-leveled writing that truly means
something to each student.
School and Teacher Websites
CFIS website has info
Teacher websites
http://www.chagrinschools.
org/chagrinfallsintermedi http://www.chagrinschools.
ateschool_home.aspx
org/Heartz.aspx
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Our Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (440) 893-7690, Extension #4232
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (440)893-7690, Extension #4247
Questions?
“Whether we’re a preschooler or a
young teen, a graduating college senior
or a retired person, we human beings all
want to know that we’re acceptable, that
our being alive somehow makes a
difference in the lives of others.”
- Fred Rogers